
Kailee + Morgan
A Celtic Elopement
The Trip of a Lifetime
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Day 1 - Edinburgh Arrival
✈️ Fly to Edinburgh (flights TBD) & spend the day exploring the city.
Try your best to stay awake all day!
🏨 Stay:North Bridge Lofts
🌟 Highlights:
• Royal Mile
• Victoria Street
• Greyfriars Kirk
• National Museum of Scotland (if rainy or in the mood) Visit Here
• Arthur’s Seat for a hike Details
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Day 2 - Discover Edinburgh
🏨 Stay:North Bridge Lofts
🌟 Highlights:
• Edinburgh Castle Visit Here
• Calton Hill
• The Milkman (Coffee & Treats)
• Camera Obscura in the evening Visit Here
• Dean Village via Water of Leith Walkway Walk
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Day 3 - Journey to the Highlands
🚗 Uber to rental car and drive to Kingshouse Hotel (≈ 2 hours)
🏨 Stay:Kingshouse Hotel
🌟 Highlights:
• Trossach’s Woolen Mill in Callander (see Highland cows!)
• Drive through Rannoch Moors (See the Rannoch Rowan!)
• Sunset shoot at Ralston Cairn, Meeting of the Waters, & 3 Sisters Lookout
• Pre-elopement dinner with Sarah + Tyler!
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Day 4 - Elopement Day!
A magical day exploring the wild Scottish Highlands:
🏨 Stay:Kingshouse Hotel
🌿 ElopementPhotoshoot Locations:
• Rannoch Moors + Rowan
• Kilchurn Castle
• St. Conan’s Kirk
• Buchaille Etive Mor – at your doorstep, the most stunning views
🎉 Celebratory Dinner & Dessert with Sarah + Tyler (if you want, we totally understand if you want this one romantic, we would ;) )
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Day 5 - Stirling Bound
🚗 Drive to Stirling (≈ 2 hours) via Loch Lomond & Trossach’s National Park
🏨 Stay:Allan Park Hotel
🌟 Highlights:
• Finnich Glen (Devil’s Pulpit) Hike
• Stirling Castle (don’t miss the cemetery!) Visit
• Wallace Monument (be prepared for a LOT of stairs!) Visit
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Day 6 - On To The Emerald Isle!
✈️ Return rental car to EDI + fly to Dublin and pick up a NEW rental car!
🏨 Stay: Butler’s House
🌟 Highlights:
• Powerscourt Estate (for amazing tea & scones, wander the grounds, check out the ENORMOUS waterfall) 🍵
• Glendalough Monastic Site (walk to the lower or upper lake) Visit
• Drive on to Kilkenny (≈ 30 minutes)
• Wander the charming and stunning Medieval Mile + check out the castle Visit
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Day 7 - A Rock + A Wool Place
🚗 Drive to Blarney (≈ 2 hours)
🏨 Stay: Blarney Woolen Mills
🌟 Highlights:
• Rock of Cashel (Take the guided tour!) Visit
• Hoare Abbey (just below the main Rock, worth a wander!)
• Drive to Blarney Woolen Mill to check in and dine
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Day 8 - A Stone Kiss + Ring of Beara
🚗 Drive to Kenmare (≈ 4 hours with the optional Ring of Beara)
🏨 Stay: Rookery Lane (Eat all the coffee cake!)
🌟 Highlights:
• Blarney Castle + Gardens (Get there EARLY & book it to the stone, then slow down wander the grounds. Don’t miss the Witches Staircase & fern gardens!) Visit
• Drive to Kenmare via the optional, but very worth it, Ring of Beara Scenic Drive
• Live Trad music in a pub! (We love The Atlantic Bar)
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Day 9 - Killarney National Park + Dingle
🚗 Drive to Kenmare (≈ 2 hours)
🏨 Stay: AirBnB with Grainne or Dingle Benners Hotel
🌟 Highlights:
• Lady’s View & Killarney National Park (Get an early start!)
• Torc Waterfall & Muckross Abbey (don’t miss the ancient yew tree hidden inside the cloisters)
• Lunch in Killarney?
• Gap of Dunloe Hike
• Inch Beach walk
• Check out The Coach House in Dingle town, owned by your AirBnB host!
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Day 10 - Dingle Peninsula + Amazing Views
🏨 Stay: AirBnB with Grainne or Dingle Benners Hotel
🌟 Highlights:
• Slea Head Loop Drive (jaw dropping views, stop often!) Scenic Drive
• Hike Cruach Mhàrthain (a short steep hike for insane views!) Hike
• Take your time on one of the world’s most beautiful drives, you have all day!
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Day 11 - Dingle to the Cliffs of Moher
🚗 Drive to Doolin (≈ 3.5 hours)
🏨 Stay: Hotel Doolin + Dinner @ Gus O’Connor’s Pub
🌟 Highlights:
• Bunratty Castle + Folk Park (stretch your legs, & grab lunch at Durty Nelly’s, the original castle shebeen) Visit
• Cliffs of Moher (Avoid the tour bus crowds by arriving late afternoon for a sunset wander. They close at 7pm) Visit
• Optional stop at Quinn Abbey along the way
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Day 12 - Galway + a Dublin Farewell
🚗 Drive to Galway then Dublin (≈ 3.5 hours total)
🏨 Stay: Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport
🌟 Highlights:
• Galway & the Spanish Wall
• Drop your rental car off Uber first to:
• Kilmainham Gaol Tour (worth the full tour, what a haunting, stunning place) Visit
• Dublin City Exploration
• Walk to St. Stephen’s Green, Temple Bar, Ha’Penny Bridge, + Guinness!
• Rub the Molly Malone (for Good luck!☘️) then Uber back to your hotel
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Day 13 - Homeward Bound
✈️ Fly home! Take time to rest & reminisce about your incredible trip! ☘️
Sláinte & Safe Travels!