What a lovely way to see the best of Southern Ireland. Our tour guide Carolyn and bus driver Paddy were just the best and couldn't have looked after us any better. Their local information of all the places we visited was amazing and we felt very safe in Paddy's hands

Tour guide Caroline was excellent, and very informative, Paddy the driver couldn’t have been better. All the places we visited we very much enjoyed especially the National Stud. Our local guide in Kinsale very impressive. Hotels and food all top class, porterage most welcome. The only downside was a guide “shadowing” Caroline, Peter, who was thoroughly obnoxious, arguing with my wife about her daughters’ illness, giving us information just before Caroline did, shaking his head and rolling his eyes at everything she told us and constantly checking/texting on his mobile. Apparently he is the world expert on everything under the sun, according to him. We, and the rest of the passengers, kept changing seats to ensure no one had to sit next to him. As long as he wasn’t the guide we would happily book another Irish tour.

It was a great tour. We saw lots of different places with a tour leader who was informed, professional and easy to get along with. The addition of a shadow tour guide wasn’t such a good idea. He was disrespectful of the tour guide and spent an inordinate about of time on his phone. He reminded me of my teenage grandchildren

An excellent, short tour of Ireland that gives a good overall glimpse of some of the major offerings of the southern half of the island of Ireland.
The timings are very relaxed, and there is plenty of time on each day to enjoy the locality of the towns we visit. This is helped by the good quality and location of the hotels we stayed at. Another night in Kinsale or Waterford would have been wonderful.

Peter

Our Guide Caroline was an absolute pleasure

Everything you would like to see in a tour of Southern Ireland. Our tour guide Liam was excellent and the driver did a great job.
I particularly enjoyed the National Irish Horse Stud and the Titanic exhibition.
So many wonderful things to see and do.

I thoroughly enjoyed my tour of Southern Ireland, and would recommend the company. Our tour manager Liam was excellent, kind and considerate. Our driver was also excellent with a great sense of humour. It was only 6 days but a most enjoyable 6 days. Thank you.

I would highly recommend this tour. Liam was the most amazing tour guide. His caring, his knowledge went above and beyond. Liam took so much care of each and every one of us throughout every step of the journey. Liam made sure that every detail was taken care of before we arrived, especially as we had our mother who is nearly 80. Every hotel was incredible.
The hotels were next level.
Absolutely thrilled with this excursion.

My first time in Ireland. A great introduction, with wonderful tour guide and excellent hotels. A good mix of town and country with spectacular scenery along the way.

A wonderful set of experiences seeing the natural beauty of Ireland, of learning of Irish history (both happy and sad), very comfortable hotels each night, and an evening watching the Irish dance performance Celtic Steps. Our guide Bernard was a wealth of information. Our driver Paddy gave us a comfortable and safe ride; I would trust my grandchildren to ride with him. I'd give this my highest recommendation!

The Irish are wonderful, friendly people. The tour showed us plenty of beautiful scenery as well as plenty of cultural immersive experiences (sheepdog trials and Celtic Steps dance and music).
The hotels where we stayed were all very comfortable and sometimes quite luxurious.
Porterage was handled well and efficiently.

The tour guide Bernard was fabulous and went out of his way to show us additional sights (Such as Titanic museum in Cobh & Silverware factory and Fashion museum in Waterford).
He was very kind, thoughtful, entertaining and informative.
We all felt safe with our coach driver Paddy at the wheel.

All said, I thoroughly enjoyed my Backroads tour of Ireland and would be happy to do another tour with this group!

We learnt so much about Southern Ireland and its history from a very informative tour guide. The best part of our Back Roads tour was that we got see, visit and stay at many places you would not normally visit.

The Corners of Ireland Tour was excellent. We saw so many beautiful sites and the had other adventures like Molly McGalvins working farm and sheep herding dogs demonstrates. We stayed in top tier hotels and felt spoiled by the staff. We were especially lucky to have Bernard Duff as our tour leader. He was so organized, diligent, informative, and most of all kind. He along with our bus driver Paddy made sure we were well taken care of and entertained at the same time. They helped to create a real sense of family among the travels. I highly recommend this tour!

Our guide was very friendly, courteous, and attentive to the needs of all members of the tour. He provided much information about Ireland such as history, culture, natural settings, etc. He made the tour fun and helped us all connect with each other in a wonderful way.

A great trip. - definitely travelling back roads ( which is great)
It’s a small bus, and could be uncomfortable for those with long legs as the seats are very close together. Wi Fi would be helpful on the bus.
Hotels were all top quality, and the tour leader & driver were professional, friendly and caring.

