Private Highlights & Hidden Gems Tour with Skip-the-Line at the Castle

Dublin is a magical place! On this private tour, get ready to discover the best highlights the city has to offer and pay a visit to the historic Dublin Castle to know more about the origins of this fascinating place.
Get ready to experience Dublin the local way. Enjoy the city to the max and hear more about the origin, history, and culture of Dublin. Stroll past the oldest university in Ireland and visit the first purpose-built Parliament House in the world. See and touch Dublin’s history at the General Post Office, where the Irish fought for Home Rule in 1916.
Follow your local host through Dublin’s districts and neighborhoods. Explore the O’Connell Bridge area and its landmarks that reveal the Irish people’s love for ‘craic.’ Stroll through the commemorative Dubh Linn Garden with a Viking past. And step into the birthplace of Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travel. Feeling thirsty? Why not a drink! Take a break at a famous local pub that was once a brothel, and enjoy a cider.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Molly Malone Statue, Suffolk Street, Dublin Ireland

Discover the unofficial anthem of Dublin by the statue of Molly Malone

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: O'Connell Bridge, Dublin Ireland

Cross the bridge which remembers Ireland’s Catholic Emancipator

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: An Post General Post Office, General Post Office O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin D01 F5P2 Ireland

Visit the site of the 1916 Home Rule uprising led by a schoolmaster

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: O'Connell Street, Dublin Ireland

Farewell Letter: Read the farewell letter written by a dying rebel who took part in the Home Rule uprising

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8 Ireland

Visit an ancient Cathedral and see its peculiar hidden gems and a pub nearby that used to be a brothel, and hear the story of Ireland’s first serial murderer

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The 40 Steps, Dublin Ireland

See the birthplace of author Jonathan Swift and discover his satire work on how to solve the problem of poverty

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Dubh Linn Gardens, Dames St Dublin Castle, Dublin Ireland

Tour a garden that commemorates special Irish figures and events. Find the statue of Veronica Guerin and hear about her tragic ending

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Dame St Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 Ireland

On this tour, your entrance is covered! Enter the historic Dublin Castle with your local host and hear fascinating stories about this important landmark

Duration: 40 minutes