Dublin and Belfast Christmas Markets

Dublin and Belfast Christmas Markets

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Dublin and Belfast Christmas Markets

5 Days Starting and ending in Dublin, Ireland

Visiting: Belfast, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire

Tour operator:

Shearings

Tour code:

siredbx

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Physical rating:

Low

Activities:

Shopping, Sightseeing

Tour Overview

Experience the magic of the festive season with our Dublin and Belfast Christmas Markets tour. Begin your journey with a scenic ferry ride to Dublin, followed by a delightful evening arrival in Belfast. Immerse yourself in the festive spirit at Belfast's Christmas markets, located in the vibrant village outside City Hall, where you can explore over 100 stalls offering unique gifts and festive treats. Enjoy live Irish music and shopping in the bustling city center. Travel south to the charming coastal town of Dun Laoghaire, home to another enchanting Christmas market. In Dublin, marvel at the city's festive lights, explore the Christmas market in Smithfield Square, and indulge in some holiday shopping on Grafton Street. With comfortable accommodations and delicious meals included, this tour offers a perfect blend of festive cheer and cultural exploration in two of Ireland's most captivating cities.

Highlights

  • Explore the festive Christmas markets located in the village outside Belfast City Hall.

  • Visit the Titanic Belfast, located beside the Titanic Slipways where the ship was designed and built.

  • Discover the charming coastal town of Dun Laoghaire and its famous Christmas market and winter festival.

  • Marvel at the festive lights and enjoy traditional Irish hospitality in Dublin's Temple Bar.

  • Experience the Christmas market in Smithfield Square, complete with an ice rink and Big Wheel.

  • Indulge in Christmas shopping on Dublin's Grafton Street and soak up the festive atmosphere.

Places You'll See

Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Custom House And Lagan River, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Titanic Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Temple Bar Street, Dublin, Ireland

Penny Bridge, Dublin, Ireland

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Itinerary

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Day 1

Location: Belfast

Accommodation Name: Ramada Belfast

Meals Included: Dinner

Local departure by coach or Home Connect service, then travel to Holyhead and join the ferry to Dublin. You will enjoy a meal on the ferry. On arrival, we will travel northwards and cross the border into Northern Ireland, arriving in Belfast in the late evening.

Day 2 Belfast

Location: Belfast

Accommodation Name: Ramada Belfast

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast today, you will have free time to explore the city. The Christmas markets are located in the festive village outside the Belfast City Hall. With over 100 stalls selling gifts, crafts and a variety of festive foods. Enjoy a drink in one of the many bars with live Irish music or do some Christmas shopping in the bustling city centre. Dinner is included this evening at the hotel.

Day 3 Dun Laoghaire

Location: Dun Laoghaire

Accommodation Name: Rochestown Lodge Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Following breakfast at the hotel, you will have free time to further explore Belfast at your leisure, or why not pre-book our fascinating optional excursion to visit the Titanic Belfast? Located beside the Titanic Slipways, the very place where Titanic was designed, built and launched, Titanic Belfast tells the story of Titanic from her conception, through her construction and launch, to her maiden voyage and subsequent place in history.

This afternoon we travel south to the charming coastal town of Dun Laoghaire in County Dublin and to our hotel. Dun Laoghaire also hosts a famous Christmas market and winter festival. Enjoy dinner tonight in the hotel.

Day 4 Dublin

Location: Dublin

Accommodation Name: Rochestown Lodge Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Enjoy breakfast today before we head into central Dublin and have a free day to explore this fascinating city. There is the opportunity this morning to join our optional 90-minute sightseeing tour with a local guide.

How will you spend your day? You can
marvel at the festive lights that illuminate the city at this time of year. Enjoy traditional Irish hospitality in one of the pubs in Temple Bar and sample a Guiness. Or, visit the Christmas market in Smithfield Square, with its ice rink, ice museum and Big Wheel, as well as a variety of festive stalls selling gifts crafts and delicious food. Indulge in some Christmas shopping on Grafton Street and soak up the festive atmosphere of this vibrant city in one of its cosy cafés.

We return to our hotel for dinner and to relax after a busy day.

Day 5

Location: Dún Laoghaire

Meals Included: Breakfast

We depart for our early ferry back to the UK this morning, with breakfast served onboard. Upon arrival in the UK, we journey home.

What's Included

  • Ferry to Dublin

    Travel to Holyhead and join the ferry to Dublin.

  • Free time in Belfast

    Enjoy free time to explore the city of Belfast and its Christmas markets.

  • Free time in Dun Laoghaire

    Explore the charming coastal town of Dun Laoghaire and its famous Christmas market.

  • Free day in Dublin

    Have a free day to explore the city of Dublin and its festive attractions.

What's Not Included

  • Optional Excursion to Titanic Belfast

    The excursion to visit the Titanic Belfast is optional and not included.

  • Optional Sightseeing Tour in Dublin

    The 90-minute sightseeing tour with a local guide in Dublin is optional and not included.

Mode of Transport

Travel by coach to Holyhead, then take a ferry to Dublin. Meals are provided on the ferry. The tour includes travel northwards to Belfast and south to Dun Laoghaire, with a return ferry to the UK.

Accommodation

You will stay for two nights at the 3-star Ramada Belfast and two nights at the 3-star Rochestown Lodge Hotel, Dun Laoghaire.

Check out our Q&As

  • What type of accommodation is provided during the tour?

    You will stay for two nights at the 3-star Ramada Belfast and two nights at the 3-star Rochestown Lodge Hotel in Dun Laoghaire.

  • Are meals included during the tour?