A very well organised tour , Tom Blake was an Excellent guide and paddy was a very good driver,
The accomodation was really good and we throughly enjoyed the whole experience
Many thanks
Ian and Chris patterson

Our guide, Bernard was really terrific. He very knowledgable and also very amusing and kind. John our driver was competent and also very kind. They made a good team. The locations chosen were all interesting, the hotels of a very good standard and the whole tour was very efficiently organized.

We will certainly recommend Blue Roads Tours to our friends.

Jeanne and I were looking for a tour that would give us a real insight into our Irish heritage.
We found that Blue Roads, Back Roads Southern Ireland Tour delivered on that promise.
The hotels, breakfasts, and the three dinners were all very delicious and the staff in these facilities were all very welcoming and professional.
The hidden gem on this tour is Bernard who is a first-class tour guide and John our driver who both exemplifies the Irish Hospitality Personality.

Well planned, excellent accommodation, comfortable coach, great tour guide and driver.
Great places of interest with good background information.

Really enjoyed my week with Liam & Paddy. They both did a brilliant job to make the tour a great experience.

My husband and I took the Corners of Southern Island tour in mid-May. I had visited Ireland twice before but it was my husband's first visit. We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. The tour guide, Bernard Duff, was incredibly versed in Irish history which he shared with us each morning. In addition to this, his personality and demeanor were so welcome and warming that he kept us laughing much of the time. Most of the sites on the tour were new to me, and there were several times when Bernard decided to make an unscheduled stop. Most impressive was our stop at the Cliffs of Kerry. This came the day after our visit to the Cliffs of Moher and the Cliffs of Kerry were, to me, even more impressive than the Cliffs of Moher.

We covered a LOT of territory on this trip. I am grateful, too, to Dan Brennan who was our driver. He exhibited impressive skills and patience during the trip.

All of our accommodations were lovely, especially the Cahernane in Killarney and Faithlegg in Kilkenny...truly 5 star properties.

While our time at each stop was fairly limited, for those seeking an overview of central and southern Ireland this is a great tour.

Tim Hackett

Just a wonderful experience with a very small tour group. The tour guide was the best 👌

Bus seats too small
Deception stating it is a 7 day tour when it’s 5
Too much driving
Not enough specific heritage places
Tour guide was good
Too expensive for what we received

I found the whole experience excellent and the tour guide was very friendly and after the first day of the tour it felt almost like we were a family traveling together.

The professionalism and care of the tour guide and driver were above and beyond. The selection of accomodation and the meals were wonderful. The small group and the friendships made the tour a real joy.
Southern Ireland? Beautiful, and we learned so much along the way.
We came home thoroughly pleased with our decision to do this tour.
Thank you!

A great introduction to Ireland

This tour was a great introduction to Ireland. We saw many places , heard great stories and history about this amazing country from our tour guide Liam and our driver Paddy. They both made our trip fantastic.

A well planned trip with lots of information and history. We stayed in beautiful hotels.

Great tour with excellent accommodation, included breakfasts and dinners were also of very good standard. Bernard was excellent tour guide/manager and Paddy was a very considerate coach driver with handling luggage, always parking in good locations etc. We didn’t want to do a “typical” tour of Ireland, we wanted good scenery and a more immersive experience and we certainly got just that.

Great look around interesting places in Ireland

Most enjoyable. Accommodations excellent. Guide snd driver most pleasant. Overall a great tour peppered with background history of Zirelsnd. Beautiful scenery.

Third trip with this company. All excellent.
Great driver and guide. Bernard built a lovely little community out of our group. Wonderful hotels, food and locales.

This was an amazing insightful tour with Kelli our guide and her enormous range of knowledge and fabulous accommodation in each town.

Interesting, well paced, nice size group and great accomodation.

Please refer to my online review on the last night of our tour 👍🏼

And amazing journey on roads less travelled. So many cultural experiences and memories we will always cherish.
Excellent hotels and activities chosen for us. Thanks to our wonderful guide and driver, who were so friendly and helpful 😀

Great concept, small group touring and travelling away from the highways. You get to enjoy the real Ireland and able to stay in some boutique hotels. Also arrive at your destination in time to enjoy what’s on offer.

This tour advertises itself as 6 nights and 7 days. That is not correct as it is really only 5 days and 6 nights which makes it even more expensive per day. I say this because Day 1 starts at 6pm with a meet and greet dinner so I didn’t consider this a ‘day’.
And the 7th day, the final day, is just a three hour coach ride from Waterford to arrive back in Dublin by noon with no sight seeing on the way.

