County Dublin Trip Overview
Visit Dublin city’s must-see top 10 highlights. Packed full of incredible insights and up-close historical visits including the 13th century Dublin Castle and the 10th century Christchurch, this interactive 2 ½ hour tour is the essential guide to Dublin city and Irelands fascinating history.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: County Dublin, Ireland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore County Dublin Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting County Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Visit Dublin city’s must-see top 10 highlights. Packed full of incredible insights and up-close historical visits including the 13th century Dublin Castle and the 10th century Christchurch, this interactive 2 ½ hour tour is the essential guide to Dublin city and Irelands fascinating history.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dame St Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Ireland
Enter the historic heart of Dublin into the magnificent 13th century Dublin Castle where your guide will bring you on a fascinating exterior tour of the Upper & Lower Yard, the Medieval Tower, the Chapel Royal and the Dublin Castle Gardens.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8 Ireland
Enter the Viking Quarter to visit the spectacular 10th century Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin’s oldest building, and a place of pilgrimage for almost 1,000 years. Renowned for its beauty, architecture and exterior features, it is home to the famous 12th Century crypt, one of the oldest and largest in Europe.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Ireland
Walk through Dublin’s “bohemian cultural quarter.” famous for it’s lively atmosphere, art & entertainment, and culinary action
and Irish music. Visit the famous Wall of Fame where your local guide will introduce you to a host of Irish world famous bands and singers.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Ha’penny Bridge, 14 Bachelors Walk Wellington Quay, Dublin Ireland
With your guide at hand you will visit the most recognizable sight in Dublin, the cast iron arch spanning the Liffey River since 1816. It was the city’s first pedestrian bridge and remained the only footbridge in Dublin until the Millennial Bridge opened in 1999. This is a perfect spot for a great photo of the north & south side of Dublin and to view the River Liffey, the most famous river in Ireland.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Trinity College Dublin, Grafton St. College Green, Dublin 2 Ireland
View the exterior of Dublin’s beautiful Trinity College, established by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1592. Your expert local guide will introduce to the College’s history throughout the centuries and to the famous legends and myths associated with this most historic of Colleges in Europe.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: City Hall Exhibition Centre Dame Street Cork Hill, Dublin D02 NP93 Ireland
Discover the significance of this historical location and its importance throughout Dublins history including The 1916 Rising.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Irish Houses of Parliament, College Green, Temple Bar, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Marvel at one of the most beautiful buildings in Dublin, constructed in 1729 and the first purpose built parliament building in the world. The building was home to the two Houses of Parliament, serving as the seat of both chambers (the Lords and Commons) of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland for most of the 18th century until that parliament was abolished by the Act of Union of 1800, when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Molly Malone Statue, Suffolk Street, Dublin Ireland
Visit Dublin’s mascot ‘Molly Malone Statue’ where your local guide will introduce you to Dublin’s heroine and her famous song. The song’s tragic heroine and her barrow have come to stand as one of the most familiar symbols of the capital. As well as being known and sung internationally, the popular song ‘Cockles and Mussels’ has become a sort of unofficial anthem of Dublin city.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Ireland
See the architectural icon of Dublin – Leinster House the seat of the Irish Parliament Leinster House was originally built in 1745 and was the Palace of the Dukes of Leinster. The building was world renowned, so much so that Its first and second floors were used as the floor model for the White House by Irish architect James Hoban, while the house itself was used as a model for the original stone-cut White House exterior in Washington D.C. No visit t Dublin would be complete without a visit.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: St Stephens Green, at the top end of Grafton St, Dublin 2 Ireland
This jewel of Dublin city is a beautiful urban park immortalized in James Joyce’s “Ulysses, ” built in 1880 for the citizens of Dublin. Your visit to this 22 acre park, maintained in the original Victorian layout with 750 trees and beautiful Irish flowers and shrubbery will come to life with the incredible narration of your LetzGo City Tour guide.
The park also features a waterfall on the western side of the green and an ornamental lake which provides a home for swans and other wildlife. This is the perfect location to finish this very memorable and engaging highlights tour of Dublin.
Duration: 10 minutes
