‘How to Drive on the Left’

This item appears on page 91 of the April 2008 issue.

The Ashford Castle hotel (800/346-7007, www.ashford.ie), near Galway City in Ireland’s west country, offers the program “How to Drive on the Left.”

Including an hour of instruction and an hour of behind-the-wheel training in a manual or automatic car, the class focuses on concentration, navigating roundabouts and judging distances plus offers info on remote road signs in Gaelic.

The package costs €180 (near $270) per couple. Including breakfast, dinner and taxes, room rates at the deluxe, 83-room hotel, set on 350 acres, go from €452 (near $652) to €710 ($1,025).