World Traveller 73 About
An executive based in Vancouver, Canada, he enjoys maximizing the use of airline and hotel award points in order to “Upgrade Your Travels”. His travels have led him to over 75 countries and over 1,000,000 miles flown. When he’s not on the road, he can often be found in his second adopted home in Whistler, Canada. He chronicles his personal and business travel adventures, advice, upgrade tips, tricks and secrets here…
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The Giant’s Causeway in Bushmills, Northern Ireland was among my son’s number one tourist attraction to see on the whole European summer holiday. The Giant’s Causeway is an area of forty thousand basalt columns that were formed by a volcanic eruption that occurred some fifty to sixty million years ago. We enjoyed a full experience the Giant’s Causeway. Read on to see the details of our visit. Activity: In the Shadows at… Read More
The City of Belfast, Northern Ireland isn’t known to be one of Europe’s greatest tourist attractions. After several years of conflict known as The Troubles, the city is seeing a resurgence of investment and visitors. The city is home a large amount of history having built the Titanic Luxury Liner that sank in the north Atlantic over one hundred years ago. It is also home to a few tourist attractions such as… Read More
It’s always a treat to stay at almost brand new hotel property. The AC Hotel by Marriott Belfast, Northern Ireland met all these requirements. The AC Hotel by Marriott Belfast is Marriott’s newest addition to Belfast and is attracting a mix of leisure and business travellers alike in its location in the Donegal Quay just steps from Central Belfast. How would our stay at the AC Hotel end up ? Review: AC… Read More
One of Irelands other famous tourist attractions is the Blarney Stone located in the Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland. On our tour of Irish tourist attractions, this Castle made WT73Jr’s list, but unfortunately, it was no where really near where we needed or wanted to be. Instead of spending time in Cork, we ended up passing through the region and took in the castle on the way from Killarney to Belfast. While… Read More
The Skelling Islands are Irelands’ newest tourist attraction having recently appeared in Star Wars Eposide VIII The Force Awakens and Star Wars Episode VIII The Last Jedi. The Skelling Islands are accessed through boat tours from Portmagee located on the Ring of Kerry, the famous tourist trail. We’d spend the day exploring both attractions. Read on to see how we fared… Activity: Circling the Skelling Islands and Driving the Ring of Kerry,… Read More
Without a major hotel franchise presence in Killarney, Ireland, our travels took us to the Crystal Springs Bed and Breakfast hotel. The Crystal Springs Bed and Breakfast is peacefully located on the River Flesk. I don’t typically make a habit of staying at bed and breakfast hotels but I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying the experience. Read on to see how we found our stay… Review: Crystal Springs… Read More
The Cliff’s of Moher are among Ireland’s most famous tourist attractions. The Cliff’s of Moher run for about fourteen kilometres along the coastline of Ireland. Our travels from Athlone to Killarney had us taking in most of the afternoon at The Cliff’s of Moher. After a slight weather delay, we were able to appreciate the Cliff’s of Moher along with a walk to nearby Hag’s Head. Activity: Hiking Along the Cliffs of… Read More
Ireland has a lot of attractions that aren’t always top of mind. Today’s visit to Athlone, Ireland had us inspecting Athlone’s waterway locks and Ireland’s oldest bar. We would end up spending the day walking through Athlone’s town taking in the sights and experiencing life in a charming recreational town. Activity City Visit: Drinking at Ireland’s Oldest Bar, Athlone, Ireland We spent the morning driving in from Dublin and getting settled into… Read More
Our travels through Ireland took us from Dublin across to the Galway area in Western Ireland. Marriott doesn’t have a huge presence in Ireland and Northern Ireland. When I located the Sheraton Athlone which was at a halfway point on our travels to Galway, and always chasing Marriott Bonvoy status nights, it made sense to check in here for an evening during our driving journey across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Review: Sheraton… Read More
The country of Ireland is known for one of it’s most famous exports: Guinness Beer. Exported globally, it is one of the World’s most famous beers. We’d explore the home of Guinness; the Guinness Storehouse before taking a walk around one of Ireland’s most famous educational institutions; Trinity College. Activity City Visit: Calling on the Guinness Storehouse and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland We had a relaxed wake up today. After a surprisingly… Read More
The City of Dublin, Ireland gets most of the tourist attraction attention for visitors to Ireland. It’s party town atmosphere amongst its pedestrian oriented streets in the Temple Bar District gets all the attention when compared against European City get aways. We would spend two days exploring Dublin for a brief introduction to Ireland, prior to setting out on a longer adventure through the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Activity City… Read More
The time we had in Dublin, Ireland had us starting and ending our trip in Dublin. In addition to being a great city, it has some terrific street scenes and a generally great vibe to the place. We would base ourselves at the Aloft Dublin City hotel, which was located a short ten minute walk away from the Temple Bar district of Dublin. Would we find the distance of the hotel from… Read More
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