The tour host Maura was wonderfull she couldn’t do enough for us & was so knowledgeable & fun throughout the tour. Paddy was an excellent driver, always a cheerful face when you got on the bus & a nice wish for a fun tour as we got off. The hotel accommodation was outstanding as were all of the breakfasts & the dinner nights. The tours were really interesting & varied & a lovely surprising one that we didn’t expect seeing Celtic Steps a great evening of Irish music & dancing. I highly recommend Back Roads Tours

Great tour guide great bus driver spectacular accommodations and superb food very informative now I know where my roots began

Amazing tour. Maura and Paddy were amazing guides and driver. I would recommend to anyone.

I love blue roads tours. This has been my 3rd one and I’m not disappointed. It’s so well organized, the guides and drivers are amazing, and I love all the locations they take us. I also love the hotels we stay in.

THE TOUR GUIDE AND DRIVER WERE AMAZING AND ALL THE HOTELS WERE LOVELY...WE HAD A GREAT TIME

Thoroughly enjoyed the small group size of the tour. We got to know everyone. The flexibility of the tour allowed for some impromptu stops and extra time for places of interest. Our guide was very knowledgeable and since she was brought up in the area was able to bring a personal experience perspective. The hotels we stayed at were fabulous, some quaint and some luxurious!

Great tour, a wonderful overview of Southern Ireland. Excellent tour guide. Safe driver. Loved the small group. Excellent accommodation.

Back Road Tours fulfilled our expectations splendidly, visiting back roads and staying in the best accommodation

Beautiful sunny weather and a likeminded group of 15 people made our tour of Southern Ireland very enjoyable. Our Irish guide had wonderful local knowledge and took us to places we’d have driven right past if we were on a self drive tour.
Accommodation was excellent. Highlights were where we met with the locals, and experienced “real” stories.

Varied points of interest with excellent guide and driver. Especially enjoyed the sheep dog trial and the Titanic exhibition

This is a delightful tour with places and points of interest all the way. Our tour guide Bernard was exceptional and driver Paddy the best.
The restricted number of passengers creates an ideal number for great interaction. It was a pleasure to make lovely friends with fellow passengers.

I had a wonderful time. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and helpful when anyone had a question. The bus driver took excellent care and the hotels were superb

Tour leader and driver both excellent
Accommodation excellent
Overall experience fantastic

Too short I have already submitted a review on the 9th June.

It was good the tour guide was good he explained things and was helpful and friendly and the driver was also.
I would like to suggest that back Roads should provide tags for the suit cases .

Only had 6 on the tour so experience somewhat skewed as plenty of room on the bus, no delays checking in/ out, no late comers etc
Itinerary fantastic. Great tour guide and bus driver. Days were filled but at a relaxed pace. Back roads enabled the experience of local villages. Sufficient rest stops. Flexible staff.

I went along on this tour as a guide trainee for BackRoads. This is a handy tour, lovely hotels (!), and the stops are well-timed. In fairness, the opportunities to do things that are not on the schedule make these tours especially unique for the clients. I enjoyed it and I look forward to guiding this tour this summer!

I just reviewed the tour.

Great itinerary, spoiled a bit by the weather, which is inevitable in Ireland. Dublin is old, dirty and noisy, but outside the cities Ireland is green, fresh and interesting.

We felt like we sure had a wonderful experience for the cost of the trip. Not too expensive and so professionally done,=.

The best Irish experience

Great scenery and loved meeting people on the way.

It was well organised and we got to see a good deal of the country. However, I thought the Guide was not as keen and well informed as our previous guide on the Cornwall tour. Did not seem to mix with members of the group as I might have expected.

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Travel agent recommended the tour

Very well run tour, good itinerary.

Long days driving on the bus for hours and hours wish we had more time to explore the towns we visited. We always arrived at our hotel near dinner time. Which little time for exploring.

Overall it met all of our expectations. only a couple of things as I said about a couple of the visitations we had that we a bit boring. The only other issue was that we were a fair way out of town on a couple of occasions especially Kinsale where we would have loved to go into town. We could have went into town by taxi but was a bit hard and expensive.

Fabulous tour, well organised and covered the highlights of Southern Ireland.

Excellent driver and guide great selection of sites visited, clean and newish vehicle, exc´llent accomodation

The tour guide was ill so the start was a little shaky. Once replaced, all went well.

I think we got our money's worth with this service.

Answered in previous question.

The tour wasn’t really backroads. We went to all the regular tourist places. There are so many good places we could have visited if we’d started the tour in Cork and just seriously focused on that southern corner

Especially liked touring the National Stud farm and Japanese Gardens. Even the food was good!

Everything went smoothly. The itinerary was interesting and covered a wide variety of places. The only issue was the remoteness of the accommodation for Kinsale.