DUBLIN · IRELAND
Trinity, Temple Bar, and the long road west.
Reviews of the day trips, walking tours, ghost walks, distilleries and Guinness pours that travellers actually book in Dublin. From the city centre to the Cliffs of Moher.
The western day out
Start with the day Dublin sends west.
If you book one day out of Dublin, this is the one. Three hours each way to the Atlantic edge. The cliffs, the Burren, Galway on the road back.
The big ones
Dublin’s Most Popular Tours
The Cliffs of Moher, the Guinness Storehouse, the Giant’s Causeway, the Wicklow Mountains, the walking tour through Trinity. The day-trips and tickets travellers book first.
Two cities in one
Dublin runs on two clocks.
Trinity and the museums by day. Ghost stories and pub crawls after dark. Pick the side of Dublin you want to see first — or do both.
The three pours
Three pours Dublin owns outright.
Every Irish city has a pub. Dublin has the brewery, the distillery, and the comeback distillery. Three tours worth booking even if you don’t drink — the buildings are half the story.
Day-trip country
Three day trips that built Dublin’s tour business.
Dublin is the base. The day trips out of it are why a lot of travellers come in the first place. Three threads, west / south / north — with the top three reviewed for each.
Three hours each way
The Cliffs of Moher
The most-booked day trip out of Dublin, by a huge margin. Six-hundred-foot sea cliffs at the Atlantic edge, the Burren limestone moonscape on the way back, and Galway city before the bus turns east. Most operators pair all three in one long day.
- 1 From Dublin: Cliffs of Moher, Burren & Galway City Day Tour
- 2 Dublin to Cliffs of Moher, Burren, Wild Atlantic Way, Galway Tour
- 3 Dublin: Cliffs of Moher, Atlantic Edge & Galway City
The garden of Ireland
Wicklow & Glendalough
An hour south of Dublin into the Wicklow Mountains. A glacial valley, a 6th-century monastic settlement at Glendalough, the Powerscourt estate gardens, sometimes a sheepdog demonstration on the way. Closer than the cliffs and gentler in tone.
- 1 From Dublin: Wicklow Mountains, Glendalough & Kilkenny Tour
- 2 Dublin to Glendalough, Wicklow and Kilkenny Full Day Guided Tour
- 3 Dublin: Kilkenny, Wicklow & Glendalough Tour & Sheepdog Show
Across the border, back by dark
Giant’s Causeway & Belfast
Two hours north through the border into a different country. The hexagonal basalt columns at the Causeway, the Dark Hedges from Game of Thrones, Dunluce Castle on the cliffs, the Titanic museum in Belfast. Long day, big payoff.
- 1 Dublin: Giants Causeway, Dark Hedges, Dunluce & Belfast Tour
- 2 Dublin to Dunluce Castle, Giant’s Causeway, Dark Hedges & Belfast
- 3 Dublin: Giant’s Causeway, Dark Hedges, Dunluce and Belfast Titanic entrance fee
By place
Pick where Dublin sends you.
Dublin City for Trinity and the pubs. Cliffs of Moher for the Atlantic edge. Wicklow for the mountains and the monastery. Belfast for the Causeway and the Titanic. Howth for the fishing harbour. Galway for the trad music.
By activity
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
Walk if you want the medieval lanes. Boat if you want the Liffey at sunset. Bus if you want to cover ground. Ghost-tour if you want the Dublin most guidebooks skip. Whiskey if you want the warehouse and the bottle to take home.
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