• This morning, sleep in, and enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel .
• Wander on the streets of the South side, on Grafton Street Dame Street, and explore the beautiful parks of St Stephen’s Green and Merrion Square. At this time, you could also visit the Chester Beatty Library inside the Dublin Castle grounds, featuring miniature paintings, prints, drawings, rare books and decorative arts. 
• This afternoon, we’ll head to at the Trinity College of Dublin, the scholarly home to many classical and contemporary Irish writers.
• We’ll have happy hour Irish-style, starting at the Irish Whiskey Museum, an      interactive modern whiskey tour to learn the origins of Irish whiskey, its rise to glory and its dramatic fall. 
• Overnight:Dublin (Academy Plaza or similar)

• Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel before heading north towards Northern      Ireland.
• Visit Tollymore Forest, one of the filming locations for the series Game of Thrones, Season 1 – Episode 1: Winter is coming, where Ned and his sons      meet their direwolf pups for the first time. (Nymeria, may the old gods and the new protect you!)
• Arrive in Belfast, where you will do a panoramic tour of the city passing by the Botanic Gardens, the Ulster Museum, Queen’s University, Stormont House, Belfast city hall, Albert Clock, and other important historical monuments. This afternoon, explore on your own, considering a Black Cab Tour, learning about Belfast’s political murals.
• Overnight: Belfast  (Jurys Inn or similar)

· Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel before departing and heading towards Derry via the Causeway Coastal route.

· Enjoy Northern Ireland’s beautiful and wild coast, visiting the Gobbins Path, which brings visitors to the edge of the Irish Sea via a network of 23 bridges and walkways that traverse caves, tunnels and steps carved directly into the cliff face. 

· Take in views across the water of Magheramorne Quarry near Larne where The Wall scenes from Game of Thrones are filmed. 

· Suggestion: For lunch, dine at the Fullerton Arms in Ballintoy where they have a Game of Thrones room and one of the 10 doors especially carved with scenes from Season 6.

· This afternoon, you’ll visit the Giant’s Causeway, listed as Ireland’s first World Heritage site. 

· Overnight: Derry (the Waterfoot or similar)

· Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel.

· Visit the city of Derry where you will explore the city in a walking tour. Then, visit the Museum of Free Derry to learn more about the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the history of the city. 

· In the afternoon, enjoy some free time to wander around the town and browse through the lovely craft shops, or enjoy a drink in one of the local pubs.

· Alternatively: After the walking tour in the morning, head to Glenveagh National Park. Glenveagh National park is one of 6 national parks in Ireland, with 16,000 hectares and a stunning castle, built in the 1870s . 

· Overnight: Donegal town (the Abbey hotel or similar)

· Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel then drive towards Galway and stop at Belleek Pottery along the way, investigating unique pieces made with traditional methods,  passed down from generation to generation.

·  Drive to Strandhill in county Sligo and arrive at the Atlantic Sheepdog south of Strandhill, where you’ll witness a traditional sheepdog demonstration with owner Martin Feeney, who together with his dogs, has represented Ireland on an International stage on numerous occasions over the past twenty years! Martin demonstrates how sheepdogs are used to move sheep around mountains and fields, on a typical Irish Farm. You will also learn how the dogs are trained, about the many different breeds of sheep reared on the Atlantic Sheepdogs Farm and all about life on the farm.

· Then, travel to Galway, and enjoy the evening in the most bohemian city in Ireland, a magnet for musicians, poets and dramatists all over the world. Walk down Shop Street and down on to Claddagh (after the famous ring!).

· Overnight: Galway/Clare (Connacht or similar)

· Enjoy enjoying Irish breakfast at your hotel, departs to the Connemara region, taking in Ireland’s breathtaking scenery. Meet with some of the inhabitants of this region who still speak Gaelic and practice ancient Celtic traditions and customs.

· Visit Kylemore Abbey,a beautiful manor built in 1857 by Henry Mitchell for his wife, Margaret Mitchell, while they were on their honeymoon in Connemara. It is known as one of the most romantic places in Ireland. The house was transformed into an abbey in the 1930’s when the Irish nuns of the Benedictine Order arrived from Ypres in Belgium after the First World War. They abbey then became a prestigious female boarding school, but now it hosts nuns on retreat. 

· Visit Dan O’Hara’s farm, a family-run farm in the heart of Connemara. Martin & Nora, the owners, will welcome you with open arms and share their family stories. In 1992 they diversified into agritourism and at the Heritage Centre the family share the history, heritage, culture & traditions of the Connemara. The farm has cattle, sheep and the world famous Connemara Ponies with a few friendly donkeys & chickens. The Centre is based around the restored prefamine cottage of Dan O' Hara who was forced to emigrate in the 1840's when he was evicted from his home. Martin will then demonstrate the art of turf-cutting, an old and traditional farming method in Ireland since centuries.

· For dinner, we’ll enjoy a medieval banquet at Dunguaire Castle in County Clare.

· Overnight: Galway / Clare (Connacht Hotel or similar)

· Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel and depart Galway towards County Kerry.

· Drive to Doolin and walk to the Cliffs of Moher along the coastal path and marvel at the wonderful views from cliffs that rise up to 600 feet above sea-level. 

· Next, we’ll head to Limerick city and visit King John’s Castle, which has dominated Limerick city for over 800 years.  Meet lively characters of the Castle, and explore the castle grounds. 

· Drive towards County Kerry and stop at the picturesque village of Adare for short stop to learn about country life. 

· Overnight: Kerry (Dromhall Hotel or similar)

· Enjoy Irish breakfast at your hotel, then depart for a full day on the world famous Ring of Kerry, taking in some of Ireland’s most spectacular scenery and panoramas along the Atlantic Ocean. The rugged coastline of the South-west Ireland contrasts with the rich and varied vegetation nurtured by the influence of the Gulf Stream.

· Depending on today’s weather, enjoy a boat tour around the Skellig Michael, an island made famous for featuring in the new Star Wars movie, and originally was a sanctuary for Gaelic Christian monks.  If weather doesn’t allow this visit, we’ll head to visit the Skellig Experience on the mainland near Valentia Island.

· After lunch, we’ll continue through many small villages such as Sneem, famous for its multicolored houses, and through the mountains to Molls Gap and Ladies View, two vantage points which offer superb views of the famous Lakes of Killarney.

· This afternoon, we’ll stroll through Muckross Gardens which are set in the Killarney National Park, near the beautiful Muckross House visited by Queen Victoria in the 19th century.

· Overnight: Kerry (Dromhall Hotel or similar)