Group Travel Tour Operator and DMC for Waterford and Kilkenny

Treasures of Waterford and Kilkenny

Waterford & Suir Valley Railway
The House of Waterford Crystal, The Mall, Waterford City ©Courtesy Patrick Browne
Dunbrody Famine Ship, Ireland
Waterford City, Waterford ©Courtesy Celtic Routes

7 day tour

From £534 per person - minimum 20 passengers

Different elements of Ireland’s history and heritage come together in this fascinating tour that includes Waterford Crystal, the Dunbrody Famine Ship and Kilkenny.

Dates

March - October 2024 & 2025

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

Wicklow, Glendalough and Mount Usher Gardens

Time in the ‘Garden of Ireland’ today, nestled amongst lush rolling hills and pretty glens with cascading waterfalls, here we visit the famous Mount Usher Gardens.

Day 3

Waterford City and Waterford Crystal

(Coach driver’s rest day)

Enjoy a guided walking tour of Waterford, visit Waterford Crystal for a guided factory tour. Free time this afternoon.

Day 4

Heritage Railway and Congreve House & Gardens

Ride on the delightful Waterford & Suir Valley Railway. We also visit the newly renovated Mount Congreve House and Garden built in 1760 by the local architect John Roberts.

Day 5

Kilkenny and the Butler Castle

A full day to explore the medieval city of Kilkenny, including a city sightseeing tour aboard the Kilkenny Road Train and visit to Kilkenny Butler Castle. Finally call in at the Nicholas Mosse Pottery Mill to see the potters and decorators at work.

Day 6

Dunbrody Famine Ship and Ros Tapestry

Visit an authentic reproduction of the ‘Dunbrody’, a 1840s emigrant vessel providing a unique insight into the bravery and fortitude of the Irish people during the great famine. Afternoon visit to the Ros Tapestry, see 15 huge embroidered panels by local volunteers. Continue to Dublin for our final night.

Day 7

Return to the UK

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

Greatdays offer a selection of quality hotels in Waterford.

Dates	7 days / 6 nights
2024 dates	From £534.00 per person
2025 dates	From £534.00 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