To offset the weak US travel dollar, CIE Tours International is offering the 8-day “Irish Spirit” tour, priced from $898 land-only or from $1,344 including airfare from New York or Boston. Departures are available on most Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from now through November 20th.

Designed to impart the main highlights of Ireland in one compact week, this tour visits Dublin, Cashel, Blarney, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, Cliffs of Moher, The Burren, Galway and Connemara.

The all-inclusive price provides first class hotel accommodations with private bath for six nights; welcome get-together drink; full Irish breakfast daily; and five dinners including the Abbey Tavern dinner/entertainment in Dublin and a fully escorted sightseeing program via luxury motorcoach with a professional Irish driver/guide; all local taxes, hotel service charges, and baggage handling; deluxe flight bag, ticket wallet, luggage tags and luggage strap.

Activities include a ferry ride across the Shannon River, a catamaran cruise on Killary Fjord, and a tour of Dublin with a local guide. Admission fees to leading attractions are also included - from The Book of Kells at Trinity College, to Blarney Castle, the Skellig Experience, Cliffs of Moher, Connemara Celtic Crystal Factory, and 6th century Clonmacnoise.

CIE Tours International also offers more than 20 other escorted tours with all-inclusive guaranteed dollar prices to Ireland, as well as to Britain, Italy, Eastern Europe and European River Cruises.

For more information, contact a travel agent or CIE Tours International at 1-800-CIE-TOUR or online at www.cietours.com.