• 4 star hotel
• Dinner, bed & breakfast
• Visits to Carlingford; Warrenpoint; Silent Valley; Dundrum Bay; Castle Ward; Downpatrick; Ards Peninsula
• Strangford Ferry crossing
PRICE EXCLUDES
• Single room supplement £80
• Obligatory holiday insurance
The Mournes
and Carlingford
Slieve Donard Hotel
The Slieve Donard has for many years been one of Northern Ireland’s leading hotels. Now, after a multi-million pound spa and bedroom development, it must surely rank among the top hotels in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
A spectacular setting by the sea also makes the Slieve Donard the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding Mourne Mountains and the nearby Carlingford Peninsula.
Day 1 - Sunday
We leave Belfast at 11.00am and drive past Newry and on to the Carlingford Peninsula, stopping in Carlingford around lunch time. We continue along the edge of the lough through Omeath and into Warrenpoint. From here we make our way directly to Newcastle and our hotel for the next three nights.
Hotel:
Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle ****
(3 nights)
Day
2 - Monday
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast and a morning free to relax. You may wish to avail of the hotel’s superb leisure facilities or simply take a stroll along the front. This afternoon we travel further into the Mourne Mountains, down the Silent Valley and back to the hotel along the coast via Rostrevor and Kilkeel.
Day
3 - Tuesday
We travel around Dundrum Bay today, to the fishing port of Ardglass and on to Strangford. We visit Castle Ward and, in the afternoon, call at Downpatrick before returning to Newcastle.
Day
4 - Wednesday
Another relaxing breakfast before commencing our homeward journey. We take the Strangford ferry to Portaferry and travel along the sea coast of the Ards Peninsula through Portavogie and Donaghadee. We are expected at the Europa Buscentre at around 4.00pm.
