Choose a local Killarney restaurant from a hand-picked selection for a Dine-Around evening with fellow travellers. The choice of venue gives the group a more personal way to enjoy dinner in town.

Rather than a single set dining room, this included experience offers a taste of Killarney’s restaurant scene. Share conversation over your chosen meal in a setting that suits the evening’s relaxed, social mood.

Share a welcome dinner in York with your fellow travellers, accompanied by wine. It is a hosted opportunity to meet the people travelling with you over a relaxed evening meal.

York provides a fitting setting for the gathering: a city whose medieval streets and long history invite conversation. The dinner is a social experience rather than a sightseeing visit.

Cruise Loch Lomond while enjoying a light lunch on board. Look out across the water towards wooded shores and the hills that mark the edge of Scotland’s Highlands.

One of Scotland’s largest lochs, Loch Lomond is prized for its islands and changing views from the water. The cruise offers time to absorb its scenery at an easy pace, with the meal included as part of the experience.

Visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon and explore the house where the playwright spent his early years. See artefacts and displays connected to his life and work, with time to take in the surrounding streets of timber-framed buildings.

Set beside the River Avon, the town retains a strong sense of its Tudor past. The visit brings the writer behind the plays into focus, from his family home to the place that shaped his childhood.

Walk through medieval York with your Travel Director, following the old city walls towards the narrow, crooked streets of the Shambles. See the exterior of York Minster, whose vast Gothic form has dominated the city for centuries.

York’s layered history is visible in its surviving walls and close-packed buildings. This orientation offers a street-level introduction to a city shaped by Roman, Viking and medieval life.

See Durham Castle and Cathedral above the winding River Wear. From the city, admire the monumental Romanesque cathedral and its neighbouring castle, which together define Durham’s historic skyline.

Both were established after the Norman Conquest, and their commanding position speaks to Durham’s former religious and political importance. This is an opportunity to view the landmarks; entry to either building is not specified.

Stop to see part of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman frontier that once stretched across northern Britain. Stand near the surviving stonework and consider the scale of a barrier built through this exposed landscape.

Ordered under Emperor Hadrian in the second century, the wall ran for roughly 80 Roman miles between the North Sea and the Irish Sea. Its remains give a tangible sense of the empire’s northernmost ambitions.

Explore Edinburgh with a Local Expert, travelling along Princes Street and the Royal Mile. See the Scott Monument, the classical streets of New Town and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the King’s official Scottish residence.

The route reveals a striking contrast between the medieval Old Town and the planned elegance of Georgian Edinburgh. It is a guided introduction to the capital’s architecture and royal history; palace entry is not specified.

Step inside Edinburgh Castle with your Local Expert and take in views across the Scottish capital from its commanding volcanic rock. See Scotland’s Crown Jewels and Mons Meg, the imposing medieval siege gun.

A royal stronghold and military site for centuries, the castle sits at the head of the Royal Mile. Its collections and fortifications make Scotland’s turbulent history tangible within the walls of one of its most recognisable landmarks.

Watch the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, with massed pipes, drums and military displays filling the night air. The castle esplanade becomes an open-air stage for performers in ceremonial dress.

This spectacle brings Scottish musical tradition together with international military performance. Included on select departures during the August season only; it is not part of every tour departure.

Explore St Andrews, a coastal university town celebrated as the home of golf. Take in the setting of the Old Course, with its open links landscape and centuries of sporting tradition, while enjoying time in the town.

Historic university buildings and North Sea air give St Andrews a character beyond its fairways. Travellers may also choose to stroll towards West Sands Beach, whose shoreline featured in the film Chariots of Fire.

Discover Inverness with your Travel Director and see the River Ness and Inverness Castle as you get to know the Highland city. The riverside setting offers a clear sense of Inverness’s place at the meeting of waterways and routes through northern Scotland.

Hear about the city’s history while taking in its compact centre and surrounding scenery. This is an orientation and landmark viewing experience; castle entry is not specified.

Travel beside Loch Ness and hear the stories of the elusive creature said to inhabit its deep waters. Continue through the dramatic valley of Glencoe, framed by steep mountain slopes and shaped by ancient volcanic activity.

