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L uxury Golf 8 day tour , South West Ireland. L uxury Golf 8 day tour , South West Ireland. ● 7 NIGHTS 5 STAR ACCOMMODATION ● FULL BREAKFAST DAILY ● GUIDED TOURING OPTIONS
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Luxury Golf 8 day tour, South West Ireland ● 7 NIGHTS 5 STAR ACCOMMODATION ● FULL BREAKFAST DAILY ● GUIDED TOURING OPTIONS ● LUXURY COACH TRANSFERS ● CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF ● MEET & GREET SERVICE ● 24 HR SUPPORT DAY 1 ARRIVE AND TRANSFER TO THE DOONBEG RESORT DOONBEG RESORT GOLF AT DOONBEG LOCAL TOURING DAY 2 GOLF AT LAHINCH OLD COURSE DOONBEG RESORT OVERNIGHT AT DOONBEG DAY 3 GOLF AT BALLYBUNION OLD COURSE KILLARNEY LOCAL TOURING DAY 4 GOLF AT WATERVILLE KILLARNEY LOCAL TOURING DAY 5 GOLF AT TRALEE KILLARNEY LOCAL TOURING DAY 6 GOLF KILLARNEY KILLEEN CORK CITY LOCAL TOURING DAY 7 GOLF OLD HEAD CORK CITY DAY 8 PRIVATE TRANSFER TO AIRPORT
Old Head • Waterville • Tralee • Ballybunion • Lahinch • Doonbeg • Killarney THE SOUTHERN LINKS 6 5 4 3 7 2 1
DAY 1 EARLY ARRIVAL INTO SHANNON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE YOU WILL BE WELCOMED BY YOUR DRIVER AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 5 STAR DOONBEG RESORT ON THE WEST COAST. ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS 5 STAR HOTELS IN IRELAND, DOONBEG RESORT IS LOCATED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF DOONBEG. FROM THE IRISH “DÚN BEAG” (SMALL FORT), DOONBEG IS A SMALL PARISH IN WEST COUNTY CLARE NESTLED ON A MAGNIFICENT COASTAL EXPANSE. DOONBEG IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC AND EXCLUSIVE GOLF RESORTS IN THE WORLD – A HIDDEN RETREAT SET AMONGST ROLLING SAND DUNES ON ONE OF THE MOST BREATHTAKING COASTAL SITES IN IRELAND.
DAY 1 CONTINUED GOLF AT DOONBEG GOLF CLUB “THE ROLLING SEASIDE DUNES OF DOONBEG WERE FIRST IDENTIFIED BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF LAHINCH AS HAVING POTENTIAL FOR A GOLF COURSE, AS EARLY AS 1892. THE OFFICERS OF THE SCOTTISH BLACK WATCH REGIMENT HAD SEARCHED FAR AND WIDE FOR THE PERFECT COASTAL SITE AND AS LEGEND HAS IT, THE DRAMATIC LINKS LAND OF DOONBEG WAS THEIR FIRST CHOICE. THIS LINKS RANKS WITH BALLYBUNION AND LAHINCH AS ONE OF THE FINEST GOLF COURSES IN IRELAND.” DINNER AT THE LODGE OVERNIGHT AT THE DOONBEG RESORT
DAY 2 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL GOLF AT LAHINCH GOLF CLUB “LAHINCH GOLF CLUB HAS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT CLASSIC LINKS. IT HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF GREATNESS: A GLORIOUS SETTING, A RICH HISTORY, SUPERB NATURAL TERRAIN AND, WHERE MAN HAS 'INTERVENED', IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE HAND OF AN OUTSTANDING ARCHITECT. IT ALSO HAS A PAIR OF NOTORIOUS BLIND HOLES, A RUINED CASTLE AND GOATS THAT ROAM FREELY ON THE DUNES.” RETURN TO THE DOONBEG RESORT FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.
