Planning Holiday to Ireland

daydreamy · Member

Planning Holiday to Ireland

CowboyCraic · Guru

Hello,

Welcome to the forum. You can certainly see Ireland by Bus & Rail, traveling at your leisure. You could also look to a tour more designed for young folks such as Paddy Wagon Tours, a company which provides active tours at a fairly decent price, IMHO. I was the "elder stateswoman" of the Paddywagon tour I was on and yet I had the best time!

Let us know what you like to see and do. We can make better suggestions that way.

Slan Beo,

Bit Devine

yesiree · Guru

A bus trip is always an option. If you're more adventurous you could plan on a bus and rail trip and add guided day trips from some of the hubs like Dublin, Galway, Belfast or Killarney.

Let us know what you want to experience on your trip, and we'll give our 2 cents.

daydreamy · Member

Thanks for your replies ;)

We haven't decided yet what we exactly wanna see, but the following will be included:

- Dublin
- Galway
- Cliffs of Moher
- Sligo
- Maybe Belfast

For the rest we need to see what we want, we need to sit down together and see what Ireland has to over aww

daydreamy · Member

This is probably what the trip will look like:

Day 1 Amsterdam --> Dublin
Day 2 Dublin
Day 3 Dublin
Day 4 Dublin --> Galway
Day 5 Galway (Daytour, the Burren & Cliffs of Moher)
Day 6 Galway
Day 7 Galway --> Castlebar
Day 8 Castlebar
Day 9 Castlebar --> Sligo
Day 10 Sligo
Day 11 Sligo --> Belfast
Day 12 Belfast
Day 13 Belfast
Day 14 Belfast --> Amsterdam

We will travel on our own with the coached/trains (whatever ;) )

Is there anything in one of these cities which we shouldn't miss?

-- Edited by daydreamy at 04:58, 2007-05-04

Itallian Chauffeur · Moderator

While in Galway, consider a daytrip (or overnite) to the Aran Islands.
Rather than Castlebar, Westport has a lively music scene and is very picturesque.

Bob

Michele Erdvig · Host

Daydreamy,

I think if I were going to do Ireland by public transport I would base in cities that have good day trip options to other places. It also depends on the time of year you are traveling since day tours are more abundant May - Sept. Some good cities to base out of are Dublin, Killarney, Galway, Limerick, Belfast.

Also take a look at Vagabond Tours http://www.vagabond-ireland.com/ They provide something adventurous and off-the-beaten-track.

Hopefully you will return to Ireland many more times and will soon be able to drive yourselves around.

Michele