Group Travel Tour Operator and DMC for Donegal and Ireland

Dublin and Delightful Donegal

The River Liffey ©Tourism Ireland
Glenveagh National Park Castle, County Donegal, Ireland -Panoramic view ©Courtesy Gareth Wray Photography

7 day tour

From £379 per person - minimum 20 passengers

Donegal, wild and remote, marks the most northerly point of Ireland. Almost completely surrounded by the Atlantic, Donegal’s scenery is a true national treasure. Visit some of the many treasures of this stunning county!

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Dates

March - October 2023

Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Depart the UK

Take the afternoon ferry crossing from Holyhead to Dublin, then a short drive to your hotel in time for dinner.

Day 2

Free Day in Dublin

(Coach driver’s rest day)

Take a 20-minute tram into Dublin, use your sightseeing bus tour ticket to enjoy the highlights of Dublin, optional visit to the Guinness Storehouse or Jameson Whiskey.

Day 3

Sligo Abbey and the Sligo Country Museum

Morning departure from Dublin, we head north to Sligo where we visit the final resting place of poet WB Yeates, Sligo Abbey and the Sligo Country Museum.

Day 4

Slieve League Cliffs and Donegal Cruise

Travel via Killybegs to view the spectacular Slieve League cliffs, the highest in Europe at 1,972 ft above the sea. Enjoy the views of the Glengesh Pass and on to Donegal for an afternoon cruise and some free time to wander in the old town.

Day 5

Glenveagh National Park and Lifford Courthouse

Today, visit Glenveagh National Park, a remote and hauntingly beautiful wilderness in the heart of Donegal, enjoy a guided tour of Glenveagh Castle. Afternoon visit to Lifford Courthouse to step back in time for a ‘Live’ tour of Donegal’s original county jail!

Day 6

Belleek Pottery and Return to Dublin

This morning, enjoy a fascinating factory tour of the world famous Belleek China Pottery, where you can watch the different stages of the pottery making process. Continue to Dublin for final overnight stop.

Day 7

Return to the UK

After an early breakfast, take the ferry and return home.

Suggested Hotel

Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran ****

This 4-star hotel is set in 130 acres of parkland in the popular tourist town of Bundoran just 7 minutes walk from the beach. Overlooking Donegal Bay, it has a golf course and a fully equipped leisure club including gym, indoor pool, sauna, steam room and hot tub. A restaurant and 2 bars are available on-site. All rooms are equipped with a TV, telephone and private bathroom. Many rooms also boast views of the coast or golf course.

Dates	7 days / 6 nights
March – October 2023	From £379.00 per person

Prices include return ferry. If you would like a price travelling by air, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Single room supplement available upon request.

Exchange rate based on £1 = €1.192 as of January 2022. All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include UK coach hire, travel or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Greatdays Holidays Limited has an ATOL licence (4279) and all of our air package tours are protected under this licence. In the unlikely event of our insolvency, the Civil Aviation Authority will ensure that you are not stranded abroad and will arrange to refund any monies you have paid to us for an advance booking. All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this tour are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk