About This Tour
On this 3hr walking tour of the city centre, you’ll discover the main sites, become immersed in the history, and experience the life, songs and stories of Ireland’s capital city.
In the courtyard of Dublin Castle, our footfalls will echo through the castle’s 800-year history.
At the GPO on O’Connell Street, the crowds gathered for the Declaration of Irish Independence & the passions of poets and Irish freedom fighters throughout the centuries were born anew.
Can you feel it?
Welcome to Dublin!
Every tour is individually customised according to your interests and needs: we can accommodate people with limited mobility, as well as design a special interest itinerary just for you and your group.
What’s Included
- Tour Guide: experienced, qualified and Irish!
- Hotel meet-up (for central location)
- Private tour - tailored just for your group
What’s Not Included
- Food & Drink
- Entry tickets
- Gratuities
Itinerary
- Visting the campus. If you want to visit the Old Library and Book of Kells, please book our 5hr tour ‘(Nearly!) All of Dublin in 5 hours’. Access to the campus is limited to groups of 8 or fewer unless tickets for the Old Library are purchased in advance (these are Trinity’s rules). (15 min)
- Stroll the cobbled streets of the famous Temple Bar area. Your guide will show you the real local spots (street art, bohemian shops) and hidden gems of what is a overty touristy area. (15 min)
- We will explore the grounds of Dublin Castle (upper and lower courtyards, Chapel Royal, Dubh Linn Gardens) without needing to explore any interiors, which can only be availed of through an official Dublin Castle tour (15 min)
- Visting the outside only.
Christ Church Cathedral or/and St Patrick’s Cathedral
Although a wooden church was built here in ca. 1030, and there was likely a pagan shrine before that, Christchurch as a stone structure began in the 1180s and has been restored and changed numerous times since. The neo-gothic architecture makes Christchurch, arguably, Dublin’s most beautiful complex. The vast crypt underneath the cathedral deserves particular attention for its size, interesting curious and the fact that it hosted a pub, distillery and… brothel (!) in the 18th century. (15 min)
- Cross the famous Ha’Penny Bridge, one of Dublin’s icons. Take look up the river towards the Guinness Brewery (maybe you’ll detect the aroma of hops boiling) or down the river towards the Custom House and the modern Docklands area. Or simply stop to observe the lovers’ locks. (5 min)
- Leinster House (10 min)
- St. Stephen’s Green (15 min)
- See Ireland’s main thoroughfare and one of the widest streets in Europe. Admire The Spire, the GPO (where the 1916 Rising began), and learn about Ireland’s Marthin Luther King Jnr, Daniel O’Connell (20 min)
- One of the key locations of 1916 Easter Rising and an example of Dublin’s 18th century architecture. We can enter the building as long as there is not a private event occuring. (10 min)
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
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
This is a private tour.
Available in: en.
