

We arrange the itinerary presuming you’ll arrive in the morning, so adjust accordingly.

Take the bus back to the airport when leaving Dublin and pick up your rental car there.Īdjust your activities around what time you get in and how tired you may be after your flight. You don’t want a car in Dublin – grab an airport bus ( Airlink bus (cheaper) or Aircoach bus (pricier)) to (Airline or Aircoach) or taxi (cost-wise, this only makes sense for a group and fast convenience) to downtown Dublin. Adjust activities and days depending on your arrival time. Our best advice is to use the sights as much as an excuse to wander. Lodging– Latchfords Apartments, Stauntons on the Green, Brooks Hotel, The Merchant House, or Jury’s Inn Christ Church– or if you’re feeling adventurous, The Avalon House hostel was actually pretty nice (night 1/1)ĭublin is an easy-to-navigate, compact, walkable city.House of Waterford Crystal Visitor Center and Factory (25m drive).

Kinsale Historic Stroll (departs at 9:15)ĭay 14 – Famine Ship and Waterford day tour.Lodging– The Old Presbytery (night 1/1).Drive to Killarney National Park (43m drive).Lodging– Brook Lane Hotel or Sheen Falls Lodge (night 1/1).Dinner – The Lime Tree Restaurant, No 35, or Packie’s.Drive to Portmagee (2h drive, where boat departs from).Post-dinner live music at the Courthouse Pub.Dinner – Reel Fish and Chips (other options: Lord Baker’s Restaurant, The Chart House, Out of the Blue).Dingle peninsula drive (detailed below).Live traditional music at Courthouse pub.Dinner – The Boat Yard Restaurant or Doyle’s Seafood Restaurant.Dingle (1h30 drive)Optional detour to Conor Pass road.Ferry from Killimer to Tarbert (1h drive).Explore Galway (detailed below) or grab a walking tour.Late lunch at Teach Nan Phaidi or Pier House.Dinner – Pantry & Corkscrew, An Port Mor, or Helm.Glenveagh National Park and Castle ( 52m drive).Ice cream at Morelli’s ice-cream parlour.Portstewart Strand – 2 miles of beach and sand dunes.Bushmills – distillery tour and lunch ( 6m drive).Lodging– Bishops Gate Hotel or Maldron Hotel (night 1/2).

