Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1916 Easter Rising Coach Tour
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.1916easterrisingcoachtour.ie
; Custom House Quay;
adult/child €15/10) A 90-minute tour of the sites that played a part in the 1916 Easter Rising. Buy your tickets online or
at the Dublin Tourism office in St Andrew's Church, Suffolk St.
Carriage
Old-style horse-and-carriage tour operators congregate at the top of Grafton St by St Stephen's Green. Each carriage
takes up to five people. Half-hour tours cost up to €60, but different length trips can be negotiated: fix a price
before
the
driver says giddy-up.
Segway
Glide Tours
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 01-822 3388;
www.glidetours.ie
; €50) Two-hour guided tours of the
Phoenix Park (10am, 12.30 and 3pm Saturday and Sunday) or the Docklands (10am Sunday) aboard a segway. The
tours are designed by local historian Pat Liddy. Phoenix Park tours go from the visitor centre in the park; Docklands
tours from by the Jeanie Johnston ship on Custom House Quay.
Walking
1916 Rebellion Walking Tour
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
086 858 3847;
www.1916rising.com
; 23 Wicklow St;
per person €12; 11.30am Mon-Sat, 1pm Sun Mar-Oct) Superb two-hour tour starting in the International Bar, Wick-
low St. Lots of information, humour and irreverence to boot. The guides - all Trinity graduates - are uniformly excel-
lent and will not say no to the offer of a pint back in the International at tour's end.
Dublin Literary Pub Crawl
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
01-670 5602;
www.dublinpubcrawl.com
; 9 Duke St;
adult/student €12/10; 7.30pm daily Apr-Oct, 7.30pm Thu-Sun Nov-Mar) A tour of pubs associated with famous
Dublin writers is a sure-fire recipe for success, and this 2½-hour tour/performance by two actors - which includes them
acting out the funny bits - is a riotous laugh. There's plenty of drink taken, which makes it all the more popular. It
leaves from the Duke on Duke St; get there by 7pm to reserve a spot for the evening tour.
Dublin Musical Pub Crawl
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
01-478 0193;
www.discoverdublin.ie
; Oliver St John
Gogarty's, 58-59 Fleet St; adult/student €12/10; 7.30pm daily Apr-Oct, 7.30pm Thu-Sat Nov-Mar) The story of
Irish traditional music and its influence on contemporary styles is explained and demonstrated by two expert musicians
in a number of Temple Bar pubs over 2½ hours. Tours meet upstairs in the Oliver St John Gogarty pub and are highly
recommended.
