Dublin Tours – In and around Dublin there are many things to see and places of interest to visit. Often the best way to explore any new city is to take a guided tour. It can be difficult to plan out your own tours if you are only there for a short stay. Dublin has an abundance of organised tours around the city and if your lucky your taxi driver may even throw in their own commentary when driving you around.

Taking this into consideration, the following information may be of great use. These are highly recommended tours:

Dublin City Tour – Hop on & off
Sit back and enjoy all that Dublin has to offer on board this 1 hour 15 minutes fully Guided Tour. There are 19 stops each located at the more popular attractions. Buses operate frequently and your "24 hour" tour ticket allows you to hop on and off as often as you wish. This tour starts and ends at 59 Upper O'Connell Street. For more information visit www.dublinbus.ie.

North Coast and Castle Malahide Tour
This tour of Dublin's northern coastline passes the National Botanic Gardens and the Casino at Marino, before visiting stately Malahide Castle. Continuing through the Heritage town of Malahide, the tour will take you past magnificent coastal scenery to the picturesque fishing village of Howth. Crossing the nearby summit of Howth Head you will have a panoramic view of the huge expanse of Dublin Bay. Set against a backdrop of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, the view is renowned as one of the world's great seascapes. The tour returns to Dublin via Dollymount Strand home of the Royal Dublin Golf Club and the North Bull Island bird sanctuary Admission to Malahide Castle is included. Unfortunalty Malahide Castle is not wheel chair friendly. This tour starts and ends at Dublin Bus, 59 Upper O'Connell Street. For more information visit www.dublinbus.ie.

Malahide Sea Safari
Sea Safari is a unique Dublin based adventure. Where you are taken on an amazing tour aroung Dublin Bay. Departing from either Malahide Mariane, which is to the north of the city, or from Dublin City Moorings, which is right in the heart of the city. If your lucky the tour will include seals, porpoises and a whole host of bird life such as Cormorants, Gannets, Puffins, Razorbills, Guillemots and many more. Two piece suits and life jackets are provided. All children must be over 8 years old and be accompanied by an adult. All Sea Safari boats are licensed by the Irish Department of the Marine. Groups of up to 40 passengers can be catered for at any one time. For more information visit www.seasafari.ie.

Viking Splash Tours
This is Dublin’s award winning and most exciting tour. See Dublin the fun way in our reconditioned World War 11 vintage amphibious military vehicles. Viking guides will tell you all about the city centre sights. Each tour lasts around 75 minutes (55 minutes on land and 20 minutes in Grand Canal Harbour). For more information visit www.vikingsplashtours.com.

Be Irish For A Day
This is a fun-filled day on traditional family farm suitable for all the family. Ceili dancing, sheepdog demonstration, trip to the bog (peatland) with turf cutting, bread-making, hurling introduction and much more. For more information visit www.causeyexperience.com.