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Dublin Airport to Slieve Donard Resort Private Car Service
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From €390 per person
Your DM Executive Line driver meets you in the arrivals area, takes care of your bags, and gets you on the road to Newcastle, County Down, without any fuss. The transfer is door to door, priced at a fixed rate from €390, and takes around one to two hours depending on traffic.
A few things worth knowing before you book:
Your chauffeur meets you at the hotel reception or in the airport arrivals hall. The transfer takes around 1 to 2 hours depending on traffic and route.
Infant and child seats are available on request. Infants and small children can travel in a pram or stroller. Public transport options are available nearby if needed. Suitable for all fitness levels.
This is a private tour - just your group.
The approach to Newcastle sets the mood well before you reach the resort. Driving south from Dublin, the route takes you through County Down’s drumlin landscape - that distinctive pattern of small rounded hills left behind by the last Ice Age - before the Mourne Mountains come into view on the horizon. By the time you reach the town, you’ll have a clear sense of where you’ve landed.
Slieve Donard Resort faces the sea, and Newcastle beach is right outside. The town sits at the edge of Dundrum Bay, with the sandy beach stretching north and the dark granite peaks of the Mournes rising straight behind the hotel. It’s a landscape that doesn’t need much explaining once you see it. The beach itself is a Blue Flag beach when conditions are right, so it’s worth a walk even if you’re only stopping briefly.
Murlough National Nature Reserve is just a few minutes down the road. It’s Ireland’s first nature reserve, run by the National Trust, and the ancient sand dune system has walking trails that wind through dunes, heathland, and along the estuary edge. The views back towards the Mournes from the reserve are some of the best in the county.
Castlewellan Forest Park is less than ten kilometres from Newcastle. The forest trail around Castlewellan Lake is very walkable, and the national arboretum there - one of the finest in Ireland - has been growing since the 1740s. It’s a good option if you want to stretch your legs after the journey without going far from the resort.