WE ARE DELIGHTED TO AGAIN HOST FOR 2011

OUR 

 VALUE CLUB - FAMILY STYLE BARGE CHARTER CRUISE

 (CHARTER ONLY)

SELECTED DATES  2011 - Weeks Starting Sunday April 24th 2011 & Sunday May 1st 2011.

 Our Value Club Family Style Charter is a 

perfect Casual Cruise Choice for families or a group of old friends. In style - it is  relaxed and less formal with great Guest appreciation. It has proven to be a to be a very personalized & charming experience. A unique fiscally prudent Barge Vacation.

INCLUDED IN CRUISE

 Full board in Twin/ Double Cabin with Modern Bathroom.

Full use of Ships Facilities.

Welcome Aboard & Farewell Cocktail Receptions.

Two Guided Shore Excursions

Continental Breakfast each day

 Onboard Lunches on 3 days  are included. Lunch is CLUB STYLE- typically with 2 courses.

Onboard Gourmet Dinners on 3 evenings are included. Dinner will be 3 courses.

Unlimited Tea/ Coffee.

Complimentary Fruit & Snacks.

Complimentary Organic Toiletries.

Transfer to & from Barge.

CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS

Exceptional Value –a return to simpler values- beautifully executed.

A friendly personalised experience.

Professional Crew

Owners part of Crew.

Culinary/ Gourmet Dining.

Charming Barge with Excellent modern  Facilities.

Spectacular Unspoiled Landscape including...

The Callows - Wild Fowl & Fauna Reserve.

Excellent extra activities- Walking,Trecking, Cycling, Horse Riding, Water Sports, Traditional Music,Pottery & Crafts,Go cart racing etc.

Atmospheric ancient settlements & ruins...IncludingClonmacnoise-  6^th Century monastic settlementHistory, Antiquity & Folklore. 

NOTE

 Optional excursions / Extras/Restaurants/ Golf /Equestrian paid at local rates.

Charter only rate $33,000.00.

                            RIVER SHANNON 'CLUB'CRUISING ITINERARY.

DAY 1- SUNDAY: Lough Ree & County Westmeath

Guests shall be met at 3.00pm at Their Dublin City Hotel and transferred by coach to the Shannon Princess at Quigley’s Marina.

 “Cead Mile Failte,” -Your Captain and his crew welcome you onboard the elegant Shannon Princess with Complimentary Champagne, Black Velvets or Irish Coffees! From the moment you step aboard you’ll enjoy- the tranquil ambience, skilled service & wealth of onboard facilities.

Time enough to meet new friends; relax on deck or watch the world float.

Welcome Gourmet dinner is served onboard during evening cruise.

 DAY 2 – MONDAY: The Broad Majestic Shannon &Athlone This Morning breakfast on hot buttery pastries fresh from the galley oven. There’s also time for an early morning stroll, before we set out to explore a river wrapped in the legends of time. The Shannon Princess slips through countryside little changed through the centuries. Relax & unwind as we cruise through the beautiful “Inner Lakes” of Lough Ree & some of its reputed 365 islands a preserved area of ecological importance. Club Lunch is served onboard.We moor in the pretty bustling Town of Athlone.Explore Athlone at your leisure, time for shopping, antiquing or visit any of its impromptu traditional music pubs.An optional afternoon tour of “Corlea Track way Visitor Centre” can be arranged by your captain. This off the beaten track heritage site interprets- local archaeological finds from pagan Celtic Ireland, including a ritual Iron Age wooden bog road- carbon dated from the year 148 BC. The oak road is the largest of its kind to have been uncovered in Europe.Dinner in a Shoreside Restaurant.

 DAY 3 – TUESDAY: Mystical Clonmacnoise &Shannonbridge

 The Shannon Princess descends through Athlone Lock and heads south through Europe’s richest example of “Callow” landscape. Countryside little changed in over 1000 years. This is one of Ireland’s premier Wildfowl Reserves.

 We moor at Clonmacnoise ruins - Mythical ancient burial grounds of high kings of Tara & Connaught. Atmospheric & Spiritual 6^th Century monastic settlement.

After a guided tour & visit to the interpretive centre we lunch enroute to Shannonbridge or alternatively for energetic souls wishing to linger & explore, a picnic lunch can also be arranged while enjoying an undulating walk/cycle through country lanes to rejoin the barge her overnight moorings at Shannonbridge...

Shannonbridge is a charming little walled riverside village, an excellent spot for walking, swimming, fishing and traditional music pubs.

 Gourmet dinner onboard.

 DAY 4 – WEDENSDAY: Journey through the Ancient Kingdoms of Connaught & Leinster to County Tipperary

We travel a very pretty stretch of the Shannon with an ever-changing landscape slipping by. Travelling down through Meelick lock, pausing as Portumna Swing Bridge is opened to allow the Shannon Princess passage onto idyllic Lough Derg. We moor at Terryglass Harbour.

Club Lunch onboard... Time to explore this charming Hamlet before an afternoon guided excursion to Portumna Castle & Walled Kitchen Gardens.

Dinner in A riverside Restaurant.

 DAY 5 – THURSDAY:  To the Waters & the Wild....County Clare

 Today we meander effortlessly through the especially beautiful Lough Derg.

 Passing Forrest Parks and ancient mountains as we set our course for Mountshannon – a lovely old estate village perched prettily above the Lough.

Lunch Ashore excellent lakeside walks with Artisan Craft trail.

Optional open ferry trip to nearby Holy Island Heritage Site.

Gourmet Dinner in Riverside Restaurant.

DAY 6 – FRIDAY: The last of The High Kings...The Twin Towns of Killaloe & Ballina.

This morning we literately go with the flow, south through Lough Derg and her many Islands, Castles & Medieval strongholds. The River Shannon carves a dramatic route through the Hills & Valleys of Munster’s North Riding and entering Killaloe, once home to the court of the greatest High King of Ireland, Brian Boru.

Riverside Restaurant lunch.

 We moor on the Tipperary side of this elegant little Ecclesiastical town, with plenty of time for you to visit both villages & local sites of interest.

Farewell “Slainte” cocktail reception with Captain before final gourmet Dinner

DAY 7 – SATURDAY: Farewell

Depart barge after breakfast & transfer by private coach to Limerick Station

 Please contact us for details on this offer & other up to date offers & availability.

info@shannonprincess.com or use the contact form on this site.

Thank You.

Discovering the Treasures of a Fabled Waterway.