Essential Dublin Walking Tour: Discover Dublin in a day

About This Tour

If you’ve just arrived in Dublin by cruise, car or plane and have limited time in the city, our Walking Tour of Dublin provides everyone, not just a great time with a local experienced guide, but we also promise to leave you feeling like you know Dublin just as well as your hometown!

Discover the heart of the city with our essential Walking Tour of Dublin, the perfect way to explore Dublin’s highlights in a short amount of time. The fair city is known for its stories, culture and lively streets, and this walking tour introduces you to the landmarks and traditions that define it. With a focus on history, culture and local character, you will experience the city as Dubliners know it.

Our tour ends outside Trinity College, only a few steps from Grafton Street and within walking distance of Tara Street and Pearse Street stations. It is an ideal way to explore the best of Dublin in just a couple of hours!

What’s Included

• In person Tour Guide

What’s Not Included

• Lunch

Itinerary

1. Here our Tour Guide will finish up the 3 hour history packed tour, leaving you with a lasting fantastic impression of Dublin. The Tour Guide will also give their recommendations on what to do in the city, where to go, where to eat and any hidden gems you haven’t found! (15 min)
2. We will wander through the park introducing you to Irish History & Irish Culture (15 min)
3. Here the Guide will talk about all things Irish dance & Music (pass by)
4. Here the guide will walk and talk through one of Dublin’s busiest High Streets (10 min)
5. Here the guide will introduce working clas Dublin & Molly Malone (10 min)
6. The Tour guide will greet you at the Gardens of St Patricks Cathedral and delve into the history and origins of Dublin City. We do not enter St Patrick’s Cathedral. (10 min)
7. The Tour guide will bring you to the beautiful & picturesque Dubh Linn Gardens, serving as an important landmark for Dublin dating back to the Vikings. (10 min)
8. The Tour Guide will venture into the Courtyards of Dublin Castle, introducing the history of Northern Ireland and the political struggles across the nation. We do not enter Dublin Castle. (10 min)
9. The Tour guide will head into the courtyard of Christchurch Cathedral, wandering around the outside architecture explaining the founding of the Cathedral and Viking History. We do not enter Christchurch Cathedral. (10 min)
10. Here the guide will walk through the Temple Bar Neighborhood (5 min)
11. The Tour guide will continue to explore the policital landscape of Ireland throughout the 20th Century visiting various statues on O’Connell Street (10 min)
12. The Tour Guide will take a stop outside Trinity College and the Central Bank of Ireland talking about The Great Irish Hunger also known as The Famine and the history of Trinity. We do not enter Trinity College. (10 min)

Meeting point: The Meeting Point is the Wolfe Tone Sculpture at the Corner Entrance of St Stephen’s Green opposite The Shelbourne Hotel. Thw

Good to Know

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available

Maximum group size: 25 travelers. Available in: en.