Ireland at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Most tours run March–October · best May and September
- Janfew or none
- Febfew or none
- Marsailing
- Aprsailing
- Maypeak
- Junsailing
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Seppeak
- Octsailing
- Novfew or none
- Decfew or none
May is the sunniest month on Met Éireann's averages and the big sights stay calm until June. Summer has the longest days, with full coaches and peak fares to match, while early fall thins the crowds before most programs wind down in October.
Every Ireland place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 2
Overnight stops 5
Tour start cities 3
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Dublin → Kinsale → Dingle → Cliffs of Moher → Galway → Westport → Derry → Giant's Causeway → Belfast · 14 days
Run by Rick Steves
Dublin → Belfast → Giant's Causeway → Derry → Westport → Galway → Cliffs of Moher → Bunratty → Killarney → Waterford → Dublin · 12 days
Run by CIE Tours
Dublin → Belfast → Giant's Causeway → Derry → Cliffs of Moher → Killarney → Dublin · 9 days
Run by Cosmos
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
Ireland map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the Ireland map?
10: 2 day highlights, 5 overnight stops, 3 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the Ireland season?
Most tours run March–October · best May and September. May is the sunniest month on Met Éireann's averages and the big sights stay calm until June. Summer has the longest days, with full coaches and peak fares to match, while early fall thins the crowds before most programs wind down in October.
Who runs tours in Ireland?
Rick Steves, CIE Tours, Tauck, Cosmos, Trafalgar, National Geographic Journeys, plus 2 more use places on this map.
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