The Irish Pub Tour Reviews

A fantastic itinerary, well executed; hotel accommodations and sights were first-rate. No miscalculations or over-promising; arrivals and departures were uniformly smooth. The major reason for this tour's success was our driver and director Denis O'Sullivan who, aside from being a thoroughly professional driver, managed our group of 34 with constant ...read more good humour and an accommodating nature. His narrative while driving was intelligent and entertaining, far beyond canned patter. I've taken several land and ship tours; he's the best I've been exposed to and added significant value to our experience.

We had a fantastic 8 day tour being the Irish Pub and Folklore Tour. Our Tour Director Matt Nolan was very professional and caring. He was funny, full of Irish history and very entertaining. We were always well informed on our itinerary. Everything was taken care off from day 1. A big thank you to Matt for making our tour memorable. Looking forward ...read more to doing another tour with CIE and hoping we get Matt Nolan again.

I have to say this was an amazing experience. Not only did we get lucky and have a great group of travellers, but we also had some wonderful tour guides (both Matt Nolan, our perpetual guide and driver extraordinaire) but also the city and venue guides. We saw a lot, and got a great taste of what the culture is like. Matt was so knowledgeable and his ...read more personality is perfect for this situation as he made everyone feel at ease. We had a great time, learned a lot, enjoyed some great tours and entertainment. I have to say my favourite parts were the views at the Cliffs of Moher and the entertainment at both Kate Kearney's Cottage and at the Brazen Head Pub. Can't wait to take another tour with CIE (and fingers crossed, Matt Nolan will be the guide).

My wife and I have been all over Europe and I would consider this as one of the best tours we have taken. You couldn't have had anything any better than what we've encountered on our trip. The driver / guide Matt Nolan was a class act. He was funny, gracious and treated us like family. If I could have him as a driver on all of our trips abroad it would ...read more be great. What a great asset he is for CIE International. The weather was perfect and the group was great. Hats off to CIE International for having us experience such a great trip and people of Ireland. We will be planning next year a trip to Scotland with CIE. Wish we had Matt Nolan as our driver.

We recently completed an eight day pub tour of Ireland which was the highlight of our month stay in Europe! Our tour guide, Peter Murphy was amazing in his ability to impart his vast knowledge of a myriad of interesting facts (with a good bit of fiction thrown in as well) of Ireland with a great sense of pride, humour and obvious joy while performing ...read more all aspects of his job! I believe our entire group concurred that CIE is extremely fortunate to have tour guides of Peter's calibre who certainly made our tour a memorable one. In addition, the logistics and preplanning of all aspects of the tour were extremely well thought out and executed and all accommodations were of high quality as were meals. We would certainly sign on for another tour with CIE and recommend them to our family and friends as well!!

We would like to thank John, our bus driver for taking us on this amazing 8 day bus tour which completely exceeded our wildest expectations. Choosing this tour because we hoped it would be fun, was exactly what we got. Everything was well organised, on time, and we saw some amazing parts of Ireland that had we travelled on our own, we would never have ...read more seen. How John maneuvered the bus around some of those corners, we are just in awe. Anyone thinking of taking this tour, please do not hesitate, so long as you like a drop! All the hotels were 4* and well chosen. Thank you CIE. Wherever possible we will choose CIE again.

Just wanted to provide some feedback re the tour. Travelling by myself I was a little apprehensive at first but these concerns were soon allayed. From day one of the tour I felt welcome , valued and included. The hotels were lovely, the company was wonderful and we saw a lot quickly and efficiently without it seeming too rushed or commercial. I loved ...read more everything we saw - and also everything our tour guide recommended outside the tour.

Despite being a commercial tour I felt was able to experience some genuine Irish local hospitality. All the local tour guides were amazing also. In fact I have nothing negative to report. One of the things I enjoyed the most was the history described by our tour guide. Also everything our tour guide Lesley recommended we see was excellent. I would do this tour again in a heartbeat - the only flaw was it made me wish I was Irish!! So many thank yous for your recommendation - I don’t have much time off in my profession but this was the best holiday I have had. And that is priceless.

Just got home a week ago from taking the CIE pub tour. What a fantastic trip! Our driver/guide, Noel, was wonderful. His knowledge, humour, professionalism and passion for his country showed through every day. I travelled with five friends and we joined the rest of the tour group in Dublin. Noel really made the trip a memorable one. His recommendations ...read more to local pubs/sites at each stop along the way were accurate and worthwhile. This was my 10th trip to Ireland and it was definitely the best. I will recommend CIE to everyone planning a trip to Ireland.

Cannot fault the tour - I went by myself and was made to feel very included and welcome at all times.The tour guide Lesley I cannot speak of highly enough - knowledgable, passionate about Ireland and very helpful. Saw a lot quickly - but felt was personalised versus commercial and rushed. Would recommend to anyone and would do again in a heartbeat

Travelling by myself I was a little apprehensive at first but these concerns were soon allayed. From day one of the tour I felt welcome, valued and included. The hotels were lovely, the company was wonderful and we saw a lot quickly and efficiently without it seeming too rushed or commercial. I loved everything we saw - and also everything our tour ...read more guide recommended outside the tour. Despite being a commercial tour, I felt was able to experience some genuine Irish local hospitality. All the local tour guides were amazing also. In fact, I have nothing negative to report. One of the things I enjoyed the most was the history described by our tour guide. Also everything our tour guide Lesley recommended we see was excellent. I would do this tour again in a heartbeat - the only flaw was it made me wish I was Irish!! I donÆt have much time off in my profession but this was the best holiday I have had. And that is priceless.

Absolutely amazing! We have been saving for 10 years to visit Ireland and we were not disappointed. Our tour director and driver John Dalton was the greatest! He was funny, friendly and incredibly knowledgeable. His food and pub recommendations were always great and gave us a great feel for real Ireland and not just touristy places. We are so glad ...read more we went with a tour and so lucky to have John; so many stories and memories we will treasure forever!