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Ireland & Scotland
Ireland & Scotland are countries 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 & Scotland 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.
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 caliber truly magnificent.
The golf courses chosen are World top 100 golf courses as rated by Golf.com and Top100 golfcourses.uk.co. You will be playing the following Top 100 World golf courses:
- #45 Portmarnock
- #57 Royal County Down
- #91 European Club
- #12 Royal Portrush- Duluce Course
- #48 Royal Troon
- #17 Turnberry Ailsa Course
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
- Fitzpatrick Castle
- Ballygally Castle
- Culzean Castle
- Blairquhan Castle
Detailed Itinerary
Saturday:
Arrival Dublin You will be driven to your accommodations either at Clontarf
Castle (5 miles from airport -15 minute drive) or
Fitzpatrick Castle (The hotel lies approximately 28km/18
miles south of the airport. 50 minutes by car) client’s
choice. Welcoming cocktail & orientation meeting at
18:00 followed by supper at 19:00.
Sunday:
Following complimentary breakfast, you will be driven to the European Club which is rated #57 in“ World Top 100 Golf Courses”. Driving time from Fitzpatrick Castle is 30-40 minutes & 80 minutes from Clontarf Castle. Following your round of golf maybe a tour at Guinness or just visit Dublin on your own & have supper in Dublin, just advise when you want to be picked up.
Monday:
Following complimentary breakfast you will be driven for your round of golf at Portmarnock Golf Club rated # 45 in “World Top 100 Golf Courses” following golf a city tour of Dublin.
Tuesday:
Following your complimentary breakfast you will be driven to Northern Ireland and play Royal County Down rated 5th in World Top 100 Golf Courses. Following play you will be driven to Ballygally Castle.
Wednesday:
Following complimentary breakfast you will be driven to Royal Portrush rated #13 in “World Top 100 Golf Courses”. Driving time is approximately 20 minutes. Following your round, you will have lunch at the golf club or at the Castle depending if tour includes non golfers and then driven to Larne for ferry to Troon. It is recommended to be at ferry 1 hour before departure therefore 16:30. Ferry ride is 110 minutes. Upon arrival in Troon you will meet your new driver who will pick up your luggage and drive you to your next accommodations at Culzean Castle.
Thursday:
Following complimentary breakfast you will be driven to Royal Troon for your round of golf on the Championship course, followed by lunch in the Ailsa Room at the club house. After lunch golfers may choose to play a complimentary round on the Portland course, or return to visit Culzean Castle, there is so much to see. And there is tea at 15:00 to finalize supper menu, if you so wish.
Friday:
Following complimentary breakfast you will be driven to Turnberry to play the Ailsa course.I suggest you have lunch at the club’s restaurant. Following lunch you will be driven back to Culzean Castle and enjoy maybe visiting armory or grounds, or just walk the hallways and appreciate all there is to see. Culzean Castle is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, and is one of the most visited Castles in Scotland. Friday night closing supper .Cocktails at 19:00 and supper at 19:30. This will be the perfect ending to a great week .
Saturday:
After breakfast drive to GLA airport. 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
- Meet & Greet in Dublin on arrival
- Welcoming Cocktail & dinner (Group 8-12)
- Full Irish or Scottish Breakfast everyday and closing dinner Friday night at the Castle.
- 6 rounds of golf on World Top 100 courses with guaranteed tee times
- Castle accommodation for 7 nights (2 per room). Individual rooms available for a supplement.
- All land transportation including chauffeured luxury coach, ferry transportation, mini vans and/or train and/or rentals if required.
- Groups of 4 will have a chauffeured van if they prefer to a rental. Additional cost is €375. If a group of 4 prefers self-drive rental of a Mercedes Vito van or similar. Self-drive – Reduction in cost is €75 per person
- Personalized service 24/7 since there is always a group coordinator available to you. We take groups of no more than 16 preferably 8, in order to be able to offer the highest level of personalized service
- This tour offers the most popular itinerary requested by golfers to Northern Ireland. It includes all the renowned courses including Royal County Down and Royal Portrush, the 2 courses on everyones Irish 'wish' list. Arrangements for this style of tailored tour tend to start a year in advance to get competitive rates and popular start times.
Important Notes
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 Old course at St. Andrews can’t be reserved at this date for 2010, any booking requires either using the ballot or guaranteed tee times that have been purchased at a greatly increased price. 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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Transportation
Ireland
We only use Executive Class Coaches that guarantee passenger’s comfort. They are 8 or 16 seater coach with luxurious leather reclining seats with headrests. Not only do you have spacious legroom but also tables, air conditioning with adjustable airflow/reading lights for each passenger, a flat screen TV/DVD, a CD player, tinted double glazing, a fridge and a large boot.
Ferry Larne-Troon
P&O Irish Sea offers a first class passenger service from Larne to Troon. There are 2 daily crossings (07:15 & 17:30) taking just 1 hour 50 minutes on their Troon Express Fastcraft. Better getting there at 16:30 than at 06:15.
Scotland
The new model Ford Transit mini bus offers spacious comfort and safety for travelers. Headroom and legroom is very generous and the interior is quiet, comfortable and stylish. It meets all the latest safety and licensing regulations and is driven by a fully qualified PSV driver. In Scotland no drive is longer than 30 minutes.
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