Best of Ireland and Scotland (16 Days starting from $2,799)

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Best of Ireland and Scotland
16 Days starting from $2,799

Countries Visited:
Ireland, United Kingdom

Length:	16 Days
Type:	First Class 2008
Category:	Regional Europe
Operator:	Trafalgar
Tour Code:	BIAS-2008

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About This Tour

Cities Visited:
Dublin, Kildare, Waterford, Blarney, Kenmare, Limerick, Galway Bay, Galway, Drumcliff, Omagh, Londonderry/Derry, Giant''s Causeway, Belfast, Glasgow, Glencoe, Isle of Skye, Edinburgh

What's Included
Itinerary
Dates & Prices
Sightseeing
Details
SPECIALS

Sightseeing Highlights

Dublin: Sightseeing views St. Patrick''s Cathedral, Dublin Castle, Phoenix Park and visits Trinity College to see the Book of Kells.
Kildare: Visit the Irish National Stud Farm and Japanese gardens.
Waterford: Visit the Crystal Showroom (when open).
Blarney: Visit to the Castle.
Kenmare: Ring of Kerry excursion.
Limerick: Orientation includes St. Mary''s Cathedral and King John''s Castle. Visit the spectacular Cliffs of Moher and the Burren.
Killarney: Ring of Kerry excursion.
Galway Bay: Panoramic views.
Galway: Orientation tour.
Drumcliff: See Yeat''s burial place.
Omagh: Visit the Ulster-American Folk Park.
Londonderry/ Derry: Sightseeing includes the city walls and St. Columb''s Cathedral.
Giant''s Causeway: Visit this geological formation of huge basalt columns.
Belfast: Sightseeing includes the City Hall and Queen''s University.
Glasgow: Orientation tour, visiting St. Mungo’s Cathedral, seeing George Square, Clydeside and the City Chambers. Visit the Burrell Collection of Art in Pollok Park.
Glencoe: See the Vale of Weeping.
Isle of Skye: Visit the beautiful island.
Culloden: See the famous battlefield.
Speyside: Visit a whisky distillery.
St. Andrews: See the famous golf course.
Edinburgh: Sightseeing visits the Castle and views Holyrood House.
Scenic Drives: Waterford and Youghal coast, Ring of Kerry, Galway Bay, Sligo Bay, Lough Erne, Antrim coast, Scottish Highlands, Loch Lomond, Loch Linnhe, Loch Ness, Cairngorm Mountains, Fife coast.

Dining Highlights

1 Welcome Drink with your Tour Director in Dublin
8 full Irish and 6 Scottish breakfasts
7 three-course dinners in hotels
7 three-course dinners in hotels
1 local pub restaurant dinner in Glasgow
Farewell Dinner with wine in Edinburgh

23 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)

First Class Travel Highlights

Escorted by one of Trafalgar’s top professional Tour Directors whilst touring.
A qualified local city guide in Dublin, Londonderry/Derry, Belfast and Edinburgh.
Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Edinburgh Festival.
Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar’s luxury air-conditioned coaches with onboard washroom.
Ferry across the Irish Sea from Northern Ireland to Scotland.
Dublin Airport Transfer is provided on Day 2 and Edinburgh Airport Transfer is provided on Day 16.
Stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
All hotel service charges, tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

Airport Transfers
Group transfers on arrival at Dublin Airport will operate at 08.00, 11.00 and 13.30. Return transfers from the last hotel will arrive at Edinburgh Airport at 07.00 and 10.30.

London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It''s that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
Important – Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
Heathrow Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-21.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by coach. Gatwick Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-12.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by express train and coach. Transfers outside these times will be at the passengers own expense.
In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar''s Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don''t coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
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Edinburgh Tattoo: 3rd-25th August 2007
Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Festival. Applicable to certain departures in July and August. Please contact your Travel Agent or Trafalgar for further information.

Edinburgh - London train connection
For passengers wishing to return to London, Trafalgar is pleased to be able to offer one-way train service from Edinburgh to London Kings Cross.

