I spend four months of every year in europe, notebook in hand, lovingly researching and updating my guidebooks. Rick steves ireland 2020 by rick steves hachette book group. Frequent return visits led to his partnership with rick steves and his work as a tour guide and coauthor of this book. Rick steves best of ireland tour kicks off with the best of dublin, followed by irelands mustsee historical sites, charming towns, musicfilled pubs, and seaside getaways including kinsale, the dingle peninsula, cliffs of moher, aran islands, galway, connemara, giants causeway, old bushmills distillery, and the compelling city of belfast. Our trip to ireland has been very rich in all of these areas and more. Browse ricks best ireland tours and vacation packages.
Rick steves ireland 2016 by rick steves, pat oconnor. Buy the paperback book rick steves ireland 2017 by rick steves at indigo. What is the weather like in ireland and when is the best time to visit. Our best of ireland in 14 days tour bus stopped at the kissane sheep farm. Wife and i are planning a 7day trip to ireland for 2015 and have heard positive remarks about rick steves program. Rick steves for a more peaceful and cheaper experience, visit the cliffs of moher early or late in the day. Hellocan travelers with experience purchasing a rick steves guided tour of ireland give me some feedback on your experience wife and i are planning a 7day trip to ireland for 2015 and have heard positive remarks about rick steves program, so we want to explore this option. Always insist on an atgi guide for all your tours in our wonderful emerald isle.
Altogether about 2,000 travelers who had taken rick steves tours in 2014 attended the event, so many that the reunion gatherings were spread out over two days to accommodate all of the groups. As a local irish company, we at my ireland tour are passionate about our country and our local community. May 14, 2014 rick steves europe travel guide we start in bustling belfasts city hall and ulster museum, then head out to northern ireland s favorite resort. Arrive in dublin meet with your guides and fellow tour members at our hotel at 5. Great selfguided walks, drives, and sightseeing tours. Indepth coverage of our favorite irish destinations. Rick steves best of ireland by rick steves, pat oconnor. Rick steves on whats new for travelers in ireland for 2020. By rick steves if buying sameday tickets to dublins book of kells, youll find few crowds at the sideentrance ticket kiosks. We had arranged to meet some of our ireland tour buddies for brunch prior to the big reunion party at the edmonds conference center. The heart of dublin irelands historic capital is easy on foot.
Get inspired with rick steves recommended places to go and things to do, with tips, photos, videos, and travel information on ireland. Rick steves ireland 2017, book by rick steves paperback. Come with driftwood tours on the northern ireland tour of a lifetime. As we flew home the next morning, we looked back with fond memories on our travels through ireland, and once again, we were thankful to have chosen a rick steves tour. As educators, we love learning and experiencing new people, places and cultures. I concur with what everyone has said about the rick steves ireland tours. Castle tours, adultsonly tours and privatetours available. The experiences are simply the best traveling we have ever done. Best of ireland in 14 days was our third rick steves tour, and we will definitely be back for more. Rick steves best of ireland tour kicks off with the best of dublin, followed by irelands mustsee historical sites, charming towns, musicfilled pubs, and seaside getaways including kin. Even with three of these videos, there are still some stories that i left out. Fasttrack easy access book of kells tour with dublin castle. Hello can travelers with experience purchasing a rick steves guided tour of ireland give me some feedback on your experience.
Rick steves best of ireland in 14 days our scrapbook home. Everyone should have at least one ireland guidebook to help them plan their ireland vacation. Use our trip reports section to discuss other parts of your trip. Northern ireland is an underrated and often overlooked region that usually surprises visitors with its memorable scenery and friendly people. Every year i thumb through the rick steves europe tours catalog and see which tour fits my latest travel dreams. While traveling through the british isles with rick steves europe tours, ive seen them in the scottish highlands, in north wales, and now here, in south ireland. Thats why we put together this definitive travel guide for anyone who wants to come to ireland and discover this amazing place for themselves. All tours and admissions at no extra cost covering at least 18 group sightseeing events cliffs of moher village of adare dingle walking. My best of ireland in 14 days tour experience rick steves. Well tour romanias vibrant capital, bucharest, with its little paris of the east architecture and lingering reminders of a brutal communist dictator. The 2014 rick steves books and short tv presentations gave us the confidence that we could design our own tour of countries we had never been to before. Whatever your needs atgi has a tour guide to suit your requiremnts. Our books are crumpled, battered, stained, highlighted, and have notes in the margins. Rick steves ireland 2020, rick steves travel guide by rick steves.