    Yes, meals are included during the tour. You will enjoy a meal on the ferry to Dublin, and dinner is included on the second and third nights at the hotels. Breakfast is provided each morning, including on the ferry back to the UK.

  • Is there an optional excursion available during the tour?

    Yes, on Day 3, there is an optional excursion to visit the Titanic Belfast, which tells the story of the Titanic from its conception to its maiden voyage.

  • What activities are available in Dublin during the tour?

    In Dublin, you have a free day to explore the city. You can join an optional 90-minute sightseeing tour with a local guide, visit the Christmas market in Smithfield Square, enjoy traditional Irish hospitality in Temple Bar, or indulge in Christmas shopping on Grafton Street.

  • Do I have to do the excursions?

    Certain excursions are included in the price of your holiday. If you choose not to go on an included excursion, for whatever reason, no refunds will be made.

  • How much are the optional excursions?

    This depends on which tour you book. Prices are given with the itinerary for the tour and sent out with Travel Documents 5 days before departure.

  • Do I need to have travel insurance?

    If you are a British citizen and are going on a UK holiday, you are not required to have insurance. If you are a non-British citizen and are going on a UK holiday, you are required to have an insurance policy in place or return a signed indemnity form to us prior to travel. For all travellers on European tours, you must either have a travel insurance policy in place or return a signed insurance indemnity form to us prior to travel.

  • Will there be a toilet on-board the coach?

    All main tour coaches have on-board toilets. Transfer vehicles to and from the interchange may not have on-board toilets.

  • Can I pay for the optional excursions when I make my booking?

    Optional excursions can be booked with your coach driver or Tour Manager and operate strictly subject to availability and demand. Some optional excursions are pre-bookable due to demand when making your reservation. The running order of included and optional excursions may be altered without prior notice.

  • Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?

    No, we do not. However, we only ever charge a supplement if a hotelier imposes this charge to us as a company. Single room supplements are a bone of contention within the travel industry and we would like to assure you that we proactively seek accommodation with low or no single room supplements for our guests.

  • What documents will I receive before I travel?

    You will receive a detailed itinerary alongside travel documents, and these will be sent 5 days prior to travel.

Reviews of this operator

Karen Wylie (Google Reviewer)  

Lovely holiday in weston super...

09-Mar-2024

Lovely holiday in weston super mare. Clean comfortable hotel, good food, very pleasant staff in hotel, interesting visits to Bath and Bristol and a really great driver. Would highly recommend. Good value for money

Matthew Lee (Google Reviewer)  

We really enjoyed our trip...

12-Dec-2023

We really enjoyed our trip to Dusseldorf and Cologne . Kelvin and Olivia were great , we felt very safe and well informed and well looked after throughout. The lads on our feeder coach were great too. Never heard anybody complain at all.

Susan Mullett (Google Reviewer)  

Good trip to Edinburgh, my...

01-Oct-2022

Good trip to Edinburgh, my preference would have been for longer time at the day trips but with a wide age range on the coach I feel the compromise for the comfort of all was paramount. The coach driver was knowledgeable and happy to offer suggestions of places to see and things to do. A star is knocked off for a single supplement being charged on a single room but I accept this could be out of the control of Shearings and down to the hotel.

Jonathan Wilkinson (Google Reviewer)  

Although room was in need...

24-Apr-2024

Although room was in need of refurbishment the Chatsworth at Llandudno was great. Food, staff excellent, especially wee Jess. Trips were too & a pleasure to get to know our driver, Denny, top fella..

Janet Preston (Google Reviewer)  

Very disappointing a very...

25-Nov-2024

Very disappointing a very rushed weekend away drive up to Edinburgh wasn't the best break time were very strange 10,15 minutes and half hour not enough time for 35 people to go toilet and get a hot drink as there wasn't any hot drink making equipment on the coach The trip was a Christmas market weekend well not on our coach no music no decorations we asked lots of times if we could have the radio on but it turned on deaf ears The weather was terrible it snowed and we had not so young people who had a carry hot drinks on the coach Steve our driver was a great driver but he was always rushing if he gave a meeting time say 4pm his next line would be if we can get back earlier than we could go back early it was like this every time we stopped not nice when we paid quite a bit of money for this trip to Edinburgh and Glasgow Christmas market The hotel was very comfortable and the staff were friendly and helpful but the food was cold and tasteless and the menu was a repeat Friday night and Sunday night till everybody complained sorry but the chef should be dismissed very poor menu and poor organisation in the kitchen I don't think we will be using Shearings coach holidays again

Sheila Allder (Google Reviewer)  

Just had a Holiday to...

15-Jun-2024

Just had a Holiday to Weston Super Mare and stayed at The Great Atlantic Hotel. It was OK but the Lift is out of order and not likely to be working any time soon. Food was ok too.The journey was also OK but a bit cramped. Driver was pleasant and the coach changes were efficient.

Anthony Baines Kimberley (Google Reviewer)  

Went on a coach holiday...

30-May-2024

Went on a coach holiday on 26 April Whit my girlfriend Kim it take 7 hours to get to temby Wales stop after stop the coach driver was polite is name was Gavin the hotel room was a big problem the food poisoning the hotel 2nd night at the lmperial hotel shearing spoke to the staff next couple of days told use it was don't Absolutely disgrace by them never going on white ther give no free holiday are refund bad experience never again 🙁

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    Shearings requires a minimum deposit of 75 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 56 days before departure.

  • Cancellation Policy

    We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of shearings charges.

    Up to 56 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.

    At 55 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.

    At 42 days before tour starts: Forfeit 75% of booking price.

    At 21 days before tour starts: Forfeit 90% of booking price.

    At 14 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.

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