Northern
Delights
The
Royal Tees
From
£999.00 per
person sharing
5
nights accommodation, including breakfast service and tax, and 5 rounds of golf
Graeme
McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Darren
Clarke...
Northern Ireland
is a natural home for golfers. In
the six counties you'll find around 100 golf courses, including half a dozen
world class courses and a host of hidden gems.
Day
1
From
Belfast
airport it is only 30 minutes to Galgorm Manor, a luxury Hotel and Spa in a
historic stately home overlooking a cascading river.
The golf course, just down the road, is one of the most haunted places in
Ireland - watch out for the 17th Century necromancer whose treasure is
said to be hidden somewhere around the course!
Day 2
To
Royal Portrush. Local resident
Darren Clarke calls this the best links in the world, and he may well have a
point. Graeme McDowell was born within a long drive of the course, and Rory
McIlroy holds the low round record. After
playing here savor the city Of
Derry
in the afternoon. Ancient
and modern sights sit alongside one another in harmony here - you can be sipping
a cappuccino in the middle of a 21st century shopping centre, and a few minutes
later you can be standing beside a 1595 cannon on ancient ramparts looking over
streets and buildings that have survived for centuries.
Start with a stroll along the famous Walls to view the historic
cityscape. In July you will be able
to watch the ships in the Clipper
Challenge Race - ten 68 foot yachts competing in the world's longest
round-the-world sailing event.
Derry
is also set to be the
first ever UK City
of Culture in
2013. Return
to Galgorm for the night.
Day
3
Not
quite as Royal, but just as lovely, Portstewart is Portrush's neighbour.
After a round here you might be in need of the restorative powers that
the Bushmills Distillery offers it visitors,
(watching out for the romantic ruins of Dunluce castle on the way).
The
Giant's Causeway
, one of the wonders of the world, will fill the rest of the afternoon before
returning to Galgorm for the night.
Day 4
Set
off for the coast of
County
Down, where beneath Slieve Donard's towering peak the Mountains of Mourne
sweep down to the sea, and the velvet greens of the
Royal County Down punctuate
the ribbons of fairways surrounded by purple heather and golden gorse that
thread their way through impressive sand dunes.
This evening head to the shores of Belfast Lough to stay in the oldest
coaching inn in
Ireland
, The Old Inn in Crawfordsburn.
Day
5
A
premier private members' club, Royal Belfast, dating from 1881, is the oldest
golf course in
Ireland
. After a round here spend the
afternoon exploring the city of the Titanic and Narnia.
Belfast's other attractions include a National Trust Pub, Victorian botanic gardens,
and a vibrant city centre. Overnight at The Old Inn.
Day
6
Depart
Belfast
Airport
.
Why
not extend
your stay ?
Day
6
Tour
to Enniskillen and play the Lough Erne Golf Resort.
This 5-star luxury hotel boasts 2 championship golf courses, a Thai spa,
and an infinity pool. Lough Erne's
400 acres of grounds including walking and jogging trails, fishing and a golf
course designed by Nick Faldo. Professional golf tuition is available at The
Faldo Academy, a state-of-the-art practice and tuition centre.
Day
7
Tour
by way of Yeats Country - the
stunning landscape that inspired the poet WB Yeats.
Play
Rosses
Point
, a championship golf course set against the backdrop of the spectacular Dartry
mountain range and the beauty of
Sligo
Bay
. In summer you can see on approaching
Rosses
Point
beach all the yachts dotted along the coast.
Carry on to
Mount
Falcon
Castle
for the night.
Day
8
Isolated
on the far north west peninsula of County Mayo, Carne Golf Links is as
inaccessible as a place gets on such a small island such as Ireland. Yet once
the extra 90 minute or so journey from
Mount
Falcon
has been made the euphoric feeling of discovery is certain to dispel any
reluctance or doubts about the journey.
From the moment of arrival, Belmullet exudes an air of speciality. The
splendid scenery, the proximity to the ocean and the visual appeal of the links
itself are all-pervading. And the last design by Eddie Hackett is surely his
best. After play carry
on down the coast of
Mayo
, past the
Ballycroy
National Park
, to the Georgian
village
of
Newport
and on to the
museum
of
Country Life
at
Turlough
Park
. Return to Mount Falcon via the
Foxford Woolen Mills.
Day
9
By
way of Strokestown, with its historic house and gardens,
and Mullingar with its Jealous Wall, to Carton House,
a beautiful hotel that was once home to the Dukes of Leinster and is set
on two stunning golf courses. The
Montgomerie Course is one of two championship courses at Carton House Golf Club,
which is conveniently situated less than 15 miles from
Dublin
's center. The layout weaves through a maze of cavernous bunkers that surround
the large, undulating greens and narrow fairways. Colin Montgomerie, the course
designer, paid homage to some of the greatest links courses in the world.
The O'Meara course is the older of the two courses by exactly one year.
This is a true parkland course with many ancient specimen trees, the River Rye
and several risk/reward holes to challenge your game.
Probably more playable for the average golfer, the O'Meara is nonetheless
a superb golf course. It weaves its way beautifully over the rolling terrain
amongst the huge trees. There are nearly as many bunkers as on the Montgomerie,
though generally shallower and more amenable to playing to the pin. The bent
grass greens are immaculate and well contoured.
Overnight here.
Day
10
Spend
the day exploring
Dublin
, 20 minutes from the hotel, or relaxing at Carton.
Overnight as before
Day
11
Depart
Dublin
.
From £999.00
per person sharing low season
to £1100 per
person sharing in July and August.
5
nights accommodation, including breakfast service and tax, and 5 rounds of golf
To
add the 5 night extension with accommodation, including breakfast service and
tax, and 5 rounds of golf.
£740
per person sharing
supplement
Driving
-
A
self drive compact stick shift car is from £85
per person sharing for the 5 days in
Northern Ireland
, or £230 for
the 10 days, low season, to £110
per person sharing in the
high season for the 5 days in
Northern Ireland
, or £330
for the 10 days.
To book, email vacation@adamsandbutler.com
or call 1-800-894 5712 / +353 1 288 9355