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5-Day Northern Ireland and Atlantic Coast Small-Group Tour from Dublin
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Two very different parts of the island, five days, and a small group capped at 16 people. This tour takes you north from Dublin into Belfast and along the Antrim coast, then swings west through Derry and down along the Atlantic through Donegal, Mayo, and Connemara. You travel by air-conditioned mini-coach with a driver guide throughout, staying four nights in en-suite B&Bs or 3-star hotels with breakfast included each morning.
Belfast’s Titanic Quarter is the first major stop - the shipyard district where the RMS Titanic was designed and built is now home to one of the finest maritime museums in Ireland and the stories told inside it go well beyond the ship. From there, the route follows the Antrim coast to the Giant’s Causeway, the extraordinary natural formation of basalt columns that really does need to be seen in person to properly make sense. Then it’s on to Derry, with its intact medieval walls and a recent history that’s still very much part of daily conversation in the city.
The route then heads south and west along the Atlantic coast, taking in Donegal before moving into Mayo and Connemara. These are the western counties where Ireland feels most itself - wide open landscapes, a slower pace of life, and a connection to place that’s hard to put into words but easy to feel once you’re there.
Meeting point: Opposite the Kilkenny Shop, Nassau Street, Dublin
Groups are capped at 16 people. This tour runs in English. Children under 5 cannot be accommodated - the operator will refuse travel without a refund if this is not followed. If you’re booking for 3 or more people (up to a maximum of 8 in a group), add each required room to your basket separately. For groups of 3 or more, the operator will arrange a combination of double, twin, and single rooms - note your preferences in the Special Requirements section at booking. Public transport is available near the meeting point. Suitable for all fitness levels.
Give the Titanic Belfast Museum more time than you think you need. Most people allow an hour and find themselves still inside two hours later. The exhibition is nine floors and genuinely world-class - it covers the design, the build, the voyage, and the recovery of wreckage in a way that’s much more than a memorial. Get there when it opens if you can.
Derry’s walls are one of Ireland’s great free experiences. You can walk the full circuit of the 17th-century city walls in about 20 minutes, but if you slow down and take in the view over the Bogside and understand what you’re looking at, it becomes something else entirely. Your driver guide will give you the context - both the history of the plantation walls and the much more recent history visible from the top of them.
The Giant’s Causeway is best at the edges of the day. The site gets busy from mid-morning in summer. If the tour schedule gives you any choice about timing, the late afternoon light on the basalt columns is extraordinary and the crowds thin out. The coastal path beyond the main formation is worth walking even for a few hundred metres.
Connemara’s roads are genuinely narrow. If you’re hiring a car at any point before or after this tour and planning to drive through Connemara yourself, take it slowly. The mini-coach gets through because the driver knows the roads well. It’s beautiful country to drive in if you’re not in a hurry.
Cross-border logistics are straightforward now. The route crosses between the Republic and Northern Ireland, which means a currency change (euro to sterling) but no border checks, no passport control, and no delays. Your guide will let you know before you cross and flag anything practical you need to know.