Galway, Connemara and The Aran Islands

Visit Kilbeggan Distillery in the heart of Ireland

Discover more of our beautiful and scenic Ireland on this four-day guided tour to Galway and Connemara.

Travel to Dublin independently. This morning, we meet our guide in Dublin before departing to our hotel in Galway. If booking from Northern Ireland, a coach transfer from Belfast, Ballymena, Newry and Lisburn is provided.

Details of the pickup point in Dublin and final timing will be advised closer to departure date. Estimated start time is 09:30am.

En-route, visit Kilbeggan Distillery in the heart of Ireland, one of the oldest in the world. This is a real working distillery run by a team of enthusiastic craftspeople, skilled in the traditional ways of making Irish whiskey. You can visit the gift shop and purchase some of this ‘liquid gold’, before departing for Galway.

At Leisure in Galway & Welcome Dinner

The rest of your afternoon is free to relax and enjoy Galway as you please. Your guide will be happy to make suggestions for local entertainment options.
Tonight, re-join the group and enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel is included on each day of your stay.

Dinner is included on your first and last night at your hotel. 

Guided Excursion to Connemara

After breakfast, we will depart for a full-day guided excursion to Connemara, dubbed as a place of “savage beauty” by Oscar Wilde. With its rugged scenery, lakes, bogs, rivers, mountains, and picturesque villages, little has changed over time in this spellbinding landscape. Included today are stops in Leenane, Letterfrack, and Cong, famously the location for the film ‘The Quiet Man’.

Afterwards, we will take a relaxing cruise on Lough Corrib, travelling from the heart of Galway city along the famous Steamers Line, the lake’s traditional trade route. The cruise will take approximately ninety minutes and there is indoor seating where you can relax and enjoy the scenery while savouring a cup of tea or coffee with scones. At the end of the cruise, transfer by coach back to your hotel.

 

* Please note for March 2022 the cruise on Lough Corrib will not be running*

March departures will have the following instead.

Afterwards, enjoy a visit to the iconic Kylemore Abbey including entrance to the Visitor Centre, located in the Kylemore Pass in Connemara.

At Leisure

The evening is yours, to relax and further explore your surroundings. Your guide will be happy to make recommendations for the best traditional pubs or alternative activities to suit your preferences.

Guided Excursion to the Aran Islands

This morning we depart on a full-day guided excursion with a visit to Inis Mor, largest of the Aran Islands. After a ferry journey of approximately forty minutes, we will have a tour of the island and visit Dun Aengus Fort. The fort is perched on a cliff, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, and is enclosed by three massive stone walls. The fort is 900m from the Visitor Centre on rough and uneven ground, therefore we recommend you wear sturdy, closed in shoes for your comfort.

Afterwards, we make our journey back to the mainland and to our hotel. The rest of the evening is at leisure.

At Leisure & Farelwell Dinner

Enjoy some free time before our farewell dinner at the hotel (included.)
Tonight, take the opportunity to discover some more of Galway’s highlights, in your own time.

Enjoy breakfast and some time at leisure before we say farewell to Galway.
Depart for Dublin with a stop for a light lunch en-route. In Dublin, bid farewell to your guide and fellow travellers, while those who joined from Northern Ireland will transfer onwards to the original pick up point.