Top 100 Golf Tours

Ireland Castle Tour

Ireland

Ireland is a country littered with some of the world's most fantastic golf courses, offering some of the purest golfing experiences, but the landscape is also adorned with many top 5 star and family owned castles. A golf break in Ireland is guaranteed to be an absolutely unforgettable experience, however, add this to playing some of the world’s top 100 golf courses and staying in historic castles, puts a whole new dimension on the experience.

 

The Tour

We believe certain people value quality, be it in the quality of the golf courses they play or the accommodations where they choose to stay on their trips and the experiences these create. Therefore that Top 100 Golf Tours and Celtic Castles offer this package jointly is only a normal extension of their vision of what their client’s present and future want.

Add to this the superb nightlife and numerous points of cultural and historical interest making an Irish golf break of this calibre truly magnificent.

The golf courses chosen are only the World top 100 golf courses as rated by Golf.com and Top100 golfcourses.uk.co. You will be playing only Top 100 World golf courses:

  • #18 Ballybunion
  • #44 Lahinch
  • #05 Royal County Down
  • #91 Waterville on the West Coast
  • #45 Portmarnock
  • #57 The European Club on the East Coast

You can read more about each course under the menu Golf Courses Ireland or by click on the arrows above. Some of the courses also has video presentations that you can view.

Accommodations

We stay at the following castles during this tour.

  • Clontarf Castle Hotel
  • Ballyseede Castle
  • Dromoland Castle

Detailed Itinerary:

Saturday:
Upon arrival at the Dublin Airport you will be met and assisted to transfer luggage to your VIP Mercedes Bus, and taken to your Castle. Rest of the morning and afternoon will be free for you to pursue other activities. At 17:00 you are invited to an orientation meeting & cocktail which will be followed by a Q&A period.

Once profile of group is determined in regards to golfers and non golfers, additional activities will be proposed to include in this tour.

Sunday:
Complimentary full Irish Breakfast followed by a round of golf at the European golf club. Maybe late afternoon and evening can be used to visit Dublin’s famous Landmark’s such as Guinness tour or a bus city tour.

Monday:
Complimentary full Irish breakfast and then you leave to go and play a round of golf at Royal County Down. Following our round of golf we will return to our hotel.

Tuesday:
Complimentary full Irish breakfast and then go for a round of golf at the Portmarnock Golf Club. Following your round of golf you shall be driven to your second castle residence. This trip will also give you the opportunity to appreciate the Irish country side.

Wednesday:
Full Irish breakfast and you are off to play Ballybunion Old Course and for those interested there is a special to play Cashen course in afternoon at greatly reduced rate. Motorized carts are available.

Thursday:
Full Irish breakfast and you are off to the Waterville golf course. After your round of golf you will be driven to our residence near Ballybunion.

Friday:
Check out and after Full Irish breakfast, you will be driven to Lahinch for your round of golf. After your round of golf you will be driven to your hotel near Shannon airport and have your closing supper where you will be the guests of Top 100 Golf Tours and you will have the opportunity to reminisce and exchange memorable moments.

Saturday:
Go to airport for plane home We wish you a good trip home, we hope you bring back great souvenirs of this trip and that you have made new friendships. We thank you for allowing us to serve you and hope you enjoyed the experience.

Included in trip

  • Welcoming Cocktail
  • 6 rounds of golf on World top 100 golf courses (Golf.com)
  • Castle accommodation for 7 nights (2 per room). Individual rooms available for a supplement
  • VIP Minibus with driver, all land transportation including mini vans and train tickets if required
  • Full Irish breakfast every day
  • Last night closing dinner
  • All land transportation including chauffeured luxury coach, mini vans and/or train and/or rentals if required.
  • Groups of 4 will have a chauffeured van if they prefer to a rental at an additional cost. If a group of 4 prefers self-drive rental of a full size van instead of Mercedes Vito van or similar. Self-drive – Reduction in cost is as in the pricelist.
  • Apart from the above we are here to provide any further services you feel will enhance your trip.
  • Personalized service 24/7. We take groups of no more than 12 to be able to offer the highest level of personalized service. We do not mix groups.

This Mercedes VIP Coach is a 16 seater that has been converted to a 12 passenger luxury VIP Coach. As you can see it includes beautiful & comfortable seats .TV & DVD for additional entertainment and a fridge for cold drinks or to provide you with a pint if you feel the urge. Similar 8 seaters available for smaller groups.

Important Notice

The tours that are offered on this site “Top 100 Golf Tours” offer you the opportunity to play the best golf courses in the world. The starting times on these golf courses are in high demand and therefore the longer the lead time the better chances of getting to pay the courses. As an example one of the courses on these tours open their reservation’s book for the 2011 season in February 2010.The conclusion is that to have the best 2011 trip reserve it prior to September to give us the chance of getting all the starting times you require to have a memorable golf vacation.

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