DAY 3 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL AFTERWARDS, TRAVEL TO BALLYBUNION VIA THE NORTH KERRY COAST AND THE KILLIMER – TARBERT FERRY. PLAY AT THE OLD COURSE, BALLYBUNION “RATED ONE OF THE TEN BEST GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD, STANDING ON THE FIRST TEE AT BALLYBUNION IS EVERY BIT AS AWE INSPIRING AS ONE COULD IMAGINE IN MANY RESPECTS, IT'S LIKE STANDING ON THE FIRST AT THE OLD COURSE IN ST. ANDREWS. THE OLD COURSE AT BALLYBUNION IS A TRUE SEASIDE LINKS, VIRTUALLY TREELESS WITH A DISTINCT LACK OF MAN MADE INFLUENCES. THE GOLFER IS REQUIRED TO PLAY ACCURATE APPROACH SHOTS TO THE GREENS, USUALLY TO A SMALL TARGET WITH NOT A LOT OF SPACE.” FREE FOR LUNCH DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN KILLARNEY
DAY 4 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART FOR WATERVILLE GOLF CLUB. “WATERVILLE GOLF LINKS IN KERRY IS ONE OF THE FINEST LINKS GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD, NEVER MIND IRELAND. LOCATED ON THE RING OF KERRY, THE SURROUNDING SCENERY AND QUALITY OF GOLF HOLES IS BREATHTAKING TO SAY THE LEAST. SINCE OPENING IN 1973, WATERVILLE HAS ENJOYED GREAT POPULARITY AND HAS HOSTED SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING PROFESSIONALS FROM FALDO AND FLOYD TO STEWART, O'MEARA AND WOODS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE BEEN CAPTIVATED BY THE COURSE.” FREE FOR DINNER OVERNIGHT KILLARNEY
DAY 5 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL Optional extra golf Tralee “OPENED IN OCTOBER 1984 TRALEE GOLF COURSE WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN GOLF COURSE DESIGNED BY ARNOLD PALMER. WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE AREA UPON WHICH HIS COMPANY WAS TO BUILD TRALEE GOLF LINKS, HE WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES. "I HAVE NEVER COME ACROSS A PIECE OF LAND SO IDEALLY SUITED FOR THE BUILDING OF A GOLF COURSE" HE SAID.” Or sightseeing DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN KILLARNEY
DAY 6 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL AFTER BREAKFAST DEPART FOR KILLARNEY KILLEEN GOLF COURSE. AT 6564 METRES IT WILL CHALLENGE LONG HITTERS WITH ACCURACY BEING VITAL AS THERE IS WATER ON VIRTUALLY EVERY HOLE. NICK FALDO ON WINNING THE IRISH OPEN IN 1991 WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE PLAYERS TO FINISH UNDER PAR. THE CHALLENGING GOLF IS MATCHED BY THE SPECTACULAR VIEWS WITH THE 10TH BEING A FIRM FAVOURITE WHERE YOU ARE PLAYING VIRTUALLY ONTO THE LAKE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN CORK CITY
DAY 7 TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST IN YOUR HOTEL FOLLOWED BY TRANSFER TO OLD HEAD GOLF COURSE. OLD HEAD, PAR 72, COMPRISES FIVE PAR 5S, FIVE PAR 3S AND EIGHT PAR 4S – STRETCHING TO OVER 7,200 YARDS FROM THE TIPS, WITH A MINIMUM OF SIX TEES PER HOLE. NINE HOLES PLAY ALONG THE CLIFF TOPS, AND ALL EIGHTEEN HOLES PROVIDE STUNNING OCEAN VIEWS. WITH THE EVER-CHANGING SEA BREEZES, THE COURSE PROVIDES A STERN TEST TO THE TOURING PRO AND THE HIGH HANDICAPPER ALIKE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN CORK DAY 8 EARLY BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART CORK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR YOUR FLIGHT HOME.
DOONBEG TOURING THE ARAN ISLANDS THE ARAN ISLANDS ARE A GROUP OF THREE ISLANDS LOCATED OFF GALWAY BAY, ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WEST COAST OF IRELAND. THE LARGEST AND MOST INHABITED IS INISHMORE (INISH MEANING ISLAND) WHICH HAS AN AIRSTRIP AND FERRY PORT. FISHING AND FARMING WERE THE MAIN OCCUPATIONS OF THE IRISH SPEAKING ISLANDERS WHO WERE FREQUENTLY CUT OFF FROM THE MAINLAND BY HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE FAMOUS ARAN SWEATER WAS CREATED BY THE LOCAL WOMEN USING CELTIC PATTERNS. THE OTHER ISLANDS INISHMAAN, AND INISHEER CAN BE VISITED.
