Top Ireland Bus Tours - page 24

Great way to spend the day. Kilkenny was beautiful. The sheep dog and holding the baby lambs was my favorite part. Eoin (sorry if misspelled) and Mick (driver) were both fantastic. They were entertaining and gave a lot of interesting information. They made the day exciting and it was an overall good experience. Definitely recommend them!

It was a beautiful tour with a friendly and great bus driver and guide. Tommy shared many interesting facts about Irish history and people, as well as the towns and areas we went through. Plus the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher were even more beautiful than the photos I had seen.

If you don't have a car, which we didn't, this is the easiest way to go to Belfast and take a Black Cab tour to learn about The Troubles as well as seeing some sites while driving through parts of Northern Ireland. The first stop in Belfast was basically at a mall for coffee +/- breakfast. There, we were picked up by a Black Cab (6 people to a cab, so mixed groups) for our tour which was truly fascinating, particularly since the divisions persists in many forms to this day. After this tour, we were taken to the regrouping area for the bus, which was the Titanic Exhibit. There, we had a little time to browse the gift shop and walk around outside. The stop at Dunluce Castle was a nice place to stroll and stretch our legs while reading the plaques about the castle's structure and ground, and we enjoyed its magnificent ocean view. Giants Causeway is a cool site and the lunch stop. Being vegetarian, we ate at the hotel restaurant for better options, although since it's a sit-down restaurant, it's slower than the other option, the cafe. Then, we chose the hike along the cliffs down to Giant's Causeway, and that was really lovely and invigorating. There is a less strenuous hike and even a bus that covers most of the distance to and from the site, although there was a decent sized line. Our guide on the bus was excellent (James?). His Irish humor and gentle sarcasm was just hilarious as he did his best to regale us with interesting tales from Irish history during the long bus ride. He didn't talk the whole time, maybe around 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back with some pointing out of sites in between, so there was nap time, chat time, scroll-on-phone time, etc. My only gripe: This company does multiple tours using multiple busses that all start of from the same location and leaving at 15 minute intervals. There is no signage, and busses just pull into a spot randomly after one leaves. This made finding the right bus at the start of our day way more confusing and much more of a chore than it really should be. But, once we finally find our bus, the rest was very smooth. Also, know that you will not have time to see any of the city of Belfast itself (that's a different bus tour), and you will not have time to do both the Titanic Exhibit and the Black Cab, even though both tours meet up at the Titanic Exhibit before leaving Belfast.