We have a special discount code for you to celebrate the launch of our new website and VIP tour. It's valid until January 6th. Enter the following code in the checkout when booking your tour to get 20% off
Get €150 off your next Wild Atlantic or Castles & Classics Essential Ireland Tours with this Black Friday special offer code: Ireland or €115 of the True North Tours with this code: Ireland-North
Limited places so Book Now! Offer valid until 4 December
THE ULTIMATE TOUR OF WEST & SOUTH WEST IRELAND
Join us for an action-packed week in the beautiful West Coast of Ireland. You’ll enjoy the benefits of a small group with an expert local guide. The ideal tour to experience the Wild Atlantic Way. You’ll stay in the charming and lively towns of Killarney, Dingle and Galway. Dine like royalty, enjoy music-filled pubs, meet the locals (and our Irish Wolfhounds!), sing our songs and learn the lively history of this great land.
This is a VIP tour, a lifetime experience and the small group size ensures wonderful personalised service!
PRICE: FROM ONLY €1,999 - €2,299 PER PERSON
Reserve your space with a small deposit (20% on most tours)
EXPLORE & TOUR NORTHERN IRELAND, TRULY ESSENTIAL!
We at Essential Ireland are passionate about including the beautiful and fascinating North of Ireland and Donegal in our tours. We highly recommend you visit!
Our tour-guests are fascinated by the story of Historic Derry, the beauty and legends of the Causeway, modern peaceful Belfast and its troubled past, the characters and the communities of this beautiful part of Ireland that only 25 years ago was a no-go zone for tourists and is now one of Europe’s top attractions.
PRICE: ONLY €1,299 - €1,499 PER PERSON
Reserve your space with a small deposit! (20% on most tours)
5 STAR LUXURY TOUR OF IRELAND'S CASTLES
You’ll never forget checking into world famous Ashford Castle, a 12th century fortress, and enjoy sleeping in its luxurious bedrooms.
This tour features all the fantastic activities and experiences Essential Ireland Tours are famous for, but the extra magic is the luxury accommodation and the small group size (8 - 16 tour guests only).
You’ll have the travel experience of a lifetime in some of the world’s best hotels and stately homes. We leave nothing out and the attention to detail on this tour is exceptional.Great memories, fun experiences, gourmet food and wine, luxury Castles, an epic VIP tour of Ireland.
PRICE: ONLY €2,999 - €3,499 PER PERSON
Reserve your space with a small deposit! (20% on most tours)
WANT YOUR OWN PRIVATE VIP TOUR OF IRELAND?
North, South or Plan Your Own Tour.
This is one of our most popular options. We have been famous for private tailor-made tours of Ireland for 20 years!
Your group can avail of one of our 7 day Wild Atlantic Tours or 5 day Northern Ireland Tours.Or perhaps you will enjoy combining both into an unforgettable All-Ireland tour for your friends and family to remember forever.
You will have our full professional planning experience to assist you. All tour itineraries are personally designed and advised by both Stephen McPhilemy, Ireland’s most experienced Tour-Guide and Rick Steves' Ireland expert for over 25 years.
Treat your loved ones to an unforgettable experience with an Essential Ireland Tour. Give them the choice of exploring the marvelous sites and sounds of Ireland.
Chose from one of our three tour types and let your loved ones chose their ideal trip
WILD ATLANTIC TOUR: €1,799 - €2399
TRUE NORTH TOUR: €1099 - €1499
CASTLES & CLASSICS TOUR: €2,799 - €3,499
USING YOUR GIFT VOUCHER: your voucher may be redeemed against any of our tours
We promise to provide you with the most fun, memorable and exciting Irish experiences at unbeatable prices. We promise to never have you feel like a tourist. We want you to meet our community, our friends and our clans and families; really experience the Irish way of life.
Our small groups ensure this, we have 16 people max on each tour. When we enter pub in the evening, we filter away, we have fun and mingle, we don’t dominate like the big tour groups, they can't help it. Big tour groups change the dynamic of the quaint pub, charming restaurant or idyllic village that they arrive into. Essential Ireland Tours are subtle, we blend in easily and you have a much more authentic Irish experience
One of the unique features of Essential Ireland Tours is that we bring our own in-house professional travel-photographer and videographer with us on all tours.
Stephen McPhilemy and Patrick Wade are the co-founders of Essential Ireland Tours. One Irish and one Irish-American, they met 20 years ago while Patrick was backpacking through Ireland and Stephen was his tour-guide.
Two decades later they (and their Irish Wolfhounds) are experienced and respected figures in the Irish tour and hospitality scene with a passion for providing high quality tours. Authentic Irish experiences for unbeatable value.
