Hello all,
I am heading to Ireland in a couple weeks and I was wondering if 27 days in Ireland and N. Ireland would be too much. I was thinking about heading to the other island and doing the UK as well if i got burnt out on Ireland.
Any suggestions are appreciated.
Well it depends on the pace of the tour you want to set, your age, your particular interests, and so on. 27 days would be a bit of overkill for me, but if you want a leisurely chill out wander around, it would be fine for you.
If you do want to move on, a jump across to the rest of the UK (N Ireland is part of the UK although not part of Great Britain) is pretty straight forward - even at relatively short notice prices are still reasonable, especially for the Dublin to London route. Dublin is easily accessible from lots of regional uk airports; refer to http://www.skyscanner.net.
Of course it depends on what your interests are. Certainly this is a good time of the year in Ireland if you are interested natural history and flora. The wide geological spread gives adequate scope for variety during a month's stay.
Likewise it is one of the more relaible times for say hill walking, cycling or other outside pursuits. It certainly gives the opportunity to gain a much deeper insight into Ireland, its people and culture than can be gained by a rushed week's tour of the usual tourist sights.
If heading to the UK mainland SailRail deals are another good option and a wider variety of destinations than the regional airports.
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I think most people would find a month in Ireland too much, which is not to say you would. A well planned person with a love of hiking could easily spend 27 days doing various day-hikes on the west coast. Someone who likes wetting a line could likewise be entertained.
Three weeks driving around Ireland and a week in London might be good if you haven't done London before.
Hey cascadia17,
You can check out the following post from my blog which will give you some ideas and pictures what you can do in Ireland:
This post is about a trip from the South to Southwest (Ballycotton, Killarney, Dingle, Dingle Way and Ring of Kerry):
http://jeapoe.blogspot.ie/2014/03/road-trip.html
The other one included pics from the Wicklow Mountains and partly from Dublin:
http://jeapoe.blogspot.ie/2014/03/great-minds-think-alike.html
The last one is about Cork:
http://jeapoe.blogspot.ie/2014/02/feeling-of-being-home-in-cork.html
Have fun in Ireland :-)
Thanks for the input everyone. I will most likely venture to the other island. My main focus is Ireland but I am open to anything.
@Jeapoe: Thanks for the links- I will check them out. Not too much though... I like surprises! I will also be blogging and taking pictures on my trip.
Epic trip
I think you should go up to the giants causeway, work across to Derry, then down to Sligo, learn to surf then go through the normal tourist spots in Galway/Conemarra/Cliffs of Moher/Ailawee caves and then head down to the beara peninsula via Kenmare
dereen gardens in Lauragh
dursey Island for the only cable car in Ireland
Castletownbere for fresh crab
Ailahees and eyeries for cute little villages
adrigole bay for sea kayaking with seals
Garinish Island for cool spanish gardens
and then move towards Malin head and onto the rest of west Cork and Cork City.
Trip into Fota island
Kinsale for more gorgeous sea food
English market for nice food
In doing this you will do one of the main things to do in Ireland before you die according to national geographic and also dodge a serious amount of hammy tourist spots like tralee.
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/things-to-do-in-ireland-and-northern-ireland/
If you spend this much time in these areas you will not regret it. However miniature Leprachaun ornaments may be lesson supply.
There's loads of great music festivals on over the weekends of the summer, all worth checking out particularly body and soul/sea sessions
28 days is more than enough time, flights between Ireland and UK are real cheap if you decide to move on sooner.