Holidays 2025
Departs: Sunday 8th June 2025 | 7 Days
Bantry and the Wild Atlantic Way
Tour Price: £899.00 per person
Your Holiday Centre
Bantry is in the heart of West Cork and is a region of lush vegetation, palm trees and semi-tropical flowers. Hemmed in by high mountain ridges, an azure blue sea and cascading mountain streams, it is a place of unparalleled beauty where the landscape changes with every mood of wind and sky.
In this breath-taking mountain scenery, with meandering streams, lakes and woods, where megalithic monuments and ruins of monastic settlements dot the countryside, visitors can find peace and tranquillity.
The climate is very mild with moist Atlantic breezes. The influence of the Gulf Stream of warm sea water has a pronounced effect on the climate allowing the growth of semi-topical vegetation and foliage which can be savoured in the many gardens both private and public.
Tour Inclusions
- All coach travel
- 6 nights half board
- Excursions
- Boat trip & Garinish Island
- Mizen Head signal station
- Services of tour manager
Special Notes
- The currency you will need for this tour is the Euro.
- Insurance.
- An EHIC card (European Heath Insurance card).
- To ring back to England you dial: - +44 then minus the 0 from your code, followed by your number.
- There is tea/coffee making facilities in all hotels.
- Please inform us of any special dietary needs (diabetic, gluten free, vegetarian, etc).
- Special requests are put forward to the hotel and they will do their utmost to accommodate your needs.
- Overnight bags required.
- Program could be subject to alteration.
- Exchange rate: The price is NOT guaranteed against any alterations as a result of currency fluctuations. We have done our best to calculate in advance.
Tour Price
- Price Per Person
- £899.00
Single Room Supplement: £218.00 (Double/twin for sole occupancy)
Your Accommodation
The Maritime Hotel
The Quay, Bantry Co. Cork, Ireland.
Tel: 00353 2754700.
The Maritime Hotel is set on Bantry Bay amid the three rugged Peninsulas of Mizen Head, Sheep's Head and Beara.
The Hotel offers contemporary accommodation with luxurious bedrooms. Over 100 designer bedrooms are featured, many of which boast spectacular sea views of Bantry Bay with balconies, while others overlook the mature woods of Bantry House.
The hotel's dining room, the Maritime Bar serves modern Irish cuisine.
Club Maritime and Spa provide guests with a space to escape from it all with a 19m pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, Sauna, Steam Room, Gym and 2 Treatment Rooms.
As you would expect of a luxury West Cork hotel 24-hour room service compliments the many in- room features which include: Complimentary broadband/Wi-Fi internet access, plasma screen TV, iron and ironing board, tea/coffee making facilities, bottled water, hairdryer, luxury toiletries and an in-room safe.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1: Depart Local Area
After boarding your luxury coach, we make our way to South Wales and the port of Fishguard and our afternoon Ferry to Rosslare Port. On arrival, we make our way to our overnight hotel the 3 star Dooleys Hotel in Waterford, where we will spend 1 night with dinner bed & breakfast.
Day 2: Depart for Bantry
After breakfast, we continue our journey across the southern part of Ireland stopping for comfort stops on the way. We continue our journey to Bantry and the 4 star Maritime Hotel where we will spend the next 4 nights half-board.
Day 3: Mizen Head Signal Station
After a leisurely breakfast, we make our way to Mizen Head, Signal Station (included) built to save lives off the treacherous rocks at Ireland's most south-westerly point. The Maritime Museum and Heritage is an authentic all-weather experience that is a must-see with its spectacular location on high cliffs with swirling Atlantic Ocean tides. From the Car park and Visitor Centre, the Signal Station is a ten-minute walk along the path, down the 99 steps and across the famous Arched Bridge. One of the best places in the world to see Minke, Fin and Humpback Whales and Dolphins. At the signal station explore the station keeper quarters, the engine room, the Marconi Radio Room, the Mizen Map collection and an underwater wildlife exhibition. Look offshore to the Fastnet Lighthouse which was the last sight that emigrating Irish people would see of their beloved Ireland as they left for foreign shores by sea, returning to the visitors centre cafe for that well-earned refreshment. Then we head back to the hotel to relax before dinner.
Day 4: Day at Leisure
Today you can explore the town, Visit Bantry House and Gardens, or relax and use the hotel facilities.
Day 5: Boat Cruise & Garnish Island
Today we take a boat ride on the Queen Ferries, to cruise to Garnish, which includes a visit to Seal Island, a colony of wild harbour seals. Basking amid the summer sunshine, perched precariously on top of rocky outcrops. The sheltered waters of Glengarriff are also home to a variety of wild birds including swans, herons, shags, seagulls and waders. Visit the wonderful Gardens of Ilnacullin on Garnish Island. This unique Island plays host to a multitude of plant variations, and the blanket of summer colouring which covers the Island creates a rainbow of colour. Garnish Island is a beautiful island garden located in the sheltered harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay, Ilnacullin is a small island of 15 hectares (37 acres) known to horticulturists and lovers of trees and shrubs all around the world as an island garden of great beauty. The island was bequeathed to the Irish people in 1953 and was subsequently entrusted to the care of the Commissioners of Public Works. The island is laid out in walks.
Day 6: Depart for Bray
After breakfast and cases have been loaded onto the coach, we say farewell to our hosts at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry. We head north to Bray for our last overnight stop. We will stop for lunch at the Irish National Stud in Kildare, where will have a guided tour of the Stud (included). The Irish National Stud belongs to the people of Ireland. Nowhere better symbolises the beating heart of Ireland's thoroughbred industry, than the stud. A unique attraction of outstanding natural beauty that is home to the most magnificent horses and sumptuous gardens to be found anywhere in the world. After lunch, we continue our journey towards Dublin and the 4 star Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, for our last overnight stop.
Day 7: Depart for Home
After an early start and all overnight cases have been loaded, we travel into Dublin to catch the early morning ferry crossing to Holyhead at 8.05hrs. (Breakfast is included on the ferry) Arriving in Holyhead approx 11.30am. We then continue our way back through Wales with stops on-route. Arriving home early evening.