Day 1- Depart USA Overnight flight to Dublin

Day 2 - Arrive Dublin (2 nights) On arrival, you are met and transferred to your hotel. After check-in the remainder of your day is at leisure to perhaps admire the elegant architecture of this great city. This evening, you''ll meet with your Tour Director and fellow travelling companions for a Welcome Drink.

Hotel: Trinity Capital (2 nights)

Day 3 - Dublin sightseeing & at leisure After a hearty Irish breakfast, our sightseeing tour with a local guide takes in this ''fair city''s'' highlights. We’ll see Phoenix Park and enjoy views of Dublin Castle and St. Patrick''s Cathedral - and our highlight will be a visit of Trinity College so that we can admire the ancient Book of Kells. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore further. (Full Breakfast)

Day 4 - Dublin – Kildare – Waterford Today''s first stop is a visit to the Irish Stud Farm at Kildare. With a guide we will enjoy a walking tour of the Stud and see some of the country''s finest thoroughbreds. We will also visit the Japanese gardens – designed by a Japanese landscape artist at the turn of the last century. Next off to the coast of this Emerald Isle and to the seaside resort of Waterford where we see the 12th century Reginald''s Tower and stop to visit the Waterford Crystal showrooms. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: The Belfry

Day 5 - Waterford – Blarney – Kenmare (2 nights) This morning''s drive takes us along the scenic coast via the fishing village of Youghal where Moby Dick was filmed and through the city of Cork to Blarney, where we visit the castle in order to kiss the stone and acquire ''the gift of the gab''! Finally, we drive north to Kenmare where we will spend the next two nights. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Kenmare Bay (2 nights)

Day 6 - Ring of Kerry Excursion Not only spectacular scenery today but also a Hidden Treasure will be revealed to us by our Tour Director as we tour the ''Ring of Kerry''. Plunging cliffs, glassy lakes, granite mountains and jagged coastlines regale us as our trip passes Killorglin (of Puck Fair fame), Daniel O''Connell''s Cahirciveen, the fishing village of Waterville and Moll''s Gap before returning to Kenmare and our hotel for the night. (Full Breakfast)

Day 7 - Kenmare – Limerick – Galway – Ballina North via Limerick where the film ''Angela''s Ashes'' was set and where we see St. Mary''s Cathedral, King John''s Castle and the Treaty Stone. From here we visit the Cliffs of Moher and drive across the scenic area known as the Burren to Galway Bay where an orientation includes the city''s highlights. Then we head north to Ballina and our hotel for dinner and overnight. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Downhill Inn

Day 8 - Ballina – Londonderry – Letterkenny (2 nights) First we see Yeats’ grave in Drumcliff before crossing the border into Northern Ireland and along the shores of Lough Erne to Enniskillen in Ireland’s lake district. Then up to Omagh where we stop to visit the Ulster-American Folk Park. Next via Strabane we soon reach Londonderry/Derry where a walking tour with a local guide takes us to the city walls, some of the best-preserved in Europe. We also visit the 17th century St. Columb''s Cathedral with its tower before heading to the Derry Craft Village and on to the quay where Irish emigrants sailed to the New World. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Radisson SAS (2 nights)

Day 9 - Giant''s Causeway Excursion Our day begins with a drive along beautiful Antrim Coast road as we make our way to Giants Causeway. Here we stop to see the basalt columns rising from the sea before we make our way back to Letterkenny for the night. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 10 - Letterkenny – Belfast – Glasgow (2 nights) Today''s drive takes us to the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast. Here our sightseeing tour shows us Stormont Castle, the City Hall and Queen''s University before heading to the port of Larne, where we board our ferry for the sea crossing to Stranraer in Scotland. Then we drive through Ayrshire, where we stop in Alloway to see the great poet Robbie Burn’s cottage, before arriving in Scotland''s commercial capital, Glasgow for a leisurely two-night stay. Tonight we will enjoy a typical Glaswegian dinner in a characteristic restaurant. (Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Hotel: Jurys Inn (2 nights)

