Ireland

Ireland is the country most travelers fall in love with on day one and don’t fully understand the depth of until day five. The classic anchors — Dublin’s pubs, the Cliffs of Moher, Galway’s traditional music sessions, the Ring of Kerry — are popular for a reason. Each delivers something unique you won’t find anywhere else.

What surprises most first-time visitors is how compact Ireland feels. You can be in Dublin in the morning, on the west coast by mid-afternoon, and at a Connemara fishing village by dinner. Every road delivers something — a 12th-century abbey, a 5,000-year-old burial mound, a sheep crossing, a pub that’s been pouring Guinness since the 1800s.

EWT Tours’ Ireland trips lean into the slower side of the country: long lunches, music sessions, country house stays, and at least one full day with no scheduled activities so travelers can wander a coastal town at their own pace.