I came across the travel section on REI.com which does group travel sessions around the world. One of their most popular tours is a hiking trip for 10 days across Ireland. You drive from place to place and do your hiking within those areas. Two days are in cities.
I am considering this option, and then hopping over to England for another week to see what I want to there. I don’t think I can scrape the money together by this summer (it’s about $3400 + $1200 airfare), but next summer I’m all in!
