Galway · Connemara · Dingle
Six days moving west with purpose: fjord water, cliff paths, harbour tables, and the long green edge of the Atlantic.
Start among Galway's lanes, then follow the Atlantic through Connemara, Clare, and the Dingle Peninsula. The days pair one substantial adventure with enough room for a long lunch, a trad session, a harbour walk, or the kind of conversation that deserves another round.
Day 1 · Shannon to Galway
Make your way from Shannon to Galway and settle into The Lane Hotel, an intimate base near Eyre Square reserved for the group. That evening, everyone meets around the first shared table at Aniar, where Galway and the west coast shape the menu.
Hotel check-in / Welcome dinner at Aniar / Night at The Lane
Day 2 · Connemara
After breakfast, a private coach cuts through the Twelve Bens and Maumturk Mountains to Killary Harbour. A guide leads the group onto the deep glacial water by sea kayak, beneath Mweelrea and the steep folds of Connemara. Lunch is unhurried in Leenane before a stop at Kylemore Abbey and its walled garden on the road back to Galway. The night ends wherever the trad music sounds best.
Breakfast / Private coach / Guided sea kayak / Kylemore Abbey / Trad session
Day 3 · County Clare
The road south runs through the Burren's limestone landscape to Doolin. From there, a local guide leads an approximately eight-kilometer coastal hike along the open Cliffs of Moher trail, with sea stacks, the Aran Islands, and two hundred meters of air between the path and the Atlantic. Lunch follows at Gus O'Connor's Pub, with time for a Burren or cave stop on the return to Galway.
Breakfast / Doolin transfer / Guided cliff hike / Pub lunch on own / Galway evening
Day 4 · Galway to Dingle
Check out after breakfast and travel through Clare and Kerry, crossing the Shannon Estuary by ferry along the way. By mid-afternoon, the group reaches Milltown House, a waterfront retreat overlooking Dingle Bay. The evening belongs to Out of the Blue, the harbour-side seafood room whose menu starts with what landed that day.
Breakfast / Scenic private transfer / Shannon ferry / Dingle check-in / Group dinner
Day 5 · The Blaskets & Slea Head
A rigid-inflatable boat runs from Dingle toward Great Blasket Island, threading sea caves and high cliffs where seals—and, in season, dolphins, puffins, and whales—work the water. Back on land, a guide takes the group along Slea Head for a coastal hike past stone huts, old forts, and views toward the Blaskets. A private Dingle Distillery tasting leads into the farewell dinner at The Chart House.
Sea safari / Guided Slea Head hike / Distillery tasting / Farewell dinner
Day 6 · Dingle to Shannon
Breakfast closes the final morning at Milltown House. After check-out, a private coach takes the group through Tralee and Limerick to Shannon Airport, arriving around early afternoon for the journey home.
Breakfast / Check-out / Private Shannon Airport transfer
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