Day 1 - Guided tour of Belfast

Scheduled flight to Belfast - transfer with our local guide in our private executive coach to the central 4* Holiday Inn Belfast - guided tour of Belfast taking in the Falls Road and Shankhill areas of the city, St Anne’s Cathedral and Stormont Castle - dinner in our hotel tonight.

Day 2 - Giant’s Causeway & Old Bushmills Distillery

Travel to the North Antrim coastline - guided tour and tasting at Old Bushmills Distillery, Ireland’s oldest whiskey distillery dating back to 1608 - after lunch at the Distillery, we visit the National Trust’s Giant’s Causeway, a World Heritage Site internationally acclaimed for its outstanding natural beauty, formed from lava eruptions over 60 million years ago and with many rich traditions in explanation of its strange rock formations - transfer to the central 4* City Hotel Derry.

Day 3 - Guided tour of Derry & Tower Museum

Guided tour of Derry takes in the Bogside and the City Walls, completed in 1618 and amongst the best preserved city fortifications in the Western world - the Tower Museum’s ‘Story of Derry’ studies the city’s history from the Plantation, through to the Siege of Derry and the city’s troubled political past, while ‘An Armada Shipwreck - La Trinidad Valencera’ tells the story of one of the largest ships in the Spanish Armada which sank off the Donegal Coast in 1588 - afternoon at leisure in Derry or join our optional train ride from Derry through wonderful scenery to Coleraine.

Day 4 - Donegal - Fort Dunree, Doagh Famine Village & Malin Head

Our local guide introduces us to Donegal and the stunning Inishowen Peninsula, boasting some of Ireland’s most spectacular coastal scenery - perched on a beautiful headland, Fort Dunree is a Napoleonic Martello tower now featuring a military museum complex with a wide range of exhibitions, an audio visual centre and spectacular views and wildlife - Doagh Famine Village tells the story of a family and community living on the edge and surviving from the Famine of the 1840s to the present time - return to Derry via dramatic Malin Head, the most northerly point of the Irish mainland.

Day 5 - Titanic Experience & The Ulster Museum

On our return to Belfast we visit Titanic Experience, housed in a new £90m, six floor building as high as the world famous ship’s hull and located beside the historic site of its construction - this state of the art visitor experience tells the story of the Titanic, from its conception in Belfast in the early 1900s, through its construction and launch, to its famous maiden voyage and tragic end - The Ulster Museum is home to a rich collection split between floors of art, history and natural sciences and we enjoy a guided tour of a section focusing on your group’s interest - transfer to the airport for our flight home.

One night with dinner included at the 4* Holiday Inn Belfast, in the heart of Belfast’s city centre, and three nights on bed and breakfast basis at the 4* City Hotel in Derry, perched on the banks of the River Foyle and just a short walk to the historic City Walls. Both hotels have a bar and restaurant and all rooms are en suite.

Single room supplement £99

Insurance

Entrance fees to places interest (Giant’s Causeway free to NT members)

Optional train ride to Coleraine

Gratuities

Remember this itinerary is just our suggestion. Tailor make this tour exclusively for your group to suit your members’ budget or preferences. You could:

• incorporate visits to Belfast University’s botanic gardens or the Ulster American Folk Park, an outdoor museum telling the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries
• stay at 3* hotels
• on half board basis throughout
• with fewer or different excursions
• for more (or fewer) days
• bring your own specialist lecturer
• include all entrance fees & gratuities