5 Star Luxury Irish Resorts, Chef Led Dining Experiences, And Ancient Medieval Sights
Duration: 7 nights 8 day tour
Dates: June 15th to 22nd 2025
Touring: Northern Ireland
All-Inclusive Tour Cost: $3695 Per Person Sharing ($995 single room supplement)
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Your prepaid Northern Elegance Tour includes the following:
- All transportation, including pickups and shuttle service to the airport on departure.
- Luxury executive touring coach with a professional and local driver/guide
- All hotel baggage handling tips and fees.
- Refreshments and snacks on board the coach while touring.
- All entrance fees to various attractions museums and places of interest Royal Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Downpatrick Center Experience, Navan Center Celtic Wedding, Morning tea in Judith’s family home, Titanic Experience, Giants Causeway, Glen Shane Seep Farm Demonstration, Belleek Pottery Factory Tour, Donegal Castle Tour, Magee’s Weavers demonstration & Medieval Carlingford.
- Welcome luncheon at the Hillside in historic Hillsborough, County Down.
- 2 Nights at the luxury 4-star Killeavy Castle in Co. Armagh with full Irish Breakfast
- Dinner Experience at the Guillian Restaurant, AA Hospitality Award-winning
- 2 Nights at the Luxury City Center Ebrington and Spa with a full Irish Breakfast
- 2 nights dining experience at the Ebrington Restaurant with Chef Thurston
- 2 Nights at the 5-Star Lough Erne Hotel with a full Irish breakfast
- 2 nights dining expeience at the Catalina Restaurant with Chef Stephen Holland
- Luncheon at award winning Fitzpatrick’s in Carlingford.
- 1 Night at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel with a full Irish breakfast
- All Taxes
Day 1
We will depart Dublin for Royal Hillsborough, to visit Northern Ireland’s Royal residence. We will have a guided tour of the Castle with time to enjoy the gardens with 100 acres of peaceful woodlands, picturesque glens, and walled-in gardens.
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Our group luncheon will be in a local secret gem, Clenaghans Restaurant, with its eighteenth-century buildings, literary connections, and reputed use of local ingredients from farm to fork. Our accommodation will be in Killeavy Castle Estate, set on 365 acres of rolling green countryside of Co. Armagh, with time to relax and unwind. Welcome to Ireland!
Hillsborough Castle
Day 2
We depart Killeavy Castle for the Saint Patrick’s Center in Downpatrick. The museum tells the story of Saint Patrick through an interactive exhibition using new multimedia technology.
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In Downpatrick we will visit the famous saints’ gravesite and the wonderful medieval Down Cathedral. From Downpatrick, we will then drive to Judith’s family home where we will enjoy Irish tea and scones along with an Irish bread making demonstration – a wonderful Irish welcome! After spending time with the family we head back to Killeavy Castle to enjoy a group dining experience at the prestigious AA Hospitality award-winning Gullion Restaurant, with Chef Darragh Dooley.
Day 3
We begin today by driving the short distance to Armagh City, stopping first at Navan Fort to experience Gaelic life a thousand years ago as the resident Celtic Clan reenacts the footsteps of ancient warriors.
Read Moreand our group participates in an interactive Celtic wedding on the Iron Age village site of Emain Macha. From Navan, we will enjoy a driving tour of the city of Armagh, learning about its Georgian architecture before we then travel east to Belfast to tour the famous Titanic Experience, a world-leading visitor attraction that tells the story of RMS Titanic from her conception in Belfast in the early 1900s. After Titanic, we will enjoy a driving and photo opportunity tour of Belfast before heading to the luxury Ebrington Hotel and Spa. The wonderful Ebrington Hotel has stunning views overlooking the River Foyle and the location in the Derry city center allows guests the opportunity to explore the vibrant Derry pub and music scene.
Day 4
We depart the Ebrington Hotel for the Giants Causeway following the Causeway Coastal Route, which is one of Ireland’s most scenic drives, and breathtaking at every turn.
Read MoreYou will find yourself embracing the Giant Spirit as you drive these legendary roads and awaken your senses and imagination to stories, and scenes from movies, such as The Game of Thrones, and a photo opportunity at the Dunluce Castle, the inspiration of C. S. Lewis’s Car Paravel and the Chronicles of Narnia. The rugged beauty of the coastline will take your breath away. We will explore the Giants Causeway, one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. Tonight, we will dine in the award-winning AA Rosette Restaurant with chef Leigh Thurston.
Day 5
We depart the Ebrngton and enjoy a city tour of Derry, the home of Ireland’s only completely intact historic walled city made famous by the show, ‘Derry Girls’.
Read MoreHistory is all around us, as we walk on the walls built over 400 years ago and learn about the Siege of Derry, the famous murals depicting ‘the troubles’, to the Peace Bridge, a symbol of hope. Afterwards, we will drive to Glenshane Country Farm to meet 4th generation Shepherd James Mcloy who will introduce us to his amazing working sheepdogs Tess, and demonstrate how they work on the sheep farm with panoramic views of the Sperrin Mountains. Then we will drive towards the West, to the 5-star Lough Erne Hotel and Spa, for hospitality like no other. Tonight, guests can unwind at the Thai Spa or walk around the Lakeland resort, with time to relax and enjoy some free time at the resort.
Day 6
We depart the Lough Erne for Belleek Pottery, Ireland’s oldest pottery with over 160 years of craftsmanship. We will tour the pottery to see individual artists working from design to production and some time to shop afterward.
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We will then drive to Donegal town to tour the Castle and learn about the O’Donnell Clan, Lords of Tir Conaill, and the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th century. No visit to Donegal would be complete without a weaving demonstration from Magee’s Weavers and learning about the history of the region’s renowned industry. After time to enjoy the town with its legendary pubs and shopping, we will drive back to Lough Erne to enjoy an award-winning dinner with Chef Stephen in the Catalina Restaurant.
Day 7
After a leisurely breakfast, we depart Lough Erne for Carlingford in the historically rich County Louth. One of the best preserved Medieval villages in Ireland with lots of cute shops, pubs and curiosities to explore
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Take time to stroll the village or explore the impressive Norman Castle overlooking the bay before we continue our journey to the wonderful Fitzpatrick’s Bar & Restaurant just outside the village, voted Irish pub of the yeear many times over – no mean feat! Enjoy the fun memorabilia outside, and take few photos before we enjoy a wonderful Irish pub gatro lunch experienc like no other. – After lunch, we then continue our journey south toward Dublin and the Crowne Plaza hotel once more as we prepare for our journey home.
Day 8
Guests will say farewell and take the complimentary shuttle from the Crowne Plaza airport hotel to Dublin international airport to fly home.