• Participate in active city walking tours, including Galway, and more
• Rent a bike in Galway, Dublin, and Killarney 
• Enjoy several active walking opportunities in Killarney
• Embark on a literary pub crawl in Dublin (yes, that counts as walking!)
• Visit Castlemartyr resort where you'll have opportunities to enjoy horseback riding, walking and jogging

From its towering literary giants to its music, Ireland is an arts and culture treasure trove. Here are a few ways you’ll experience the vibrancy of this country and its culture:

• Attend an Irish Night at Kate Kearney's Cottage, where you'll delight in traditional cuisine, music, and dance
• Explore the arts and crafts hub of Kilkenny, home of the National Design & Craft Gallery
• Learn about Irish culture firsthand over a home-hosted meal in Cobh
• Visit Blasket Centre, a heritage museum chronicling local, daily life
• Learn how to bake fresh Irish scones
• Bagpipe performance at Ashford Castle
• Visit the Ulster American Folk Park museum and learn stories behind three centuries of Irish emigration
• Attend an illuminating lecture on the Irish Peace Process and learn Belfast’s role in that struggle
• Embark on a “jaunting car” ride through Killarney

• Attend an Irish Night at Kate Kearney's Cottage, where you'll delight in traditional cuisine, music, and dance
• Attend an Irish scone-making demonstration
• Enjoy a home-hosted meal with an Irish family
• During your free time, you may wish to visit various distilleries, such as Dublin’s Old Jameson Distillery, and learn the history of Irish whiskey

• Attend Kate Kearney’s Cottage and delight in traditional music and dance
• Enjoy a bagpipe recital at Ashford Castle
• Explore Galway, often called “Ireland’s music capital,” and you’re likely to find many street artists performing traditional Irish music

• Marvel at the sheer Cliffs of Moher, which rise as much as 700 feet above the Atlantic
• On a scenic drive, discover Slieve League Cliffs — nearly triple the height of Cliffs of Moher
• Drive the Ring of Kerry, the spectacular scenic drive in County Kerry
• Enjoy a picturesque drive through the Burren, an iconic karst landscape
• Discover the sweeping and dramatic coastline of the Dingle Peninsula
• Take in the sights with a scenic cruise on Lake Corrib
• Take in the beauty of Kilkenny

From verdant landscapes to its myriad cultural highlights, Ireland brims with energy and history. Here are a few tips to help you photograph the diversity of sights you’ll encounter on this journey:

• Take your time to capture an image. Think like a photographer and slow down to compose your shot. Remember: tourists take pictures, while photographers make images
• From Dublin to the remote Dingle Peninsula, you’ll encounter some larger-than-life scenes and landmarks, which might create pressure to fit everything into one shot. Instead, try focusing on a distinctive feature rather than incorporating everything into frame
• Use your surroundings. Instead of edging out other tourists from your photos, utilize them to enhance the scene. Try tilting the camera at your target or including tourists and the real scene in the background or forefront and the image is instantly more intriguing than a generic snapshot
• Pursue quirky composition — shooting off-center makes for a more artsy, unique shot

Religion is deeply embedded in the history and identity of Ireland and its people. Here are a few ways you’ll explore religion on this adventure:

• During free time in Dublin, you may choose to visit St. Patrick's Cathedral, the largest in the city, and the national cathedral of the Church of Ireland
• Visit St. Columbia’s Church, where we will pay respects to Irish Nobel Laureate William Butler Yeats at his final resting place
• Visit Cobh, with major attractions that include the magnificent French neo-Gothic cathedral (entrance not included)
• Admire Galway’s imposing Galway Cathedral (entrance not included)

• Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle, in Cork
• Cliffs of Moher, a UNESCO Global Geopark
• Kilkenny
• Galway
• Ashford Castle
• Ulster American Folk Park
• Irish Peace Process’s lecture
• Cobh, Titanic’s last port of call
• Titanic museum, in Belfast (extension only)

Your adventure has been enhanced with special features catering to independent travelers, including:

• Solo-friendly social activities, including a Solo Connection mixer to get to know your fellow travelers
• Explore and make more intimate discoveries in a small group of just 26 or fewer likeminded travelers
• The services of a complimentary worldwide Concierge to enhance your adventure with added sightseeing excursions, hotel stays, restaurant reservations, and much more

Whether looking for your ancestors or visiting a local distillery, customize your Irish adventure with these top Concierge suggestions:

• Ancestry search requests
• Additional sightseeing opportunities and tours, including pub crawls, museums, distilleries, golfing
• Early check-in in Dublin