Galway Tour Guides Association

Derek was a jewel. He had wonderful stories, a good sense of humour, and we could not have been more pleased. Was a terrific day!

Howard Goldstein

Derek was an incredible guide! We learned so much and got to see amazing things. He also was very accommodating and tailored the tour to our requests and interests. The car was lovely, and we were comfortable for the whole day. Would 10000% recommend!

Madeleine Schnittker

Good communication from driver and right on time. The tour was excellent! Derek was very knowledgeable and educated in local and Irish history, geography, and culture. Very safe driver and accommodating to all our wishes and needs. He went above and beyond expectations.

Mark Robertson

Derek was a wonderful guide for our day spent exploring Connemara! We learned so much about Ireland and Irish history! Kylemore was beautiful as well were the mountains and lakes. We loved the sheep dog demo and lunch with local mussels!

Ginny Fox

Thank you Derek. We were very pleased with the tour and the wonderful historical details you shared.

Bernadette Resnik

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Fantastic tour of Galway with Gerard!

TripAdvisor review: Walking tour by Bond family

We took a tour just today with Gerard of Galway and he was an amazing guide. We met him at the suggested spot a bit early and after greeting us by name we went off to explore the city. Gerard took the time to explain each stopping point in detail but was in no way rigid in his approach and in-fact we delved off into parts of America’s history and quirks as well as even talking about the recent Ireland loss in the Rugby World Cup.

We highly recommend Western Tours and Tales and if you’re fortunate enough to have Gerard as your guide, so much the better!

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Very enjoyable walking tour with Ger of Western Tours

Viator review: Galway Historic Walking Tour by Kathy_D

The guide was very attentive and the tour was personalized and unrushed. I learned a lot
about Galway history and came away with a good sense of the lay of the land. Definitely
recommend if you’re looking for a thoughtful, interesting experience.

Du lässt Träume wahr werden. Danke für die schöne Reisezeit.

You make dreams come true. Thanks for the wonderful trip.

Andrea hat uns als Reiseleitung und als Mensch hervorragend gefallen. Sie hat ein immens grosses Wissen, viel Lebenserfahrung, man kann tolle Gespräche mit ihr führen. Sie erkennt die Interessen jedes Gruppenmitglieds und geht speziell auf diese ein. Sie ist von einer natürlichen Freundlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft, ohne sich zu verbiegen. Ich würde mir gerne noch weitere Gebiete Irlands von ihr zeigen lassen.

We really liked Andrea as a tour guide and as a person. She has immense knowledge, a lot of life experience, you can have great conversations with her. She recognizes the interests of each group member and caters specifically to them. She has a natural friendliness and willingness to help without bending over backwards. I would like to have her show me other areas of Ireland.

Tony is a man of many parts. I’m still trying to figure out whether he is an historian, raconteur, writer, linguist, archaeologist, geologist or poet.

My name is Brad Thompson and I’m a journalist employed by The West Australian newspaper. I was lucky enough to be a guest on one of your walking tours in June 2010. Thanks for showing us around the Burren and for such an entertaining and interesting afternoon – Brad Thompson, The West Australian newspaper.

Kirby slips in nuggets of information as if they were breaking news.

Oh, Paul. What can I say? You tolerated 3 crazy ladies from the US all day. Won’t mention your heroism on behalf of my sister. We are still laughing today. Connemara was soooo beautiful! Loved where we went to lunch. Your patience while we shopped was above and beyond. If I could I would give him 10 stars. I will use this feature again. Thank you so much, Paul Nancy, Betsy and Jean.