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 TENTATIVE ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
CELTIC IRELAND AND BRITAIN |
Monday,
May 9 |
Depart Charlotte to Atlanta, Atlanta to Dublin
Be at the Delta check-in no later than 2:10pm!
(Allow plenty of time for security check-in) |
Tuesday,
May 10 |
 Arrive in Dublin, 7:35am.
Coach to Sligo via Strokestown & Famine Museum.
Afternoon: Drumcliff, Yeats's grave, Ben Bulben & Glencar Waterfall.
Late Afternoon: Sligo orientation. Evening: Dinner with group. |
Wednesday,
May 11 |
Sligo Leave hotel at 8:30am for Carromore Megalithic Cemetary.
Afternoon: Queen Maeve's Tomb (who will climb it?) |
Thursday,
May 12 |
Sligo Leave hotel with luggage at 8:00am for coach trip to Galway via Croagh Patrick and Famine Ship Memorial. Lunch time in Westport.
Afternoon: Galway walkabout & orientation, with tour of the Spanish Arches. |
Friday,
May 13 |
Galway Leave hotel at 8:20am for ferry & day trip to Aran Islands.
Coach tour of Inishmore Island with visit to Dun Aengus stone fort. |
Saturday,
May 14 |
Galway Leave hotel at 8:30 am for day trip to the Burren, including the Burren Exposure Museum and the Cliffs of Mohr.
Lunch time in Kilfenora.
Afternoon: Cathedral of St. Fachan, and visit to Poulabrone and the Glenisheen Megalithic Tombs. |
Sunday,
May 15 |
Galway Leave hotel with luggage at 7:45am for coach trip to Kilkenny via stop at Cashel and visit to the Rock of Cashel.
Afternoon: Kilkenny walkabout & orientation. |
Monday,
May 16 |
Kilkenny Leave hotel at 8:30am for visit to St. Canice's Cathedral and Round Tower.
Afternoon: EXPLORE KILKENNY. Select from these options: Kilkenny Castle, Rothe House, St. Francis Abbey, Black Abbey, Smithwicks Brewery, Kilkenny Design Center, National Craft Gallery. |
Tuesday,
May 17 |
Kilkenny Leave hotel with luggage at 8:00am for coach trip to Dublin via stopover at Moon High Cross and the Hill of Tara.
Afternoon: Dublin walkabout & orientation, including St. Stephen's Green, Grafton Street and St. Patrick's Cathedral. |
Wednesday,
May 18 |
Dublin Leave hotel at 9:00am for Trinity College Library (holder of the Book of Kells) and the Dublin Experience.
Afternoon: National Museum of Ireland. |
Thursday,
May 19 |
Dublin Leave hotel at 9:00am for Christ Church Cathedral and Dublinia.
Afternoon: EXPLORE DUBLIN. Select from these options: Dublin Civic Museum, Guinness Brewery/Storehouse, Dublin Castle, National Gallery, National Theater, Dublin Writers Museum, James Joyce Center, National Wax Museum. |
Friday,
May 20 |
Dublin Leave hotel at 8:55am for walking tour of Dublin Easter Uprising sites, then Kilmainham Gaol Museum.
Afternoon: EXPLORE DUBLIN. Options as above. |
Saturday,
May 21 |
Dublin Leave hotel with luggage at 7:45am for Dublin Port & North Wales ferry, departing at 9:05 & arriving at Holyhead at 12:20pm. By coach to Caernarfon via Llanfair P.G. (GoGoGo!) and Bryn Celli Ddu.
Afternoon: Caernarfon walkabout & orientation. |
Sunday,
May 22 |
Caernarfon Leave hotel at 9:15am for Caernarfon Castle.
Afternoon: The Pass of Llanberis, Beddgelert (village and grave of Gelert) and Nantgwynant hike. |
Monday,
May 23 |
Caernarfon Leave hotel at 8:30am for Great Ormes Head & Conwy Castle.
Afternoon: Bodnant Gardens, Vale of Conwy, and Nant Ffrancon stop & hike. |
Tuesday,
May 24 |
Caernarfon Leave hotel at 8:30am for Pass of Llanberis hike & Mount Snowdon base.
Afternoon: Betwys-y-Coed and Dolwyddelan Castle. |
Wednesday,
May 25 |
Caernarfon Leave hotel with luggage at 7:50am for coach trip to Stratford-upon-Avon.
Afternoon: "Mary Arden's" House & Anne Hathaway's Cottage.
Evening: Theatre at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. |
Thursday,
May 26 |
Stratford Leave hotel at 9:15am for Stratford walkabout Shakespeare's birthplace and the Holy Trinity Church.
Afternoon: Your choice other Shakespeare properties, the river, or whatyouwill. |
Friday,
May 27 |
Stratford leave hotel at 8:15am for Oxford and tour of the colleges.
Afternoon: EXPLORE OXFORD. Select from these options: Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum, book stores, Addison's Walk (through the water meadows), punting on the Cherwell, pubs.
Return to Stratford via Cotswolds (Burford, Stow, Chipping Campden). |
Saturday,
May 28 |
Stratford Leave hotel with luggage at 7:30am for London.
After storing luggage at hotel: London walkabout & orientation the tube, Leicester Square (half-price ticket booth), Piccadilly Circus, Green Park, Buckingham Palace, St. James's Park, the Mall, Trafalgar Square, the British Museum. |
Sunday,
May 29 |
London Leave hotel at 9:10am for Tower of London.
Afternoon: National Gallery, or EXPLORE LONDON select from these options: British Library, Imperial War Museum, St. Bartholomew the Great, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cabinet War Rooms, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Harrod's, Kew Gardens, St. Paul's Museum of London, Old Bailey, Clink Prison Museum, Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Globe Theatre, Tate Britain, Tate Bankside Gallery of Modern Art, Shakespeare's Globe, Hyde Park, Covent Garden, etc. |
Monday,
May 30 |
London Leave hotel at 8:10am for walking tour of Whitehall, Horse Guards, Downing Street, Big Ben, Parliament.
Afternoon: Westminster Abbey, or EXPLORE LONDON options as above. |
Tuesday,
May 31 |
London 9:30am SHARP! Leave hotel with luggage for airport.
Arrive in Charlotte around 9:00pm. | |
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