I'm trying to plan a trip to Ireland this fall but my boyfriend is enthralled with the idea of a stopover in Iceland. Unfortunately, icelandair doesn't fly to anywhere in Ireland. I'm trying to figure out the best course of action and its led me to about a million questions....
- Has anyone done this and if so how?
We have 9 nights total (this includes the day of travel on either end) so it may really be pushing it to do both. The best I can figure with flights we could manage about 4 nights and 4 days in Ireland (with two in Dublin and 2 somewhere else) 1-2 nights in Iceland and 1 night in london (the night before our flight). In terms of travel...
Is the best way to travel around ireland via car?
Is it practical to think that we could do two different locations in this length of time? I have been to Ireland once and we moved about predominantly by driving and if i remember clearly it was a slow go (but probably my favorite part).
If we did 2 nights in Dublin and 2 elsewhere would people recommend Dingle or the Galway area (cliffs of moher, etc)?
If anyone is wondering my very tentative itinerary is as follows:
Night 1: travel, arrive iceland in AM
Day 1-3: Iceland, 2 days and 2 nights, leave very early AM via flight from iceland -> London -> Shannon
Day 3-6: Arrive Shannon around 4-5 pm and drive to Dingle? Cliffs of Moher?
Morning of Day 6: Drive to Dublin
Night 6-8: Dublin then late flight to london
Night 8: London for 1 night then home.