Starting points for the famous 'Ring of Kerry' drive are Castlemaine (north of Killorglin), or Tralee. For scenic drama a clockwise tour is recommended (although the scenery at first is quiet and undramatic) with good dune beaches at Inch and small hamlets like Anascaul, with...
Ireland Luxury Tours likes its clients to get the best out of their tours to Ireland. Ladies' View is a place to pause for an unforgetable vista across the lakes of the National Park towards the Gap of Dunloe. The 'ladies' were Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting,...
Ilnacullin, the Italian Gardens on Garinish Island, are reminiscent of a Maxfield Parrish fantasy, hardly what you would expect in rural Cork, though the conical hills in the background may suggest a lesser Mount Olympus. However, such 'follies' or architectural fantasies are not uncommon in...
This collection of monastic remains is one of the most important in Ireland. Coach parties ,on tours of Ireland, visit it from Dublin. The visitors have generated a host of souvenir shops, pubs and cafes in the local villages. Move away from this, however,and Ireland Luxury Tours...
The appealing little town of Enniskillen owes much of its attractiveness to its setting on an island where the two sections of Lough Erne constrict to their narrowest point. Several routes converge on Enniskillen's strategic location and at busy times it can be a traffic...
At Ireland Luxury Tours we often travel the Ards Peninsula with clients on our tours of Ireland , and take in various sights including Mount Stewart House ...
Either as part of your tour of Ireland,or as a day trip out of Belfast(popular with the cruise ships) Ireland Luxury Tours recommend this attraction. Downhill House, near Coleraine, was the residence of the eccentric Anglican Bishop Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol, a descendant...
On the way to the Mourne Mountains it is often possible to take in the "Ards Peninsula" driving to Portaferry. Either as a day tour out of Belfast , if your cruise ship is in , or as part of your tour of Ireland , consider...
Waterford is by far the largest town in the Southeast and one of the few prospering industrial centres in the Republic, with a grand history and plenty to explore. This is essentially a Viking city, with many reminders of this period of it history among...
If you are interested in horses, one place you will certainly want to see is the Irish National Stud, based at Tully just outside the town. The valuable animals enjoy a standard of living many humans would envy, and their occupation may appeal, too. The...