Itinerary

• DAY 1:

  USA / DUBLIN

  Depart from your hometown for an overnight flight to Ireland. Meals are served on board.

• DAY 2:

  DUBLIN

  Upon arrival in Dublin you will be greeted by your Homeric Tours guide and driver. Begin our panoramic city tour, where we pass by the General Post Office on the city’s main streets, O’Connell Street, Custom House, and the Phoenix Park, the largest city park in Europe. On the other side of the river are Georgian squares characterized by colorful doors, Grafton Street and Trinity College the oldest university in Ireland founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I. If time permits, we will visit the an-cient library containing over 20,000 manuscripts, among them the Book of Kells, a manuscript from the 9th-century written by the monks at St. Colombo’s monastery on the island of Iona. Also visit St. Patrick’s Anglican Cathedral, built in 1213. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 3:

  WICKLOW / GLENDALOUGH / TIPPERARY

  This morning we will travel through the mountains of Wicklow, known as the “Garden of Ireland” and arrive at Glenadalough, an ancient monastic city, established in the 6th-century by St. Kevin, a hermit priest often compared to St. Francis of Assisi. Glenadalough was a very important center of learning, as well as a pilgrimage destination. A guided tour of the site includes a Round Tower, the ruins of the Cathedral and “St. Kevin’s Kitchen” surrounded by an old cemetery. We continue to Baltinglass where the ruins of a Cistercian Abbey are found. Then we pass by Castledermot to view the remnants of a Franciscan Abbey, before arriving in Tipperary for dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 4:

  ROCK OF CASHEL / KERRY

  Today we will visit the “Rock of Cashel,” and the “Golden Vale,” which are religious buildings dating back to the 12th-century. The Cathedral, the Round Tower and Cormac Chapel, which is the first Irish Romanesque church, testify to the importance of the site. In the afternoon continue to Kerry. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 5:

  KERRY / DINGLE PENINSULA

  After breakfast, head towards the Dingle Penin-sula, the most northern of the Kerry peninsulas. Travel from Inch, the last part of the country where Gaelic language is spoken, to the Eagle Mount and the cliffs of Slea Head. In Early Christian Ireland, monks were looking for isolated places such as Gallarus Oratory, dated from the 9th-century, and well preserved. Next stop is Kilmalkedar Church, built in the 12th-century, once part of a complex of religious buildings in Romanesque style. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 6:

  SHANNON / CLIFFS OF MOHER / GALWAY

  Enjoy an Irish breakfast and then travel north through Listowel to embark on the ferry at Killimer and cross the Shannon estuary. County Clare is a beautiful landscape, with a Victorian seaside resort and where we visit the Cliffs of Moher. We con-tinue on to Galway, which has kept its medieval charm with its colorful streets and authentic pubs. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 7:

  GALWAY / CORRIB LAKE / CLONMACNOISE

  After breakfast enjoy a cruise on Corrib Lake, which is the best way to see Galway and its surroundings. A visit to Clonmacnoise, Ireland’s important monastic site, which overlooks the River Shannon is included. Founded by St. Ciaran in the 6th century, the site consists of a walled field containing numerous early churches, high crosses, round towers and graves. Overnight and dinner is in Galway.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 8:

  KNOCK

  Today visit Knock and one of the world’s leading Marian shrines, where on August 21, 1879 fifteen women, men and children, witnessed an Apparition of Mary. We will visit the Basilica, the largest church in Ireland. Afternoon at leisure. Mass and private prayer time at the shrine. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 9:

  KNOCK / DUBLIN

  After breakfast depart Knock for Dublin. Afternoon arrival. Visit the National Museum with its collec-tion of golden prehistoric jewelry which is without a doubt the most beautiful in Europe. Of great interest is the Celtic finery as well as numerous early Christian ornaments and relics. Free time in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight.
  Breakfast and Dinner included

• DAY 10:

  DUBLIN / USA

  After breakfast, then transfer to Dublin Airport for your departure flight home.
  Breakfast included