Pat loves all things hibernian except the black pudding and thrives on the adventures that occur as he annually slogs the bogs in search of new irish travel discoveries. Dublin castle, built on the spot of the first viking fortress, was the seat of english rule in ireland for 700 years and is now a complex used for state and charity functions. John kissanes family has raised sheep here for five. Trip to ireland best of ireland rick steves mayjune 2002. The shorter rick steves best of ireland guidebook focuses on ireland s top destinations and sights, is in full color, and is updated every other year. What are the 10 must see things including off the beaten track. Select a region to find the rick steves guidebooks, snapshot guides, and pocket guides and phrase books that can help you get the most out of every day and dollar. A small, friendly group of 2428 people half the size of most tour groups.
Since 1973, rick steves has spent about four months a year exploring europe. Rick steves ireland, the complete guide, offers more coverage of more destinations in a mostly blackandwhite format, and is updated annually. Its also smart to buy timedentry tickets in advance for the book of kells. This is the ultimate small group adventure, a guided wild atlantic way and northern ireland tour. This spring, i enjoyed our sicily tour i wrote about my sicily experience in earlier blog posts, and now we are wrapping up a great two weeks in ireland. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Well make introductions and kick off our tour with a short walk together.
Both books are packed with handpicked recommendations and rick s travel advice and tips for saving time, money, and hassle. While it shares an island with the republic of ireland, when you cross into northern ireland, youre crossing an international border into the united kingdom where you change stamps, phone cards, and money. In 2014, the wife and i wanted to visit scotland and ireland for part of the summer. Feel the magic in irelands stunning west and southwest. Share ricks passion for seafood in our restaurants, accommodation, shops and cookery school.
I have taken 8 rick steves tours including the 14 day ireland tour in 2014, it was my favorite tour of my 8 tours and i was fortunate to have stephen as the tour guide. Comprehensive coverage for planning a multiweek trip through irelandricks strategic advice on. Ireland travel guide by rick steves rick steves europe. Our stressfree ireland vacations package together small groups, great guides, central. This year, rick steves came out with a fantastic new 2017 ireland travel guide right after the christmas holiday. Frequent return visits led to his partnership with rick, his work as a tour guide for rick steves europe, and coauthorship of this book. From the staggering beauty of the giants causeway and donegals rustic beaches, to the history and culture of northern irelands biggest cities. We cannot stress enough that it adds so much to the tour.
Book one of our western european tours and let yourself be carried away through london and oxford university, the scottish highlands, dublin and galway. Our stressfree ireland vacations package together small groups, great guides, central hotels, all sightseeing and memories to last a lifetime. Rick steves ireland tours provide the best value for your trip to europe. Irishamerican pat oconnor first journeyed to ireland in 1981, and was hooked by the history and passion of the feisty irish culture. Keshgrammy, rick steves is an american travel expert who specializes in european trips. Should i get either of the snapshot guides for ireland in addition to. Then well head into transylvania, where well visit fortified churches, cobbled merchant towns like sighi. Were thrilled that youre interested in visiting the place we call home.
Top travel recommendations for 2018 authentic ireland. He has written many books about travel in various countries of europe and has a television travel show in the u. Rick produces a bestselling guidebook series, a public tele. I discovered a passion for european travel as a teen and have been sharing it ever sincethrough my tours, public television and radio shows, and travel.