Cycle Tours Ireland

Continue your trip and experience Ireland's famous Wild Atlantic way. We’ve selected high quality hotels and guesthouses to suit your budget. Evening meals are provided if your tour is booked to include hotels.

We would recommend Electric bikes if there are different fitness levels within groups.

We’ve picked high quality hotels and guesthouses to suit your budget.

From the rolling hills of the Arigna valley to the river Shannon, there is simply no better way to soak up the country and its rich and vibrant culture.  You will experience the very best of Ireland's hidden landscape with stunning tours through the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon whilst exploring castles dating back to the 1100’s.

For this cycle, we would recommend Electric bikes as some of the routes involve cycling on steep climbs.

We’ve selected The Royal Canal Greenway and The great Western Greenway trail to explore Irelands hidden heartlands and Wild Atlantic way in full. This is mostly a traffic free route starting in cosmopolitan Maynooth in the East of the country, it follows the 200 year old canal through friendly Enfield and lively Mullingar to charming Cloondara in Longford in the heart of Ireland, taking in cafés, picnic spots and attractions along the way. Cycle through pretty waterside villages, working locks and historic landmarks. Day 4 will involve a bus or car Journey to the picturesque town of Westport in the West of Ireland and the start of your Western Greenway Cycle. The Great Western Greenway route in County Mayo is a 45 km (27 miles) long trail that begins in Westport and ends on Achill Island, passing through the great towns of Newport and Mulranny along the coast of the picturesque and unique Clew Bay. It follows the old coastal railway line which was constructed in the 1890s and closed in 1937. This is one of Ireland's best traffic free cycle routes and it offers you world class views across Clew bay with the famous Croagh Patrick mountain (764m) in the background.

Experience Irish History with an unforgettable Bicycle tour through Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and visit,
A 2000 year old bog road and museum at  Corlea Trackway
Follow part of 1840's Famine walk on the Royal Canal.
Visit Strokestown Park House,  National Famine Museum and Gardens.
A 13th Century Norman castle.
 

Spend 2 days exploring the Strokestown Park house, Garden & Famine museum. Cycle The Royal Canal to Dublin over Three days 55k (approx) per day.

The National Famine Way Passport/Guide highlights local historical landmarks and allows cyclists to record their progress with stage stamps along the specially developed route. The Trail details the ill-fated journey of 1,490 famine emigrants who walked from Strokestown Park to ships in Dublin in 1847, at the height of the Irish Famine. Follow their journey with specially marked  bronze shoe sculptures along the route. A completion certificate is awarded at the end of the Trail at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.

The National Famine Way is an accredited 165km Heritage and Arts Trail from Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon through six counties to Dublin, mostly along the Royal Canal. Cycle Tours Ireland have hand picked beautiful accommodations for your stop offs along this  iconic route.