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This 5-day small-group tour with Irish Guided Tours stands out for its personalised, immersive experience. With expert guides and courteous, competent drivers, you’ll uncover hidden gems and rich history beyond typical tourist spots. The small group size ensures a tailored journey, allowing deeper connections with the stunning landscapes, from the legendary Giant’s Causeway to the highest cliffs at Slieve League.
Enjoy authentic storytelling, lively pubs, and off the beaten path stops, blending culture, myth, and breathtaking scenery. Unlike larger tours, you’ll experience flexible itineraries and engaging interactions, making it feel like travelling with friends. Irish Guided Tours prioritises quality over quantity, creating unforgettable memories in Ireland’s most magical corners.
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Itinerary
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1
Your professional driver and guide will greet at a mutually convenient location. You will travel in a comfortable, 6 seat, air conditioned limousine. Your friendly guide will drive northward towards the Irish Border with Northern Ireland. The first stop is at the ancient Gap of the North at Faughart. This is also the location of the shrine of St Brigid, where the healing stones are found and where the iconic woven cross was first created. As Brigid’s father was a druid, this was a reknown place in the ancient ways. The Irish border is an anomaly, crossing fields, streams and lanes, Listen to the stories of the Troubles, smugglers and highwaymen. Irish history throughout the centuries is all around in this area of natural beauty, landscapes and views. The ancient volcano of the Ring of Gullion is part of the scenery. This is the land of legends. Overnight in this area or in Belfast.
8 hours • Admission ticket free -
2Belfast City Hall
Discover Belfast’s vibrant spirit on a one-day journey blending history, myth, and raw natural beauty. Begin in the city’s heart, where the award-winning Titanic Exhibition breathes life into the ship’s legacy, marrying industrial grit with maritime grandeur. Then, wind along the Antrim Coastal Drive, where cliffs plunge into the wild Atlantic and villages cling to rugged shores like secrets. At the Giant’s Causeway, tread hexagonal stones forged by volcanic fury or Finn McCool’s legendary feuds, amid a UNESCO-listed wonder. With a small group, savor intimate storytelling and hidden viewpoints, from Belfast’s evolving streetscapes to the Causeway’s mythic drama. This isn’t just sightseeing, it’s a sensory plunge into Ireland’s soul, where past and landscape collide in one unforgettable day.
9 hours • Admission ticket not included -
3Derry
The Walls of the City Derry are the oldest and most complete city walls found in Ireland. A walking tour gives a great insight into this wonderful place whose origins date back to the 6th century. The Grianán of Áileach is an ancient stone hillfort with views over Derry, Inishowen, Lough Swilly, Lough Foyle and the Finn Valley. The Inishowen Peninsula is the most northerly part of Ireland and is in the Republic. (Therefore it is is the South…Irish humour.) Malin Head is the northern point on the island of Ireland. Film location for Star Wars. Doagh Famine Village is one of the most unique and popular visitor attractions, telling a story of community living, surviving and evolving throughout the past few hundred years. Overnight in Inishowen or Letterkenny.
8 hours • Admission ticket free -
4Wild Atlantic Way
Travel into west Donegal and the energetic can climb the iconic Errigal mountain. Onwards through the gaeltacht areas along the ocean to Slieve League and the highest seacliffs in Europe. The option is for those groups who choose not to walk up Errigal, may be interested in an evening boat trip to enjoy stories of the area from the boat captains or do a little mackerel fishing or maybe encounter some local dolphins. Overnight in Donegal Town.
8 hours • Admission ticket free -
5
The Belleek Pottery has produced its unique handcrafted parian pottery since 1857. See the craftspeople at work and hear their stories. Boa Island on Lower Lough Erne has a rural community graveyard with some of the most mysterious and beautiful carved figures found anywhere. Enniskillen is the County town of Fermanagh and the boarding point for a boat tour to Devinish Island whose Round Tower is the only one in Ireland that you can climb up inside to appreciate the job of the monastery watchman when Ireland was known as the land of saints and scholars. Afterwards it will be time to turn south again towards Dublin for next stage of your journey.
8 hours • Admission ticket not included
Faughart, the Irish Border and the Ring of Gullion
Belfast, Titanic Exhibition, Antrim Coastal Drive, Giants Causeway
Derry
Wild Atlantic Way
Belleek
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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