My Solo UK 🇬🇧 and Ireland🇮🇪 Itinerary (May to June 2025) – 6 Weeks of Real Travel Across Cities, Cliffs and Castles

Thinking of doing UK and Ireland solo?

Here’s exactly how I moved through it for 45 days.

I didn’t need a map. Just momentum. This is what six weeks of movement looks like.

Not your typical checklist trip. This was my way of rewiring.  I go with the flow and that’s what happened with this trip as well.

Here’s what happened:

England – London (May 3 to May 6)

• May 3 Landed in London, stayed in Earlsfield
• May 4 Likely a coach day trip (from Victoria)
• May 5 Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben
• May 6 Flew from Stansted to Dublin

Ireland (May 6 to June 2)

Base: Crashed with friends studying in Dublin

• May 6 to 10 Trinity College, Guinness Storehouse, Temple Bar
• May 14 Cliffs of Moher, Galway, The Burren (day trip)
• May 19 Historical walking tour (Dublin)
• May 20 Giant’s Causeway and Belfast (full-day sprint)
• May 23 Boyne Valley ancient site tour
• May 25 Giant’s Causeway revisit and Titanic Museum
• May 26 Guinness STOUTie (my face, one pint)
• May 27 Skerries Mills tour
• May 31 Game of Thrones filming locations
• Other days Glendalough, Louth, Kildare, unstructured city days

Scotland (June 2 to June 11)

• June 2 Flight to Edinburgh
• June 3 Edinburgh Castle tour and city walk
• June 4 to 7 Inverness base (Beaufort Hotel), Highland drives
• June 8 Day trip to Isle of Skye
• June 9 Returned to Edinburgh
• June 10 Underground vaults tour
• June 11 Flight to London

England – London (June 11 to June 16)

• June 12 to 14 Chill days, cafés, rewalked fav spots
• June 13 Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studio
• June 16 Flew out from Heathrow

Places Visited Quick List

London, Dublin, Belfast, Galway, Cliffs of Moher, Glendalough, Boyne Valley, Louth, Kildare, Skerries, Edinburgh, Inverness, Isle of Skye

Tools That Helped

• Google Maps Timeline to trace everything and remember places
• GetYourGuide to book tours
• Ryanair and BA apps for juggling flights
• Deliveroo for food and grocery
• Bolt and Freeuse for rides
• Waterproof overcoat

Flights In and Out

• May 2 Flew from India to London on Qatar Airways
• June 16 Flew back from London to India on Qatar Airways

Cost Snapshot

• Estimated total cost was $4,400 to $5,200, that’s roughly ₹3.8 to ₹4.5 lakhs depending on how hard you go on food, travel upgrades, and experiences
• Ireland and Scotland were more budget friendly than London

If you want to know how much it would cost to travel around the UK and Ireland following a similar itinerary, here’s a calculator you can use to estimate it. Just enter the number of days and hit “Estimate.”

Best and Worst

• Best moment Cliff edge winds at the Cliffs of Moher. Quiet, raw, everything I needed
• Worst moment Ryanair check-in chaos at Stansted. Extra $50! because I didn't check in online. Also millennial Indians on my tour bus - millennial women are literally the weirdest out there.

Would I Do It Again

Yes. But slower. Fewer cities. More depth. And probably rent a car in Scotland. This one took a toll on my body, even though I'm a young and relatively fit guy.

Markers That Mattered

• Total time 45 days
• Countries 4
• Major tours 10 confirmed
• Transport Flights, buses, legs (mostly legs)
• Lodging Airbnb, hotel, friends’ flat

No itinerary apps. No tourist checklist. Just moved how I felt. If you're gonna go, go like you mean it.

Planning your own UK–Ireland loop? Use this as a skeleton, break it, rebuild it your way. Just don’t make it boring.

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