Catalog Tour · Europe

Shades of Green

Nine days. Two countries. One island whose history, politics, and landscape keep complicating each other in ways that no textbook quite captures. That's the essential shape of Shades of Green, a tour that moves your group from the Georgian streetscapes of Dublin across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland — a separate jurisdiction still processing the legacy of partition and the Troubles — then arcs back westward through County Sligo and into the wild Atlantic edge of Galway. The through-line isn't a single monument; it's the question of what Irish identity actually means, and why the answer differs depending on which side of an invisible border you're standing on.

Duration9 days · 8 nights
CountriesIreland
Cities5 stops
Group size6 – 80+ travelers
What makes us different
  • City-center hotels
  • Authentic local meals
  • Career Tour Directors
  • 4.9★ on Trustpilot
  • Family-owned since 1992
Connemara pony
Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin
Giants Causeway
St. Patrick Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland
Malahide Castle
Destination guide: Dublin

Arrival Dublin

  • Arrival transfer

Dinner

Overnight

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I have always appreciated how flexible we are able to be on Passports tours. This is one of the main reasons I have decided to continue traveling with the company. Thank you for another great trip!

Passports post-tour evaluation · Group leader · March 2026
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This was my first time leading a trip so I had a lot of uncertainty heading into it, but Passports really took care of everything and made things so much easier.

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