The landscapes carry two very different Scottish narratives: Loch Ness’s enduring folklore and Glencoe’s memory of the 1692 massacre. This is a scenic journey with commentary, rather than a boat trip or guided hike.

Discover the stories of Gretna Green, long associated with couples who crossed the Scottish border to marry. Travel through England’s Lake District, taking in its lakes, green valleys and rounded fells from the route.

Gretna Green’s reputation grew from differing marriage laws on either side of the border. The Lake District has its own cultural legacy, inspiring writers including William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. No lake cruise or guided walk is specified.

Explore Conwy Castle, the medieval fortress that rises above the town and its harbour. Discover its towers and battlements, and look towards Conwy’s remarkably complete town walls and the mountains of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia.

Built for Edward I between 1283 and 1287, the castle formed part of a formidable network of Welsh strongholds. Its surviving defences reveal the scale and ambition of that building campaign.

Visit the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin to explore the story behind Ireland’s best-known stout. Discover displays on its ingredients, brewing and the brand’s place in Irish culture.

Set within the historic St James’s Gate brewery complex, the Storehouse traces a brewing tradition that began here in the eighteenth century. The visit offers a closer look at how a local enterprise became a drink recognised around the world.

Discover Dublin with a Local Expert and see its elegant Georgian squares, O’Connell Street, the Custom House and Dublin Castle. The sightseeing introduces landmarks on both sides of the River Liffey.

Dublin’s broad streets and brick-fronted squares reflect its Georgian expansion, while its civic buildings speak to a longer political history. The tour gives context to the capital’s distinctive layout and architecture; entry to Dublin Castle is not specified.

Go behind the scenes at the Irish National Stud in County Kildare with an equine professional. Learn about Ireland’s thoroughbred breeding tradition at a working stud farm, with insight into its horses and facilities.

Also visit the century-old Japanese Gardens, designed as a symbolic journey through the stages of life. Together, the stud and gardens offer two perspectives on this Kildare estate: a centre of Irish racing heritage and a carefully composed landscape.

Meet farmer and beekeeper Ailbhe Gerrard at Brookfield Farm in County Tipperary. Hear how biodiversity, regenerative agriculture and careful beekeeping shape the farm’s work, and enjoy a farm-to-table lunch.

This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® visit connects the food on the table with the land and people producing it. Brookfield Farm’s activities support sustainable farming, habitat protection and local education, making the meal part of a wider conversation about responsible production.

Explore the Ring of Kerry, a circular route through some of southwest Ireland’s most varied scenery. See stretches of rocky coast, remote villages and lakelands, with mountain views around the Iveragh Peninsula.

The route reveals the relationship between the region’s small communities and its rugged Atlantic setting. It is a chance to experience the shifting colours of the landscape, from open water and stone to green fields and the Lakes of Killarney.

Get to know Killarney with your Travel Director on a gentle orientation of the town. See its shopfronts and church spires, with the mountains surrounding Killarney National Park forming the backdrop.

Stories of the town’s past add context to its streets and its longstanding role as a gateway to the lakes and landscapes of County Kerry. This orientation is separate from the choice of a jaunting-car ride or guided national park hike.

Ride in a horse-drawn jaunting car around Killarney with a local jarvey. Listen to stories and observations from your driver as you take in the town and its surroundings at the measured pace of horse-drawn travel.

Jaunting cars have long been part of Killarney’s visitor tradition. This is one of two included Insight Choice activities: choose it instead of the guided hike in Killarney National Park.

Join a gentle guided hike in Killarney National Park, walking beside the lakes and past the grounds of fifteenth-century Ross Castle. Look out across the water towards the mountains and wooded slopes of County Kerry.

The walk brings the park’s scenery into close view without a mountain climb, though participants should be fit and bring suitable walking shoes and weather protection. This is one of two included Insight Choice activities, offered instead of the jaunting-car ride.

Climb Blarney Castle’s ramparts and see the celebrated Stone of Eloquence. Travellers who wish to can take their turn kissing the stone, a centuries-old ritual said to bestow a gift for persuasive speech.

