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Ireland & Iceland

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Highlights of Ireland
  • The Giant's Causeway in Antrim
  • Rope Bridge at Carrick-a-Rede
  • Dunluce Castle & Portrush Harbor
  • Galway City & The Cliffs of Moher
  • King John's Castle & Bunratty Castle
  • The Rock of Cashel Fortress
  • Kissing the Blarney Stone
  • Titanic Experience in Cobh
  • Trinity College Library & The Book of Kells
  • Christchurch Cathedral & Kilmainham Gaol
  • River Cruise to Clonmacnoise Monastery
Highlights of Iceland
  • Strokkur (Churn) Geyser
  • Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall)
  • Þingvellir(Parliament Plains)
  • Kerið Volcano Crater
  • Seljalandsfoss ("Selling the land" Waterfall)
  • Skogafoss (Forest Waterfall)
  • Reynisfjara (Reynir's Beach)
  • Sólheimajökull ("Home of the sun" Glacier)
  • The Blue Lagoon
  • Hallgrímskirkja (Hallgrímur's Church)

Introduction

Since 2009 we’ve been offering all-inclusive international travel programs for students interested developing real world travel skills while exploring some of the world's most interesting places as part of a small group.
Our programs seize every opportunity to practice foreign language, navigation, scheduling, collaboration, and budgeting skills with real world activities like cross-referencing street and metro maps, purchasing transit passes, researching opening days/times, navigating an itinerary and staying on schedule, choosing restaurants and making reservations, and eating well while staying within a meal allowance.

Itinerary

Stay in a Bed & Breakfast Cottage at the heart of the “Emerald Isle” and explore a different part of the island over the course of five days. You'll see busy city streets, rolling green hills, spectacular glacial valleys with lakes and waterfalls, awe-inspiring cliffs, Norman castles, Viking churches, and ancient illustrated Christian texts.
Fly to the “Land of Ice and Fire” and spend two days exploring the south of the island visiting stunning waterfalls, swimming in thermal pools, and hiking across a glacier, black sand beach and volcano crater!

Day City Overview
1 Airborne Meet your Program Director for an overnight flight to Ireland!
2 Leinster
"The Midlands"		 Private transfer to farmhouse accommodations in the center of Ireland and enjoy a Full Irish Breakfast. Cruise down the River Shannon to explore the monastic site of Clonmacnoise (settled in 546 and plundered multiple times by Vikings). Dinner in Athlone overlooking the Shannon across from a beautifully lit Athlone Castle.
3 Dublin City We’re off to Dublin City. Learn about the Irish Famine and "coffin ships" while exploring an replica of the Jeanie Johnson Tall Ship. Visit Epic Ireland to learn about Ireland’s influential diaspora. See the Book of Kells and the Long Room library (inspiration for the dining hall at Hogworts) in Trinity College Dublin. Enjoy a guided tour of Christchurch Cathedral (founded in 1028 by a Viking King). Learn about the Irish War of Independence while exploring Kilmainham Jail. Dinner is a guided Irish food tour.
4 Munster
"The South"		 We’re off to Cork with stops to explore the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary and take in the Titanic Experience in Cobh. Visit Blarney Castle where we’ll kiss the Blarney Stone. Arrive in Cork and explore the English Market. Shopping & Dinner in Cork.
5 Connacht
"The West"		 We’re off to Lahinch for some time strolling along the Cliffs of Moher. Lunch, then we’re off to Limerick to explore the newly restored King John’s Castle. Day ends with a traditional music and food at Bunratty Castle.
6 Antrim
"The North"		 We’re off to Northern Ireland to see the fascinating basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway, cross the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede, then wander around the ruins of medieval Dunluce Castle high up on the coastal cliffs. Dinner in Portrush Harbor.
7 Reykjavik Catch a morning flight to Keflavik, then transfer immediately to The Blue Lagoon Thermal Spa! Head to downtown Reykjavik to see the Hallgrimskirkja Church, the Aurora Museum, the Sun Voyager Sculpture, and the Saga Museum.
8 Golden Circle Full-day excursion to visit Strokkur (Geyser), Gullfoss (Golden Waterfall), Thingvellir National Park (where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet), and lake in Kerid crater. Enjoy some hot springs swimming on way back to Reykjavik.
9 Suðurland
Adventure		 Full-day excursion to visit Seljalandsfoss (Sell the land Waterfall) and Skogafoss (Forest Waterfall). Then we’re off to walk along the black sand of Reynisfjara (Reynir’s Beach) and up onto Solheimajokull (Home of the sun glacier)!
10 Airborne Transfer to Keflavik Airport for the flight home. Sjáumst aftur Ísland!