Unforgettable Cork Shore: Blarney Stone & Kinsale Charms

We visited the coastal town of Cobh, having taken the bus there from Cork. It was a 30-min ride through beautiful areas and the town of Cobh was delightful! We got dropped off at a stop that put us closest to the coast, and it was a great little walk to the coast, full of colorful houses and beautiful views.

An excellent tour, with a cordial, competent and safe driver. Kevin did a great job driving and informing our bus of passengers through the day. The visit to the Blarney Castle was great fun and kissing the Blarney Stone was a uniquely enjoyable experience. I highly recommend this excursion and Kevin as your driver/leader!

Kevin shared so much history and was very funny. Thoroughly enjoyed every stop of the day! Got us to the castle early so very little waiting time to go up to the stone. Wait times were 2 hours by the time we left!

A long trip which could have been much nicer if it was a little shorter. Too long in Kinsale where, once we had had lunch and a walk round we still had an hour and a half to kill. The guide was ill informed and quite often telling outright lies. In addition we found his description of the potato famine to be very depressing and interminable.

Well organized, getting to Blarney Castle right when it opened meant a very short wait to kiss the stone. Kinsale is a beautiful seaside town with great pubs and shops galore

We were so excited to go on this private tour, only to be disappointed. The van was not clean and had stains running down the inside. Our driver was an older man with a soft voice. There was no speaker system in the large van, so we could not hear him unless he pulled over and shut off the motor. He also drove so slow that we missed time in Kinsale.

Cork, Blarney Castle & Kinsale on a bus tour. Bus broke down before Blarney Castle. We did make it to the castle on another bus. They said bus is fixed so we got on it just to get a few more miles then it brakes down again. So we didn’t even get half the tour with no sort of a refund. My wife has cancer so we have been busy that’s why this late, thanks

The organization, actually the lack of organization was terrible. We had to walk at least 1/2 mile I a crowd of people who like us had no idea where we were going. I walked ahead of the line, several people were upset to asking a man were to go. He checked and said not with us to get back in line. I kept going and found a man with a green Paddywagon sign in his front pocket talking to someone whose name wasn’t on his list. He led us across, j-walked, two danger streets with cargo trucks entering and leaving the port. We were lucky. several people got on the wrong bus and at least on couple had to hire a private car to get to the castle. The exterior of the Castle and grounds were beautiful but to stand in line for 90 minutes to just turn around because we couldn’t climb the stairs was a joke. The town of Kinsale was cute but we only had 2 hours so lunch was about all we got to do. I’ve used Viator in Europe, Australia and New Zealand using small vans with expert guides, they were great. So far in Iceland, Ireland and the UK they have fallen short, large poor quality buses and the absence of true professional guides…our driver to Blarney was both driver and guide. I think I spend enough money traveling it’s time to hire professional guides and not depend on 3rd party services.

Great tour with knowledgeable tour director. He gave helpful hints to get our group to see as much as possible (like don’t stop to take a picture here but do it on your way to beat the line!). Enjoyable trip

Our tour was outstanding Our guide Zikor from Croatia made our excursion memorable. He spoke clearly, was extremely informative and told jokes and played music for us (Irish and popular) on our ride back to the cruise port. The bus was waiting and he got us to the castle before all the other buses showed up so our wait was not that long.👍We had experienced an excursion with friends to Glasgow with Viator and was very disappointed with the guide Therefore we were a little concerned how this excursion would be. What a wonderful experience and because of Zikor we kept our Viator excursion to Normandy. 👍👏