Itinerary opinions

Gran55 · Member

Itinerary opinions

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

Daylight will remain fairly late this time of year, probably 9-ish. By June it isn't truly dark until nearly 11 PM!

If you do your first night in Adare, I'm not sure why you would want to stay in Tralee. It's a nice enough, working town, but I would think that you would find Dingle Town much more interesting.

If it were me, I'ld do the nights like this:
#1: Adare
#2&#3: Kenmare or Killarney
#4&#5:Dingle
#6: Ennis or Bunratty

OR, if Adare ISN'T already booked, I would actually prefer this:

Day #1: (20 May) Drive to Cliffs and stay in either Doolin, Lahinch, Milltown Malbay, or even Kilkee
Day#2, #3: (May 21-22) Take the Tarbert Ferry and drive to Killarney or Kenmare. Spend two nights.
Day#4&5: (May 23-24) Drive to Dingle and spend two nights.
Day 6: (May 25) Drive VIA Adare to Bunratty or Ennis and spend the night.

To me, this flows smoother, keeps the driving to a minimum and has the added advantage of placing you in Dingle in time for the Grand IrelandYes! Dingle Gathering! biggrin

(I just made THAT up!)
Here's the Thread with the info:
Dingle

Bob

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur at 07:27, 2007-04-30

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur at 15:56, 2007-04-30

yesiree · Guru

I also would choose Dingle town over Tralee. Tralee puts you closer to the Cliffs, but

Also consider 1 or 2 nights Adare (the N69 route from Adare to Ballybunion via the Shannon estuary is worth the drive as a day trip...you could end in Dingle), 2 nights Dingle, 2 nights County Clare (you could see all you mentioned from Bunratty...but staying in Ennis, Ballyvaughan or any of the Clare towns would be more interesting). If you spend only one night in Adare, you can add a day elsewhere.

You could get away with not prebooking, but since you know the general area you want to cover, I'd probably try to book some great places prior to leaving. Or I'd have a decent-sized list of favorable options to bring along.

I'm not sure on drivetimes, but I'd leave 2-3 hours from Tralee to the Cliffs and 3-5 hours Dingle to Cliffs. Speedy drivers could make it faster.

Michele Erdvig · Host

Sandy,

I agree that Tralee is not the most attractive town to spend two nights in Ireland. About another 30 minutes from Tralee is a wonderful B&B near Castlegregory on the north side of the Dingle peninsula. It is The Shores. You can click through to it from my "lodgings" page.

Otherwise, the advice you have received from Bob & Corey is excellent.

Michele

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

Here's the link to the Dingle get to gether:

http://ireland.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=65127&p=3&topicID=11511145

Bob

-- Edited by Itallian Chauffeur at 12:17, 2007-05-05