The castle’s high stone walls give this Irish legend a dramatic setting. This is one of two included Blarney choice activities: choose the castle and stone instead of the estate gardens visit with a senior gardener.

Explore the gardens of the Blarney Castle estate with a senior gardener. Discover the planted landscapes surrounding the medieval castle and hear firsthand about the care that goes into maintaining them.

The guided visit offers a quieter perspective on an estate often associated with its famous stone. This is one of two included Blarney choice activities: select the gardens instead of climbing the castle ramparts to see the Stone of Eloquence.

Explore historic Waterford and see Reginald’s Tower and surviving sections of the city walls. These landmarks offer a street-level introduction to one of Ireland’s oldest cities.

The stone tower stands within Waterford’s Viking Triangle, an area associated with the city’s Norse beginnings. Its long history and the remaining walls reveal how this trading settlement grew into a fortified port. Entry to the tower is not specified.

Tour the House of Waterford Crystal and meet a master craftsperson. Watch the skilled processes behind the city’s renowned crystal, including traditional glassmaking and cutting techniques.

Waterford’s association with fine crystal dates back to the late eighteenth century. Seeing artisans at work gives the finished pieces a different meaning, revealing the precision and practiced hands behind their sharp facets and intricate patterns.

Gather for a celebration dinner in Waterford, sharing wine, food and conversation with your fellow travellers. Raise a toast — sláinte — in a hosted evening that marks the shared experiences of the journey.

The occasion centres on the people you have travelled with rather than a formal sightseeing programme. Waterford’s setting adds a sense of place to this convivial Irish farewell.

Discover central Cardiff on an orientation that takes in the Principality Stadium, City Hall, the National Museum and university buildings. See how major civic and cultural landmarks sit close together in the Welsh capital.

Cardiff grew rapidly in the nineteenth century through its coal-exporting port, and its grand public buildings reflect that era’s ambition. The orientation introduces the city from the outside; museum or stadium entry is not specified.

Explore the Roman Baths at your own pace, seeing the Great Bath, Sacred Spring, temple remains and artefacts found on site. An orientation of Bath also highlights the Royal Crescent, Pulteney Bridge and Bath Abbey.

Natural hot water still rises beneath the ancient bathing complex, offering a vivid connection to life and worship in Roman Britain. Beyond it, Bath’s Georgian streets show how the city’s spa heritage continued to shape its architecture centuries later.

Walk around the megaliths of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain and view the arrangement of towering stones up close. Consider the effort involved in moving and raising them in prehistoric Britain.

Built and altered over many centuries, the monument has long prompted questions about ceremony, community and the movement of people across the landscape. Its purpose remains debated, making the surviving stone circle as thought-provoking as it is visually striking.

Join a Scottish cultural dinner in Edinburgh featuring haggis and ceilidh dancing. Enjoy an evening built around traditional food, music and the lively atmosphere of a Scottish social gathering.

A ceilidh is a communal event where dancing is part of the celebration, offering a more participatory introduction to local tradition than a sightseeing tour. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore places associated with The Beatles in their home city of Liverpool. This optional outing offers a closer look at the surroundings connected to the band’s lives and lasting musical legacy.

Liverpool’s streets and music history shaped the group before their recordings reached audiences worldwide. Specific stops are not listed in the itinerary, so the experience focuses on Beatles-related places rather than a promised venue or admission. It is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Insight Vacations

• 5 Dinner (D)
• 12 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Business class coach with extended leg room
• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• Premium regional accommodation

• Kildare: Horse racing is key part of Irish culture; and you’ll gain a rare insight into it on your visit to the Irish National Stud. Set in Kildare at the breeding ground of champions and the birthplace of legends, explore the foaling unit, museum and the stallions that continue to make racing history. As the only stud farm in Ireland open to the public, learn the insights of horse-racing at a site whose former visitors include queens and presidents. 
• Waterford: Visit Waterford Crystal to learn more about the art of crystal carving that has been practised here since the late 1700s. See master crafters utilise traditional cutting and blowing methods at one of the few remaining artisan workshops.

• Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.