Following your flight to Cork, you'll meet your tour manager and enjoy the scenic transfer west to Tralee and the Meadowlands Hotel. After checking in you'll have the rest of the day free to unpack, relax and explore. Tralee has a number of attractions, including the excellent Kerry County Museum and the restored Blennerville Windmill, which has an interesting audio-visual presentation as well as a bird-watching platform with a telescope. This evening, enjoy a Welcome Drink with your tour manager and fellow guests before settling down for your first dinner.
Today you'll head to the beautiful and rugged Dingle Peninsula. Inspiration for such films as Ryan’s Daughter and Far and Away, the Peninsula has some of Ireland's most outstanding mountain and coastal scenery, with mile upon mile of spectacular seascapes. At Slea Head, Europe’s most westerly point, you’ll visit Blasket Island Heritage Centre. Situated in a magnificent building, with breathtaking views out to the islands, the exhibition gives a fascinating insight into the unique community who inhabited the islands until their evacuation in 1953. There will also be time to explore the lively fishing port of Dingle, where the streets are packed with arts and crafts shops as well as pubs, cafés and award-winning seafood restaurants.
With its own lovely gardens, in a quiet residential area of Tralee about a kilometre from the town centre, this family-owned and managed hotel offers a warm welcome.