Day 11 - Glasgow orientation & at leisure Another Hidden Treasure is revealed today by your Tour Director. But first our orientation tour includes a visit to St Mungo’s Cathedral and views of the City Chambers and George Square. Later we visit the Burrell Collection, where some 9,000 artefacts and works of art are on view. Then time at leisure and maybe join a Burns Supper tonight? (Full Breakfast)

Day 12 - Glasgow – Fort William – Isle of Skye We drive along the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, then through Glencoe, site of the famous massacre. Then along the shores of Loch Linnhe in the shadow of Ben Nevis and over the sea to Skye, made famous by Bonnie Prince Charlie. We spend the night and have dinner on this beautiful isle. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Tongadale

Day 13 - Isle of Skye – Loch Ness – Inverness – Culloden – Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) Through Glen Shiel to the banks of Loch Ness where we can look out for the famous monster! Past the ruins of Urquhart Castle and romantic scenery, we reach Inverness. Then we continue to visit the battlefield of Culloden, where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by Butcher Cumberland, to the ski resort of Aviemore. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Macdonalds Highland Resort

Day 14 - Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) – Pitlochry – Edinburgh (2 nights) Through the Cairngorm Mountains to visit a whisky distillery before seeing Blair Castle and Pitlochry. Then we stop in St. Andrews to see the ecclesiastical ruins and to take a picture at the 18th hole of the famous golf course. Then through the Kingdom of Fife to the Forth Bridge where we cross the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Marriott (2 nights)

Day 15 - Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure After breakfast our guided sightseeing tour includes a visit to Edinburgh Castle and views of Holyrood House and Arthur’s seat at either end of the Royal Mile. We also visit Princes Street and see the new Scottish Parliament before free time – perhaps to take an excursion to the Rosslyn Chapel, long associated with the Knight Templars and the Freemasons, this pretty church has come to notoriety through the popular ‘Da Vinci Code’. Tonight we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together with our Tour Director and fellow travelling companions. (Full Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)

Day 16 - Edinburgh – USA After breakfast it’s time to bid farewell to new-found friends as Trafalgar transfers you to the airport for your return flight to America. (Full Breakfast)

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All Land & Air Prices: Additional taxes and fees will apply, please visit www.trafalgar.com/taxesandfees. Airline fuel surcharges are included in the base fare. Additional restrictions will apply; please visit www.trafalgar.com/restrictions. Prices shown are from New York City (Europe vacations), Los Angeles (South Pacific & Asia vacations) and Miami (South America vacations). * This list indicates brochure rates and dates. For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms. Please note: In addition to being sold out or on a request basis only, a tour departure may not be displayed on this site for operation reasons.** For details on discounts that apply to this tour please refer to a brochure or see your Travel Agent. The displayed prices are based on twin-share accommodation. A single supplement price is available on request.

Dublin
Kildare
Waterford
Blarney
Killarney
Limerick
Galway Bay
Galway
Drumcliff
Omagh
Londonderry/Derry
Giant''s Causeway
Belfast
Glasgow
Glencoe
Culloden
Speyside
St. Andrews
Edinburgh

All Land & Air Prices: Additional taxes and fees will apply, please visit www.trafalgar.com/taxesandfees. Airline fuel surcharges are included in the base fare. Additional restrictions will apply; please visit www.trafalgar.com/restrictions. Prices shown are from New York City (Europe vacations), Los Angeles (South Pacific & Asia vacations) and Miami (South America vacations).
* This list indicates brochure rates and dates.
** For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms.
Please note: In addition to being sold out or on a request basis only, a tour departure may not be displayed on this site for operation reasons.
For details on discounts that apply to this tour please refer to a brochure or see your Travel Agent.
The displayed prices are based on twin-share accommodation. A single supplement price is available on request.

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Take advantage of Trafalgar's great savings and discounts.

