Celtic Sojourn

Escorted Motorcoach Tour
Celtic Sojourn
Premier Escorted Motorcoach Tour
Tour Highlights
• 11 Meals - Breakfast and Dinner
• Visit Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Donegal, Belfast and Dublin
• Updated Itinerary
• Lower Prices for 2011!
• Top Hotels & Entertainment
• No Hidden Extras
Tour Includes
• First Class and Superior First Class hotels
throughout
Tour Highlights: Medieval Castle
Banquet, Cliffs of Moher, Galway Bay,
The Giants Causeway, Glenveagh
Castle, Inishowen Peninsula, Belfast
and the Titanic Tour.
Your Itinerary
Day 01, Thursday: U.S. to Ireland.
Depart U.S. for your overnight flight to
Ireland. Dinner is served on board.
Day 02, Friday: Shannon - Limerick.
Morning arrival at Shannon Airport,
having cleared Irish customs, we exit
to the arrivals hall where our driver/
guide greets us. Transfer to our nearby
hotel. Some free time to rest. Tonight
we enjoy a medieval castle banquet and
traditional Irish entertainment. Overnight
in Limerick.
• Full Irish breakfast daily, except day of
arrival
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Day 03, Saturday: Limerick –
Bunratty – Galway. Morning departure
from our Limerick hotel. We travel via
Dinner each evening except for one night
Ennis to the scenic Cliffs of Moher, where
in Dublin, including a traditional medieval
we stop for a photo-op. Continue to
castle banquet
Ardrahan in County Galway where we
Full sightseeing by Deluxe Touring
pause for morning tea/coffee and scones
Motorcoach
at Rathbaun Farm. Here we will see a
Professional Irish driver/guide to escort you farming family carry out everyday chores,
including sheep shearing and watch
throughout
as the sheepdogs maneuver the flock.
Visit to Rathbaun Farm to see an actual
We continue on to Galway and visit the
working farm, including coffee/tea and
Crystal Factory and Galway Bay before
Irish Farmhouse scones
reaching our Galway hotel in for dinner
Lough Foyle Ferry
and overnight.
• Visits to: Cliffs of Moher, Galway Crystal
Factory, Belleek Pottery Showroom,
Glenveagh Castle and National Park, Fort
Dunree, Moville Pottery, Giants Causeway,
Titanic Docks & Pump House
• Porterage of one (1) suitcase per person
• Tips and taxes in Ireland. Gratuities to the
driver/guide not included
• Celtic Tours flight bag and portfolio of
travel documents
HOTELS or similar
Limerick: Carlton Castletroy Hotel 1 Nt
Galway: Carlton Hotel 1 Nt
Donegal: Carlton Redcastle Hotel 2 Nts
Belfast: Dunadry Hotel 1 Nt
Dublin: Maldron Hotel 1 Nt
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Day 04, Sunday: Galway – Sligo
– Donegal. Morning departure from
Galway. We travel north via Sligo,
birthplace of W.B. Yeats to County
Donegal, where we cross over the
border for a visit to the Belleek Pottery
Showroom. After a short stop, we
continue on through Donegal town,
Ballybofey to Glenveagh Castle and
National Park. Watch out for the Golden
Eagles that have returned here to
nest. Then on to our Redcastle Hotel,
overlooking Lough Foyle, for dinner and
overnight.
headland on Ireland’s most northerly
point. Leaving Malin Head, we travel via
historical Culdaff and the fishing port of
Greencastle to Moville where we stop
briefly to visit the Moville Pottery Factory.
Return to our Redcastle Hotel for dinner
and overnight
Day 06, Tuesday: Donegal –
Coleraine – Giants Causeway –
Belfast. Morning departure from our
Donegal hotel. We travel just a few
miles to the ferry that will take us on
the short 15 minute cruise across Lough
Foyle to Northern Ireland. We continue
via Coleraine to Portrush on the Atlantic
Ocean. Visit the Giants Causeway
Museum before we are transferred by
a small bus to the Causeway and its
volcanic columns, which were formed
over 60 million years ago. Our tour
continues along the scenic Antrim Coast
to our Belfast hotel for dinner and
overnight.
