Excursions

Optional Excursions
 These tours are run by the Dualway Group but they can be booked & paid for on your registration form, you will recieve your tickets in your delegate pack at registration. For a relatively small island, Ireland offers a large variety of entertainment, scenery and culture. The social programme we have drawn up offers participants and accompanying persons the opportunity to sample the atmosphere and hospitality for which Ireland is famous worldwide.

Dublin City Tour (Hop On, Hop Off)   
This fully guided tour gives you an overall flavour of our historic and ancient city.  You will see examples of Dublin’s superb architecture in the Georgian Streets and Squares.  This hop-on-hop-off tour will allow you to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Christchurch Cathedral, the Guinness Storehouse and the Old Jameson Distillery.

Tour duration is approximately 90 minutes
Details: This tour runs daily, with the first tour departing at 09.30hrs.
Cost: €16.00 per person
Tour departs from: Stop 1, 14 Upper O’Connell St, Dublin 1(outside Dublin Tourism Office)


The Dublin Bay & Castle Tour (Half Day Tour)
After a brief introduction to Dublin City, you will visit the pretty coastal village of Malahide and the 14th century Malahide Castle, where you will enjoy a guided tour and have time to wander in the craft shops and gardens.  The tour then trails past the pretty fishing village of Howth towards Howth Summit where there will be a 10 minute stop to enjoy the breathtaking views of Dublin Bay.  The tour then continues back into Dublin via the northern coastline.

Details: This tour runs daily.
Cost: €22.00 per person
Time: Tour departs twice daily at 10.15hr & 14.00hrs and returns to Dublin at 13.45hrs &17.45hrs approx.
Tour departs from: Stop 1, 14 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 (outside Dublin Tourism Office)
Please be at the meeting point 20 minutes before the tours departure.


The Wicklow Mountains, Valleys, & Lakes Tour (Full Day Tour)
Sit back, relax and enjoy some of the loveliest countryside in Ireland. This tour takes you first to the pretty village of Avoca (home to the famous drama Ballykissangel), with a stop at the renowned Avoca Handweavers. There you can enjoy a stroll around the village dropping into Fitzgerald’s pub or visiting the celebrated Handweavers craft shop. The tour trail continues onto the stunning 6th century monastic settlement in Glendalough. A guide will take you around the site, which boasts a 10th century conical roofed Round Tower as well as a St. Kevin’s Kitchen and Cross. Lunch is not included, although a lunch venue will be available on the day.

Details: This runs daily.
Cost: €30.00 per person
Time: Tour departs at 9.45hrs and returns to Dublin at 17.00hrs
Tour departs from: Stop 1, 14 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 (outside Dublin Tourism Office)
Please be at the meeting point 20 minutes before the tours departure

Please note that you must make your own way to all departure destinations

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