Near Dublin - Ireland 2014 - page 194

By Tour from Dublin: Wild Wicklow Tours covers the region with an entertaining
guide who packs every minute with information and craic (interesting, fun conversation).
With a gang of 40 packed into tight but comfortable, mountain-gripping buses, the guide
kicks into gear from the first pickup in Dublin. Tours cover Dublin's embassy row, Dun
Laoghaire, the Bay of Dublin (with the mansions of Ireland's rich and famous), the windy
military road over scenic Sally Gap, and the Glendalough monasteries (€28, €25 for stu-
dents and readers with this topic in 2014, daily year-round, 9:10 pickup at Dublin TI on
Suffolk Street, 10:00 pickup at Dun Laoghaire ferry terminal, stop for lunch at a pub—cost
notincluded,returnthroughDunLaoghaireandontoDublinby17:30,DunLaoghaire-ites
could stay on the bus to continue into Dublin for the evening, advance booking required,
tel. [phone], www.wildwicklow.ie ).
Over the Top Tours bypasses mansions and gardens to focus on Wicklow rural
scenery. Stops include Glendalough, Sally Gap, the Glenmacnass waterfall, and Blessing-
ton lakes (€28, 9:20 pickup at Gresham Hotel on Upper O'Connell Street, 9:45 pickup at
Dublin TI on Suffolk Street, return by 17:30, 14-seat minibus, reservations required, hold
seat by leaving credit-card number, Ireland toll-free tel. [phone], Dublin tel. 01/
860-0404, mobile [phone], www.overthetoptours.com , [e-mail] ) .