Itinerary

1. Dublin Highlights & Exhibitions Tour

   • Stroll through the elegant Georgian streets of Merrion and Fitzwilliam Squares.

   • Shop in the emporiums of Grafton Street and Powerscourt Townhouse.

   • Explore the National Museum and National Gallery collections, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and other small private collections. 

   • Discover the enormous range of art and artefacts in the museum.

   • Travel to the Book of Kells, a 19th-century gospel manuscript and an old library to attend the Book of Kells Exhibition.

   • Visit the Trinity College and St Patrick’s Cathedral.

   • Proceed to Dublin Castle, which functioned as a military fortress, a prison, treasury, courts of law, and English Administration seat in Ireland for 700 years. 

   • Continue to Christchurch Cathedral & Dublinia, a historically important location at Dublin City's heart, the crossroads where modern and old Dublin meets.

   • Attend the Viking Dublin Exhibition and see for yourself what life was like onboard a Viking Warship. 

   • Learn about their long and challenging voyages, their weaponry and the skills of a Viking warrior. 

   • Try on Viking clothes and see the heavy chains of the Viking's slaves.

   • Visit a smokey and cramped Viking house, learn the Viking runic alphabet and hear their poetry and sagas.

   • Enjoy the myths and learn about the mysteries surrounding the Vikings and their legacy.

   • Visit the city parks that include St Stephen’s Green Phoenix Park and the Dublin Zoo.

   • Attend the Medieval Dublin Exhibition and see the lifestyle of people in medieval Dublin.

   • Learn about warfare, crime and punishment, death and disease and even toothache remedies 700 years ago. 

   • See the city as it would have looked then. 

   • Enjoy the spicy aromas; learn to play medieval games and so much more when you visit the medieval fair.

   • Visit a rich merchant’s kitchen and walk along a bustling medieval street. Don’t forget to give the beggar some of your change.

   • Attend the History Hunters Exhibition.

   • See genuine Viking and medieval artefacts, including those of a medieval skeleton. 

   • Hear the languages of old Dublin and explore the city’s earliest maps. 

   • Visit the lab and learn how bugs and dirt can be the history hunter’s gold. Finish the tour with the Time Detectives and test your new-found knowledge.

   • Enjoy the Guinness Connoisseur Experience. 

   End of the tour.