DOONBEG TOURING THE CLIFFS OF MOHER & THE BURREN THE CLIFFS OF MOHER’. RISE 702 FT ABOVE THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM HAG'S HEAD TO O'BRIEN'S TOWER, EIGHT KILOMETRES AWAY; THEY BOAST SOME OF IRELAND'S MOST SPECTACULAR VIEWS. ON A CLEAR DAY THE ARAN ISLANDS ARE VISIBLE IN GALWAY BAY, AS ARE THE VALLEYS AND HILLS OF CONNEMARA. ______________________ THE BURREN IS AN AMAZING PHENOMENON - A LIMESTONE REGION OF APPROXIMATELY 300 SQ KM WHICH LIES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COUNTY CLARE. THE MOONSCAPE LIMESTONE KARST HAS A DISTINCTIVE PATTERN KNOWN AS KARREN EVOLVED FROM CENTURIES OF EROSION. AS A RESULT OF ICE-AGE DEPOSITS, THE CRACKS AND GRYKES RETAIN FERTILE SOIL WHERE DISTINCTIVE FLORA AND FAUNA THRIVE.
KILLARNEY KILLARNEY HAS BEEN WELCOMING VISITORS FOR OVER 250 YEARS - AND BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF "THE VICTORIAN GRAND TOUR" CIRCUIT AFTER THE LANDMARK VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1861. SINCE THEN IT HAS CONTINUED TO WELCOME VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. KILLARNEY IS UNASHAMEDLY A MECCA FOR TOURISTS – HOME OF THE LAKES AND THE START AND FINISH OF THE RING OF KERRY TOUR. IT IS A VERITABLE ‘SIGN CITY’ INVITING THE MASSES TO THE MYRIAD OF ACCOMMODATION, TOURIST ACTIVITIES AND EVERYDAY BUSINESS ON THE NARROW STREETS AND DOWN THE QUAINT LANES. FALL INTO THE PALPABLE HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE AND STROLL AROUND THE SHAMROCKY GIFT SHOPS, GOOD VALUE RESTAURANTS, AND THE ALL-SINGING AND MAYBE SET-DANCING IRISH PUBS WITH ‘SESSIONS’ MOST NIGHTS. THE LOCALS ARE GENUINELY DELIGHTED TO WELCOME EVERYONE AND OFFER THE DELIGHTS OF THE KINGDOM.
KILLARNEY TOURING GAP OF DUNLOE ARE YOU READY FOR A SPECIAL ACTION PACKED JAUNT WITH AN EQUINE AROMA? ENJOY CONTINUAL MOVING PICTURES OF LAND, LAKES AND LORE WITH TICK-TOCK SOUND EFFECTS AND RIVETING COMMENTARY! SIT BACK FOR A TAILOR-MADE TOUR THAT ONLY KERRY CAN OFFER. THE GAP OF DUNLOE IS A BEAUTIFUL GLACIAL VALLEY IN THE MACGILLACUDDY REEKS MOUNTAIN RANGE, WHICH DOMINATE THE SKYLINE OF KILLARNEY. THE SCENERY ALL AROUND THE FAMOUSLAKES OF KILLARNEY IS BREATHTAKING AND THERE ARE MANY VIEWING POINTS AROUND THE LAKES AS YOU SEE ABOVE. THE GAP OF DUNLOE TRIP STARTS BY PONY & TRAP AND CONTINUES BY BOAT ACROSS THE KILLARNEY LAKES TO ROSS CASTLE. PICNIC LUNCH AT LORD BRANDON’S COTTAGE AT THE HALF WAY POINT.
KILLARNEY TOURING SKELLIG MICHAEL ALSO KNOWN AS GREAT SKELLIG IS A STEEP ROCKY ISLAND ABOUT 15 KILOMETRES WEST OF THE COAST OF COUNTY KERRY, IRELAND. IT IS THE LARGER OF THE TWO SKELLIG ISLANDS. FOR 600 YEARS THE ISLAND WAS AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF MONASTIC LIFE FOR IRISH CHRISTIAN MONKS. AN IRISH CELTIC MONASTERY, WHICH IS SITUATED ALMOST AT THE SUMMIT OF THE 230-METRE-HIGH ROCK, WAS BUILT IN 588, AND BECAME A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 1996. IT IS ONE OF EUROPE'S BETTER KNOWN BUT LEAST ACCESSIBLE MONASTERIES.
