My "Best of Ireland" experience
By all means...thumbs up!
I finally finished writing about our "Best of Ireland" trip. I'm hoping that it will be helpful to others who might be considering this tour. It contains a lot of information, but I purposely kept my personal impressions to a minimum so I wouldn't spoil it for others who are going.
Here's my blog:
http://www.1mpages.com/ReviewTauckIreland.html
There are a couple of links to some of our photos towards the bottom of the page.
Happy travels!
I finally finished writing about our "Best of Ireland" trip. I'm hoping that it will be helpful to others who might be considering this tour. It contains a lot of information, but I purposely kept my personal impressions to a minimum so I wouldn't spoil it for others who are going.
Here's my blog:
http://www.1mpages.com/ReviewTauckIreland.html
There are a couple of links to some of our photos towards the bottom of the page.
Happy travels!
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Thanks for the detailed report. You answered a number of questions, especially about what happens north of Bushmills (drive-bys of Dunluce and the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge) and even though they may change slightly by the time we go seeing the menus will give us more time to decide what we want to eat and where.
It sounds like you flew Business class- if so could you provide a bit of info on your flight route, aircraft, seating, etc. We are taking a small group Best of Ireland next year. We were spoiled on our flight to Munich this summer- Business class in a 767-400 with fully flat seats in 1 - 2 - 1 layout - we sat in the middle so both of us had isle access. I don't like the seating on the Airbus A330-200 or Boeing 757-200's that fly to Shannon. My plan to spend a few days in London first was just voted down, but we still may take a slight detour via Heathrow just to get the best seats then hop over to Shannon on Aerlingus.
Cheers,
Jan
-Tim
One of the most exciting moments to me was being greeted by my near gale force winds at the "Cliffs of Moher" which while walking in the rain and wind was almost blown of my feet two times by "Gusts" Don't get me wrong, I loved every minute of it. It made the experience much more to me then being there on a clear day. Wouldn't have wanted it other way.
Tauck was first class and I'm glad we chose them as our tour provider. Within a month of getting home I put down my reservation for the European River Cruise with Tauck in May 2015. I'm already planning ahead for a 2016 with Tauck. Now have to chose between Best of Italy or Taucks land/cruise tour of the Greek islands.
One question: Do you have a recommendation for footwear (brand, style, etc.) for you and your wife? Was the walking such that you needed waterproof-type, hiking shoes?
This thread is almost three years old and Peregrinator visits/posts infrequently so you may or may not hear from him.
We took this tour last year. You take a short walk on fairly flat but unevenly spaced large rocks in the Burren, and only if you choose, on the rocks at the Giant's Causeway, but no special shoes are required, certainly not waterproof or hiking shoes, just regular, comfortable walking shoes or tennis shoes with non-slip soles.