Experience the essence of Irish culture in Ennis, County Clare, where you’ll view Ireland through the eyes of its people. This exciting and immersive stay program showcases Ireland’s renowned cultural traditions as well as its dramatic landscapes.
County Clare: A One-Week Stay in Western Ireland
9 days from $4,990
Experience the essence of Irish culture in Ennis, County Clare, where you’ll view Ireland through the eyes of its people. This exciting and immersive stay program showcases Ireland’s renowned cultural traditions as well as its dramatic landscapes.
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Old Ground Hotel
Ennis, Ireland
Starting life as an 18th-century manor house, the Old Ground Hotel is centrally located, right in the heart of Ennis. This attractive, vine-covered property has a notable history with connections to past political intrigue.
Owned by a private art collector, the Old Ground Hotel has a rich collection of both modern and classical art. This is displayed throughout the corridors, lounges, as well as the contemporary Town Hall bistro and the stately Brendan O'Regan restaurant. Traditional music features regularly in the Poet's Corner Bar where an excellent a la carte menu available daily.
The elegant guest rooms, adorned with a palette of pleasant blues, cream and gold, are spacious and contemporary in style with dark wood furniture and rich fabrics. Complimentary Wi-Fi access, TV, direct dial telephone, iron, ironing board, and tea/coffee making facilities are standard ameneties.
Expectations: Week-long Cultural Stay featuring one town and region—and one hotel. Full-day excursions outside the town with some longer, extensive walking tours of villages, museums, and outdoor historic sites. Excursions can be over uneven terrain (e.g. outdoor sites, cobblestones, city hills, stairs without handrails, absence of elevators). Hotel centrally located for easy access to sites and restaurants during time at leisure.
Appropriate for: Travelers who are physically fit and comfortable with longer days of touring (both walking tours and coach time).
FlexAir is designed to provide you with the flexibility and choice you need to personalize your air travel experience. Explore a wide range of flight options in consultation with our experienced travel professionals to select the flights, routing, class of service, and dates of travel that most fit your needs. Our partner tour operator has negotiated contracts with a wide variety of carriers that allow them to hold flight reservations and then issue your ticket close to departure without additional fees. This protects you from the need to purchase published-fare tickets, which must be ticketed within 24 hours of purchase. FlexAir reservations provide the flexibility to adjust reservations without penalty and to accommodate extensions and upgrades right up until ticketing time, usually around 60 days before departure. We look forward to providing you with more choice and the best possible itinerary for your air travel plans.
Program Includes:
- Guaranteed transfers featuring assistance and luggage handling between your destination airport and your overseas accommodations upon arrival and departure (in most cases). We will provide you with all of the details you need to guarantee your transfer.
- Air schedule change and delay assistance. Book FlexAir to ensure assistance should schedule changes or delays impact your air travel plans.
- Flight insurance worth up to $250,000, subject to policy terms, is automatically included.
- Confirmed airline seat assignments at the time of booking based on availability and airline policy.
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