ダブリンからのMoher、Connemara、Galway Bay Rail Tourの2日間の断崖

Great mix of train and bus tour. Very beautiful sights. We had great guides on both days.

Our trip was exceptionally well planned. On day one, we explored Bunratty Castle, the Burren and the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher before arriving in Galway, where we were introduced to our guide for the next day - Anthony O'Connell. Anthony met us the following morning with incredible patience, positivity, and good humour. Day two took us through the stunning Connemara region and to the magnificent Kylemore Abbey. During our brief time together, we enjoyed wonderful conversations that covered just about everything and anything. He was an absolute pleasure to spend time with and went above and beyond to ensure we stayed on schedule, never lost our way, and returned in plenty of time for our journey home. A huge thank you and well-deserved shout-out to Anthony for making our experience so enjoyable and stress-free. His warmth, professionalism, and genuine care left a lasting impression. We even made plans to catch up for a coffee the next time I'm visiting Galway, which says everything about the kind of person he is.

Absolutely wonderful and the guides were fabulous!

Wonderful tour with great planned out stops. The guides were fabulous too ! Seamus , our driver /guide was wonderful !!

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We had the best time!! Our guides were so lovely and very knowledgeable. They gave us lots of good recommendations and tips for the rest of our trip to Ireland too. I always felt safe and comfortable and we had a good amount of time at each of the stops. I am so pleased with our tour, I only wish we had done a longer one!!!

The Cliffs were incredible and Galway is a great town!! Hotel accommodations were nice I would recommend using Viator.

The Irish Rail tour guides & local guides provided an authentic experience about Irish history & the lives of people through the centuries in Galway & County Clare The Conamurra trip was replaced with a ferry tour with very little fuss to one of the three Aran Islands. John O’ Connell provided an Irish commentary of life lived on the islands

Day 1 was not a good experience. A lot of driving on a bus with only one good stop. “Guide” was not well informed or did not share info. Day 2 was great with a great guide but was also on a bus. Not sure why it is called a rail tour. The only rail part was from Dublin to limerick and from Galway to Dublin. It cut off some bus time but did not contribute anything to the tour.

This is a review of the 2-Day Bunratty Castle, medieval banquet, Galway, Cliffs of Mohen and Burren tour from Dublin. First let me say my review has nothing to do with the tour guides, who were all excellent. But the wrong Bunratty hotel was shown on my voucher and this led to a disaster that could have easily been avoided. I started the tour in Dublin and was the only customer for it on this particular day. I met a guide at the Dublin station who told me I would be traveling alone to Galway where I would meet another guide who would explain to me where and when to find the bus to Bunratty, on which I would also travel alone, without a guide, and without any other passengers. I took three guided Railtours Ireland tours during my stay in Ireland, and if there ever was a time I NEEDED a guide to escort me, it was on the segment from Galway to my Bunratty hotel. But alas, they sent me off alone, and I was the only passenger on a very large tour bus! Wait, it gets creepier. Upon entering the Bunratty area, the bus driver asked me the name of the hotel I was staying at. I told him Bunratty Castle Hotel because that is what was printed on my travel voucher. So he drops me off at the hotel and leaves immediately. I get to the entrance and I see a sign that says "Bunratty Castle Hotel has been closed for the last two years." My brain could not even comprehend that this could be true, so I walked through the entrance and saw an abandoned front desk and several people milling about, none of whom spoke English. I truly thought I was in a nightmare, or a Stephen King novel. The bus driver was long gone, the Railtours Ireland office was closed, I was alone, it was raining hard, it was dark and I had no idea if this little village even had another hotel or if I would be able to get transportation back to Dublin. I did manage to find one person who spoke a little English, and he found an English speaking employee who was willing to help me resolve the mix up. After she did some research and made some phone calls, it was determined that I was supposed to be staying at the Bunratty MANOR hotel. And it turns out, to Ireland's credit, the Bunratty Castle Hotel, along with other Irish hotels, have been closed because they've been hosting Ukrainian refugees - but the problem is Railtours Ireland adamantly refuses to make a simple edit in their system so the correct hotel shows on the voucher!!! So I had to walk in the rain with luggage a half mile and hope to find my way to the Bunratty Manor Hotel. I found it, checked in, and because of the delay, I had to rush to make it to the medieval banquet at the castle. The very nice front desk agent was gracious enough to give me a ride to the banquet, a ride which, by the way, was not arranged by Railtours Ireland. I communicated the next day by phone and several emails to the Railtours Ireland office manager. The emails are also seen by the CEO, I'm told. Of course they were very apologetic, but the reason I'm rating this tour one star is because of their stubborn refusal, which they admit, to make a simple update to their system so the travel voucher indicates Bunratty Manor Hotel instead of Bunratty Castle Hotel - a simple edit that would prevent future customers from going through what I went through. The office manager indicated they were not changing the name of the hotel on the vouchers because the closure of the Bunratty Castle Hotel is temporary and they do not want to change it and then change it back again. I was absolutely stunned (and mystified) to hear this feeble explanation. I asked the CEO if I am understanding the situation correctly, because I found it so hard to believe, but he did not reply. It still boggles my mind that Railtours Ireland has such low regard for their customers, as well as the staff of Bunratty Castle Hotel, that they would rather cause this kind of disruption instead of making a simple edit in their system.

Cliffs of Moher and Kylemore Abbey were sensational. Good travel guides and excellent lodging. Well organized.