Same as Hollywood Tour Itinerary
Day One
Collection of your pre-booked car at Dublin Airport. Depart to Wicklow.
Nearby Enniskerry Powerscourt Gardens and Waterfall were used in 1981 by John Boorman to stage his “Excalibur”. The Waterfall had been already used in 1944 for Laurence Olivier’s “Henry V”.
Continue towards Kilkenny City and Cahir Town.
Overnight at Cahir House Hotel.
Day Two
A first stop today must include Rock of Cashel: one of the most breathtaking monuments of Ireland.
Continuation to Cork and Kinsale, whose harbours were used to stage John Huston’s Moby Dick.
You can take the chance to visit Blarney Castle and the famous Stone.
Overnight at Victoria House Hotel in Cork.
Day Three
Full Irish breakfast. Down the scenic coastal route of Bantry Bay we’ll reach Bantry and Glengarriff.
We suggest to contact on of the private boatmen at Glegarriff Pier to reach Garinish Islands. From Glengarriff continue down the inland road across Gauganne Barra Forest to Kenmare, and from there to Killarney.
Overnight at the Killarney Oaks Hotel.
Day Four
Full Irish breakfast. Today excursion down the unspoiled An Gaeltacht Dingle Peninsula where Gaelic is fluently spoken.
The highlights of today are Dingle town, the coastal road, the Gallarus Oratory, and Inch Beach where Robert Mitchium walked in “Ryan’s Daughter”.
Ron Howard picked Dingle to shoot most of the scenes of “Far and Away” with Cruise-Kidman.
Overnight at the Brandon Hotel in Tralee.
Day Five
Full Irish breakfast. Travel to Adare, to the thatched houses village, and Limerick before continuing through county Clare.
Stop at the Cliffs of Moher, a massive cliff face on the Atlantic Ocean.
The tour continue across the lunar landscape of Burren.
Overnight at Days Hotel in Galway.
Day Six
Full Irish breakfast. Travel the Aran Islands--we suggest Inishmore and Inisheer, the largest and the smallest.
Once there you can rent a bike or join one of the minibus tours including Dun Aengus fortress.
Inisheer is so small than can be experienced simply by walking. The Aran became famous when Robert O’Flaherty shot the “Man of Aran” describing hard life of men from the islands.
Back to your hotel in Galway for overnight.
Day Seven
John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara’s “The Quiet Man” was shot in Cong, a little village on the shore of Lake Corrib--where you will be visiting today.
Their Cottage is a Guest House today, the pub is still there but the film's main background was in Ashford Castle estate.
Take a scenic drive around the Connemara and Cong.
Overnight in one of the most elegant hotels in the world, Ashford Castle.
Day Eight
Departure to Dublin. On Cavan Road you will find Neil Jordan’s “the Butcher Boy” of 1997.
Visit Newgrange, Tara and Knowth or the heritage town of Trim and the castle for Braveheart.
Arrival in Dublin and overnight at Trinity Capital Hotel, not too far from O’Connell Street and where “Michael Collins” and “Far and Away” were set.
Day Nine
Explore Dublin. See Trinity College and the Book of Kells, Merrion Square, and Georgian houses.
This part of Dublin where Cruise and Kidman shot part of “Far and Away”. Your walking tour continue on the pedestrian Grafton Street and Temple Bar.
Walk the Liffey Quays. You then then head to O’Connell Street: a monumental street surrounded by imposing building likethe General Post Office.
Opportunities to see Guinness Storehouse, Old Jameson Distillery and Phoenix Park or Kilmainham Gaol.
Overnight at the Trinity Capital hotel.
Day Ten
After your full Irish breakfast drop the car off at Dublin Airport.