EARLY PAYMENT DISCOUNT - Save up to 10%

Many Trafalgar tours sell out months before the departure date, so book NOW to avoid disappointment.The earlier you pay, the more you save! If you book and pay in full you'll save up to 10% off the Land-only portion of your trip. Below is our Early Payment Saving options - pay between:

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All tours must be booked and paid for in full for this discount to apply. This discount does not apply to our Free & Easy Series, Greek Cruises, Egypt, European Express tour and extra night accommodation.*When booking our Basel to Amsterdam River Cruise please check our River Cruise brochure for the savings and discounts exclusions. Conditions apply.

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SAVE ON YOUR 2nd TOUR - Save 5%

Book two Trafalgar holidays, each 8 days or longer for a reduction of 5% off the land portion of the tour with the shortest duration. Take three tours and save on two! Ask your travel professional for suggestions on your perfect tour combination.

IMPORTANT: Tours are combinable with second and subsequent additional tours. Tours must be booked at the same time. Discount is per person only and does NOT apply to our Free & Easy Series, Cruises, Egypt and extra night accommodation or any combination of a tour plus a cruise or rail journey as shown in brochures. Please see our Trafalgar brochures for their saving or discount exclusions. Conditions apply.

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TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS - Save 5%

A party of five or more friends - Travel with 5 to 8 friends or family members on the same tour and everyone will receive a discount of 5% off the Land portion of the tour.

A party of 9 or more friends - Further significant savings are available for larger groups of friends and families traveling together. Ask your Travel Agent for full details.

IMPORTANT: Space is limited to one group per motorcoach, so book early! These discounts cannot be combined with any other rooming, Young Traveler or Triple Room Discounts. Names of all passengers traveling must be advised to Trafalgar at the time of booking in order to qualify. These discounts do not apply to extra night accommodation, are not combinable with our Frequent Traveler offer and are not available on Winter tours, Free & Easy Series, Cruises, Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Greece tours. Conditions apply.

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YOUNG TRAVELER AGES - SAVE 10%

Share your holiday memories with your family and take advantage of a discount on the Land-only portion of your tour. Young Travelers must be under the age of 18 years old on the tour departure date, and MUST be accompanied by and adult (limit of one young traveler per room).

On all escorted tours, children under 5 years old are NOT accepted. The Young Traveler must be the specified age at the time of travel to be eligible for this discount. This discount cannot be combined with our TRAVEL WITH FRIENDS DISCOUNTS, and is limited to one young traveler discount per room. It also does not apply to our Free & Easy Series, Cruises, Egypt, Turkey or Israel tours, extra night accommodation or London and gateway accommodation. Conditions apply.

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SINGLE TRAVELER room share and save

One of the great benefits of Escorted Travel is the ease of traveling solo, and with Trafalgar we make it simple by offering the following options:

Guaranteed Room Share

When traveling alone, we understand that some clients do not want to incur the expense of an additional single room supplement. With this in mind, on the majority of our itineraries, Trafalgar offers you the opportunity to purchase these tours on a 'room sharing' basis. We will accommodate you with a fellow passenger of the same sex on a 'twin room' basis (non-smoking rooms only). Please note that regrettably, we cannot guarantee that room mates will be of a similar age group. Even so, it is an enjoyable way to travel and get to make new friends and a positive way to stretch your vacation budget further. If we fail to match you we will provide a single room at no extra cost.

This service does not apply to our Free & Easy Series, Cruises, European Express tour, Egypt, Turkey, Israel and extra night accommodation. Conditions apply.

Single Supplement Value

If you prefer the privacy of your own room, you'll appreciate our low single room supplement.

TRIPLE ROOM DISCOUNT

Travel with three people, sharing one room and each of you will receive a discount off the land-only portion of your tour price. Each itinerary page will list the price reduction, see the tour of your choice.

Triple room discounts are based on sharing a twin-bedded room with an extra bed which may be a rollaway. This discount is applicable to itineraries featuring the Triple Room Reduction offer only.

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