KILLARNEY TOURING MUCKROSS HOUSE & FARM MUCKROSS HOUSE IS A MANSION DESIGNED BY THE SCOTTISH ARCHITECT, WILLIAM BURN, THAT WAS BUILT IN 1843 FOR HENRY ARTHUR HERBERT AND HIS WIFE, THE WATERCOLOURIST MARY BALFOUR HERBERT. WITH 65 ROOMS, IT WAS BUILT IN THE TUDOR STYLE. EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS WERE UNDERTAKEN IN THE 1850S IN PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1861. IT IS SAID THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE QUEEN'S VISIT WERE A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR IN THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES SUFFERED BY THE HERBERT FAMILY WHICH CONSEQUENCED IN THE SALE OF THE ESTATE. THE WHOLE ESTATE IS FAMOUS FOR IT’S HOUSE, GARDENS AND TRADITIONAL FARM.
KILLARNEY TOURING THE RING OF KERRY THE WORLD FAMOUS RING OF KERRY IS A COAST ROAD LOCATED ALONG THE SHORES OF THE IVERAGH PENINSULA. THE RING OF KERRY BEGINS AT THE TOWN OF KILLARNEY PASSING THROUGH CAHIRCIVEEN AND WATERVILLE ALONG THE HEADLANDS OF THE PENINSULA. THE ROUTE ALONG THE PENINSULA HAS BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF KELLS BAY AND THE BEAUTIFUL DINGLE BAY, PASSING THROUGH THE TOWNS OF GLENBEIGH, SNEEM AND KENMARE WHILE TAKING IN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN EUROPE.
KILLARNEY TOURING THE DINGLE PENNINSULA BOUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE SEA,THE DINGLE PENNINSULA COMBINES IN ITS LANDSCAPE THE RUGGEDNESS OF ROCKY OUTCROPS AND CLIFFS WITH THE SOFT SHAPES OF HILLS AND MOUNTAINS, SKIRTED BY COASTAL LOWLANDS. THE SCENERY IS WHAT THE DINGLE EXPERIENCE IS ALL ABOUT: THE VIEW OF THE BLASKET ISLANDS FROM SLEA HEAD; THE HARBOURS, MOUNTAINS, CLIFFS AND STRANDS; THE VIEW FROM THE CONNOR PASS. INDEED, EVERY PART OF THE PENINSULA OFFERS ATTRACTIVE AND OFTEN DRAMATIC VIEWS.
The Aghadoe Heights Killarney
The Killarney Park Killarney
Hayfield Manor Cork
DUBLIN • Druids Glen • Portmarnock • The Island • European Club • K-Club 3 2 5 1 4
THE NORTH COAST • Royal County Down • Royal Portrush • Portstewart • Castlerock • Ballyliffen 5 3 2 4 1 2 2
WHAT'S INCLUDED? TRANSPORTATION AND GUIDING: 12 SEATER LUXURY COACH HIRE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE TRIP DRIVER’S and guide’s OVERNIGHTS, MEALS AND EXPENSES FULLY QUALIFIED DRIVER AND MANDARIN SPEAKING TOUR GUIDE MEALS: TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST DAILY OTHER MEALS MAY BE RESERVED IF REQUIRED 6 ROUNDS OF GOLF PER PERSON AT: DOONBEG; LAHINCH OLD; BALLYBUNION OLD; WATERVILLE, KILLARNEY KILLEEN & OLD HEAD ACCOMMODATION IN SHARED SUITES: 2 NIGHTS B&B AT THE 5 STAR DOONBEG RESORT 3 NIGHTS B&B AT THE 5 STAR AGHADOE HEIGHTS OR KILLARNEY PARK HOTEL, KILLARNEY 2 NIGHTS B & B AT THE 5 STAR HAYFIELD MANOR, CORK SUPPORT: MEET & GREET WITH 24 HOUR SUPPORT Price on request COST DOES NOT INCLUDE: MEALS AND BEVERAGES OTHER THAN THOSE STATED ABOVE DRIVER GRATUITIES; GOLF CLUBS HIRE; CADDIE HIRE
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