Dublin tours you won’t forget
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Even if you are not a tour person, Dublin has some super-fun ways to entice you to change your mind.
Viking Splash
A reconditioned vintage 1940’s amphibious vehicle (DUKW) shows you city centre and Docklands sights while an irreverent Viking maiden or rapacious rebel does the talking and gets you to roar Viking taunts at the passers-by. The splash bit is when it hits the water at the Grand Canal Docklands, where the U2 recording studios are a popular photo opportunity.
Tours take 1 hour and 15 minutes and leave from St Stephen’s Green North (Dawson Street). Regular departures occur daily (9am to 5pm) between February and November.
Fares: Adult €20, child (3-12) €10, family (2+3) €60.
64-65 Patrick Street, Dublin 8
Tel: +353 1 707 6000 Email: info@vikingsplash.ie
www.vikingsplash.ie
Rock ‘n’ Roll Writers Bus Tour
You can’t miss this colourful bus. A real musicians’ tour bus from Nashville, Tennessee, with comfortable leather seats and audiovisual entertainment, for 75 minutes it tours the sights associated with Dublin greats, from Beckett to Bono.
There can be little the tour guide doesn’t know about Irish literature and music and the lives of their legendary figures, among them Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, U2, Thin Lizzy, Sinead O’Connor, The Chieftains, Christy Moore, Brendan Behan and Oscar Wilde, or the studios and sites they are associated with.
Tickets: €15. Daily (group bookings only on Monday and Tuesday)
Tel: +353 1 620 3929 Email: bookings@dublinrocktour.ie
www.dublinrocktour.ie
Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
Highly praised and award winning, the tour is led by two actors who introduce famous Irish writers – among them James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, Seamus Heaney and Oscar Wilde – and perform scenes from their works in a selection of four pubs well worth getting to know.
These pub-crawls-with-a-difference take place every evening at 7.30pm in summer (April to October) and on Thursday to Sunday nights in winter (November to March). There’s also a tour on Sundays, year-round, at 12 noon.
Meeting place: upstairs at The Duke Pub, 9 Duke Street, Dublin 2
Cost: €12, students €10
Suffolk Chambers, 1 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 670 5602. Credit card bookings: +353 87 263 0270. Email: info@dublinpubcrawl.com
www.dublinpubcrawl.com
Pat Liddy’s Walking Tours
Time spent in the company of Pat Liddy is memorable and, accompanied by his wit and wisdom, he’ll show you Dublin from every angle. Historian, author and artist, his vast knowledge of, and love for, his city shines through every word.
He can’t do all the tours himself, but he has trained a team of enthusiastic guides, all specialists in captivating listeners with a mix of serious history and legendary tales of Dublin city. The tours have won awards, there’s a wide range of subjects and they are well worth doing.
Daily between May and October
Cost: Classic (2.25 hours) tours: Adults from €12, seniors and students €10. Standard (1 hour) tours €8. Children under 14 free if accompanied by a paying adult.
Tickets can be bought at the Dublin Tourism Centre, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2.
Central booking office, tel: +353 818 205 205 Fax: +353 1 832 9406 Email: info@walkingtours.ie
www.walkingtours.ie
www.patliddy.com
See www.visitdublin.com/iwalks for Pat Liddy’s free downloadable podcast audio guides to the city.
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