Dublin Private Tour Info

Dublin, Ireland:  I found this tour highly recommended on Tripadvisor and booked it!  When we last visited Dublin, we did "it on our own", via the hop-on hop-off bus tour.  It was a nice tour and we stayed on for the entire loop to get an overview of this vibrant city.  So, this time, I want to get a more in-depth view by taking a private walking tour.  Denny's tour meets my criteria of a bit of history, culture, food, beer, and music with a private guide for a 5 to 6  hour  walking tour.  Here's the description:

Denny’s DublinTours:  Don’t just see Dublin; be a part of it!

Denny’s description of our tour:

We´ll start with some sightseeing at 10:30 am, we´ll visit Dublin City Hall, Dublin Castle and the old city walls we´ll meet the famous Molly Malone. That´ll be about an hour or an hour so it´ll be time for a pint of Guinness. I´ll take you to one of Dublin´s authentic pubs where you´ll get a lesson on how to prepare a pint of Guinness. It´s a little bit of science and a little bit of magic, then everyone can go behind the bar and pour their own pint. 

Then we´ll visit Trinity College, Grafton Street and take a stroll through the Temple Bar area where there are dozens of pubs packed close together. Most of these pubs cater wholly to the tourist market and aren´t very authentic but there are 1 or 2 local gems there which we´ll visit and get lunch in. We´ll aim for lunch at about 1:30.

After lunch there is one more part of the tour. We´ll head across the river to the O´Connell Street area and follow the footsteps of the 1916 rebellion (2016 being the centenary year this is a must) we´ll meet Daniel O´Connell and learn about Catholic Emancipation, the potato famine and the eventual founding of the Irish Republic. Probably another hour for this and it´ll be high time for another pint and some Irish music. We offer cultural workshops in traditional Irish dancing, playing the bodhran (ancient Irish drum) and traditional ballad singing. So after your day in Dublin you´ll basically BE Irish. 

This itinerary would take us up until about 4/4:30pm which would make a fantastic day in Dublin and give you a couple hours before you head back to the ship for some souvenirs, or maybe more Guinness ;) 

This full itinerary would come to €59 per person. And this includes a welcome pint of Guinness for everybody. 

Here's a link to a recent Tripadvisor review from summer 2015.