April 2028, to be confirmed · four days
Ireland's finest roads, from the Atlantic coast round to the east, with castles, country houses and a welcome that does not have to be arranged.
April 2028, to be confirmed
Dates
4
Days
3
Nights
1
Coast
The tour
The west of Ireland is the last place in these islands where a good road can still be had entirely to yourself on a summer morning. Connemara, the Burren and the coast road north of Clifden are wide, well surfaced and almost empty, and they change character with the light in a way that makes the same stretch worth driving twice.
Four days is deliberate. It is a short week that fits either side of a weekend, with the ferry or the short flight at each end, and the driving concentrated rather than stretched. The hotels are country houses with their own gates, and dinner is at a table the club has to itself.
Itinerary indicative until dates are confirmed. Priced per person, two sharing, released with the 2027 dates to members first.
Where the tour gathers, where it spends each night and where it finishes. The roadbook carries every turn.
Included in the price
One price for each car and the two of you in it, with all of this included.
Chosen and stayed in by us first. Every night of the tour, with breakfast, and secure parking for the car.
Exceptional food, carefully chosen and tasted by us beforehand.
A drink waiting in the bar on the first evening, once the cars are parked and the luggage is up, and the party introduced.
A tour leader with the party from the first morning to the last, setting the pace, running the day and settling the small things before you notice them. Every car is given a radio, so the party stays in touch on the road and the team can see where each car is.
Designed for the club, for the drive rather than the distance, and driven in full by us before a member sees them.
The roads and the evenings are professionally photographed and filmed as they happen, and shared with the party in the members' area afterwards.
A printed roadbook and route cards for the car, with each day's route on your phone in the members' area, and a discreet club decal for the car.
A technician travels with the party, with the tools and the knowledge to keep a car on the road. Recovery and parts remain with your own cover.
Hotels, timings, parking and the day's changes handled behind the scenes, with the team on call for the whole of the tour.
Good to know
The things members ask before they book, answered here rather than by return of email.
Booking
Membership comes first. Ask to join from the membership page; once you are a member, every tour is booked from your own members’ area.
A reference is issued, the price and the deposit are fixed as they stand that day, and the place is held for the deposit until a date printed on the booking. The deposit goes by bank transfer into the club’s trust account.
The balance is due by the date on the booking, into the same account. Then the insurance declaration, and the roadbook arrives before you do.
Fuel, tolls and vignettes, ferries and tunnels unless listed, lunches on driving days unless stated, recovery and parts, and your motor insurance, which must be valid in every country visited. Other meals are at your leisure. Members drive and insure their own vehicles. We do not and cannot verify anyone’s cover, and an insurer may treat an organised event as excluded, so confirm with yours in writing before you book.
Every payment you make towards a tour is held in the club's designated trust account, separate from the club's own money, until the day the tour departs.
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