Guided Irish Castle Vacation – Ireland’s #1 Castle Tour
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Our Ireland Castle vacations allow you to travel east to west and west to north. You will stay in fantastic accommodation with food to match, visit 6 castles, and a 6th century monastery , as well as taking in the Giants Causeway. The scenery that will be on view on this tour is nothing short of breathtaking.
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The Magnificent Ballynahich Irish Castle / Hotel
Fly into Dublin and travel across the centre of Ireland to the magnificent Ballynahich castle hotel, Recess, Connemara, County Galway a magnificent castle built in the 1750’s set in a private estate of 450 acres and considered one of the finest in Ireland. Stay 3 nights in a four poster overlooking the beautiful river which is full of salmon. A great base for some of the finest tours of Ireland.
The Beautiful Irish O’Flaherty Family Castle
Visit Galway city and the beautiful Aughanure Castle, Oughterard, County Galway. A tower house built by the O’Flaherty family in the 16th century and used to blockade Galway during the Cromwellian invasion.
Galway Bay’s Historic Irish Castle Built in 1520
No Irish castle vacation is complete without a visit to the Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, County Galway built in 1520 by a family associated with the area since 662. It is a magnificent tower house built on the south eastern shore of Galway Bay.
The Beautiful Enniskillen Castle in Northern Ireland
Leave Galway and travel across the west of Ireland to the town of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. Visit the beautiful Enniskillen Castle built in the 16th century and housing a fine museum for the royal Inniskilling fusiliers. A visit to the 6th century monastery on Devenish Island can also be arranged. Stay at the magnificent Lough Erne golf resort, fantastic 5 star accommodation on the shore of Lough Erne.
5 Star Irish Lakeland Stay at the Culloden Hotel
Your castle vacation in Ireland will be greatly enhanced with travel through the lakeland County of Fermanagh and up to Belfast staying at the 5 star Culloden Hotel, originally built as a palace for the bishops of Down. It stands in 12 acres of gardens and overlooks Belfast Lough.
Ireland’s Medieval Carrickfergus Castle built in 1177 & the Stunning Dunluce Castle
Take a tour of the north coast of Northern Ireland visiting Carrickfergus Castle, a totally preserved medieval castle dating from 1177. Then along the coast road, one of the best tours of Ireland, to Dunluce Castle, the most stunning of castles built in 1530 with strong Irish history dating back to 1200. Situated on a dramatic cliff top location with views of the coast and to Scotland beyond. The world famous Giants Causeway is around the corner, and a great capstone to your Ireland castle vacation. Interested in Scotland? Checkout our Simply Scotland Honeymoon tour featuring Scottish castles!
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