Travel in the UK and Ireland: Cities

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The possibilitiesThe UK and Ireland are full of energetic cities with rich cultural heritage. We love to advise Alpine Exploratory clients about extending their trip to take in such places as Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin. Visiting a city can be an invigourating contrast and a way to celebrate a succcesful trip to the mountains.Clients receive our detailed Travel Notes on booking; as well as directions to and from the following cities relevant to each route, we include brief hotel lists that we maintain as we pass through on our recces.Please tell us how many days you have to spare, and we’ll advise. Thank you.

Cities in the UK and Ireland

England: London, Manchester
Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness
Ireland: Dublin, Cork

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England

For our treks in Northern England, Manchester is the key city. Fly here instead of London for a shorter train ride to the start.

Scotland

Our treks in Scotland are convenient for both Edinburgh and Glasgow; in fact the West Highland Way starts from a suburb of Glasgow, Milngavie. The two cities are linked by half-hourly trains taking one hour.

Ireland

Our one trek in Ireland, as yet, is the Kerry Way and it starts in Killarney which is a modest train ride from Cork. Afterwards, with a change, the train goes from Killarney to Dublin and in this way we can make a little tour of Ireland.

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