Day 07, Wednesday: Belfast – Titanic
Tour – Newry – Dublin. This morning
we depart on a historical tour of Belfast
and its harbor and dock area, where the
Day 05, Monday: Donegal – Buncrana Titanic and her sister ships, Britannic
and Olympic, were built. The Titanic
– Inishowen Peninsula. Today, have
keel was laid here in 1910. We will tour
your cameras ready as we tour the
historic and scenic Inishowen Peninsula.
We travel via Buncrana, the principal
town and resort of the peninsula to
Dunree, where we visit the military fort
with scenic views over Lough Swilly.
The fort has an array of large guns and
artifacts from the 20th century. The
fort and lough below is of immense
historic interest which dates back to the
Norsemen, the Anglo Normans and the
Flight of the Earls. We continue on via
Clonmany, Ballyliffin and Carndonagh
where we view the 7th century St.
Patrick’s Cross. Our tour continues
via Malin to Malin Head, a spectacular
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2011 Departures
Celtic Sojourn
8 days - Cost Per Person Sharing
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - For our valued customers
on deposit 120+ days in advance, save $50 pp on
selected departures as marked*. Limited to the first 10
passengers on deposit. May not be combined with group
or any other discounts.
the Thompson and Alexandra docks and see
the HMS Caroline, one of the last remaining
ships from WWI. Inside the pump house we
will see the pumps, old workshops and view
an audio visual display of how the ship was
built and the people involved. The tour will
end at the visitor center. We then travel on
and enjoy a panoramic tour of downtown
Belfast. Departing Belfast we travel south
via Newry to Dublin arriving at our hotel at
approximately 4:00 pm. Tonight we are free
to dine on our own.
Day 08, Thursday: Dublin – U.S. Morning
transfer to Dublin Airport. Ample time allowed
for check-in and duty free shopping before
boarding our flight home. Arrive home in the
U.S. the same day.
Airfare: Celtic Tours offers a wide range of
air options for you. See our website at www.
celtictours.com for the best fares available.
Group reservations—please review your group
contract or contact our group department
at 1-800-833-4373.
Tour
Tour
Land
TOUR Departs
Departs Only
Ref:
U.S. Thurs.U.S. Thurs.
Cost
SJ505 May 05
May 12 $1278*
SJ512 May 12
May 19 $1278*
SJ519 May 19
May 26 $1298*
SJ526 May 26
Jun 02 $1298
SJ602 Jun 02
Jun 09 $1298
SJ609 Jun 09
Jun 16 $1298*
SJ616 Jun 16
Jun 23 $1298*
SJ623 Jun 23
Jun 30 $1298*
SJ630 Jun 30
Jul 07
$1298*
SJ707 Jul 07
Jul 14
$1298*
SJ714 Jul 14
Jul 21
$1298*
SJ721 Jul 21
Jul 28
$1298*
SJ728 Jul 28
Aug 04 $1298
SJ804 Aug 04
Aug 11 $1298
SJ811 Aug 11
Aug 18 $1278*
SJ818 Aug 18
Aug 25 $1278*
SJ825 Aug 25
Sep 01 $1278*
SJ901 Sep 01
Sep 08 $1278*
SJ908 Sep 08
Sep 15 $1298*
SJ915 Sep 15
Sep 22 $1298
SJ922 Sep 22
Sep 29 $1298
SJ929 Sep 29
Oct 06 $1288*
SJ1006 Oct 06
Oct 13 $1278
Escorted Motorcoach Tour
NOTE: Tours purchased
on a land only basis begin
on Day 02. See transfer
information here or visit
www.celtictours.com for
details.
Single Room Supplement $339
Triple Room Reduction $27 p.p.
IMPORTANT: Departure dates shown are air dates
from the U.S. Land tour starts one day later, on
Friday. Two transfers for this tour are available for
departure from Shannon Airport at 8:00 am and
10:00 am. Passengers, who purchase land only,
may join the tour at the hotel on day 02. Tour
ends at Dublin Airport at 7:00 am for all
passengers.
Touring Options: Make the most of your
time in Ireland or extend your vacation to
one of our other destinations. Celtic Tours
World Vacations can book additional nights
at one of the many properties we work with
throughout Europe. Or add on a round or two
of golf. We can book your hotel, car rental,
golf and touring options. Combined them with
our premier escorted coach tours to make it a
perfect vacation!
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