Highlights: The Burren, Dublin, Kilmainhaim Gaol, Galway, Giant's Causeway, Aran Islands.
Hot topics: History, Religion and Monasticism, Literature (W B Yeats, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift).
Highlights: Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, Bath, Oxford, Stonehenge, Stratford upon Avon.
Hot topics: Literature, History, Theatre, Finance, Art and Architecture.
Highlights: Glencoe, Edinburgh, Skye, Iona, Stirling Castle, Clava Cairns, The Hermitage.
Hot topics: Geography/Geology, History, Literature, Politics and Government.
Highlights: Krakow, Auschwitz, Kazimierz, Warsaw, Museum of 1944 Uprising, Westerplatte.
Hot topics: World War II, The Holocaust, Jewish Culture, 20th Century History.
Highlights: Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Versailles, Foutainebleu, Reims, Chartres, Normandy.
Hot topics: Art (Impressionists, Monet, Rodin), Literature, European History.
Highlights: Granada, L'Alhambra, Cordoba, Mesquita, Barcelona, Museo de Picasso, La Sagrada Famila, La Pedrera, Madrid, Museo Del Prado, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Toledo.
Hot topics: Art, Modern Art (Picasso, Miro), Architecture (Gaudi).
Highlights: Lisbon, Faro, Fatima, Coimbra, Porto.
Hot topics: Navigation and Exploration, Monarchy and Empire, European History, Religious Studies.
Highlights: Zurich, View from Felsenegg, Zermatt, Mount Rigi, Aare Gorge, Rhone Glacier, Lake Lucerne, Appenzell, Grundewald, Rhine Falls (Europe's largest waterfall).
Hot topics: Geology, Environmental Studies, Travel and Tourism, Finance.
Highlights: Amsterdam, Anne Frank's House, Rijkmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Canals, The Hague, Bruges, Brussells, Antwerp.
Hot topics: European Politics and Government, the European Community, International Law, Art, European History.
Highlights: Berlin, Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Pergamon Museum, Potsdam, Bavaria, Neuschwanstein Castle.
Hot topics: World War II, Modern History, Jewish Culture, Politics and the European Union.
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Highlights: Salzburg, Mozart Residence, Halstatt, the Alps, Estherhazy Palace, Eisenstadt, Castle Herberstein, The Imperial Hotel, Vienna, Graz.
Hot topics: Music, Geology, European HIstory.
Highlights: Budapest, Hungarian Parliament, Godolla Palace, Szechenyi Baths, Esterhazy Palace in Fertod, Szentendre, Visegrad.
Hot topics: The Hapsburgs, Austro-Hungarian Empire, European History.
Highlights: Dubrovnik, "The Pearl of the Adriatic", Hvar, Split, Trogir, Zadar.
Hot topics: Empire (Byzantine, Ottoman, Venetian, Hungarian), Ancient History, Archeology, Architecture, Modern European History.
Highlights: The Parthenon, Epidaurus, Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia, Meteora Pinnacle Monasteries.
Hot topics: Archeology, Classicism, Philosophy, Art, Ancient History.
Highlights: Roman Forum and Colisseum, Uffizi Gallery, San Marco, Venice, Pompeii.
Hot topics: Archeology, Art, Architecture, Ancient History.
Your tour begins in the captivating and charismatic city of Dublin. Take a walking tour to learn about what life was like Dublin for famous authors such as Jonathan Swift, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. Learn about the Easter Rising of 1916 and the history of this thriving city. The tour ends at Trinity College where you can have a look at the world famous Book of Kells.
Kilmainhain Gaol has witnessed much of Ireland’s turbulent past. Leaders of Irish rebellions, including the Easter Rising of 1916, the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War were all imprisoned here. Hear their stories on a guided tour of the museum. In the afternoon, enjoy treasures of Irish culture at the National Museum and National Museum of Art.
Evening options: The Abbey Theatre Production.
Today we go back to nature and the beautiful countryside of County Wicklow and Glendalough, the Valley of the Two Lakes. A secluded spot for hermits like its founder St Kevin, you will be whisked away to another world. We then travel onto Powerscourt, built in the 1730’s and home to the finest gardens in Ireland.
From Dublin travel to Cobh and enjoy the interactive Queenstown experience where you can learn what it was like to be an Irish immigrant. See the town that would have been you last glimpse of Ireland before travelling off to America. Cobh was also the last port of call for the Titanic. From there travel to world famous Blarney Castle where you can kiss the blarney stone and be endowed with a ‘gift for the gab.’ Finally, travel to Killarney, gateway to the beautiful Ring of Kerry.
Spend night in Killarney.
On your second day in Killarney, enjoy a tour around the Ring of Kerry including Staigue Fort an Iron Age fort built 2,500 years ago, Molls Gap for a breathtaking view of MacGillycuddy’s Reeks and the surrounding lakes, and Torc Waterfall. Or get out of the coach and take a hike on a tour that starts at Kate Kearney’s Cottage, where you can start a walk through the Gap of Dunloe before continuing your journey by boat via the Upper, Middle and Lower Lakes, before returning to Killarney.
Spend night in Killarney.
The Cliffs of Moher in County Clare are breathtaking, dropping 200metres straight into the Atlantic Ocean. After taking in the view and we travel through the Burren, “rocky land” in Gaelic, a striking limestone landscape which surprises the senses with its combination of desolation and rich flora and fauna.