Ireland, from the Cliffs to the last pint.
Which Moher coach leaves Dublin early enough to beat the crowd on the cliff path. Whether the Ring of Kerry survives being done in a day. What a Guinness Storehouse ticket actually gets you. 321 tours, priced and rated.
Moher, the Ring of Kerry, and a pint at the end.
The cliff path, the Kerry loop, the whiskey bond, the keep on the hill. Six Irish days most itineraries are planned around, and the best way to book each one.
Cliffs of Moher: from Dublin, or from Galway?
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From Dublin it is three and a half hours of motorway each way and a very long day for two hours on the cliff. From Galway it is ninety minutes and the Burren comes with it. These three carry the most travellers; the full list splits the rest by where you start the morning.
Moher, the Burren and Galway city
Out past Limerick before the light is properly up, two hours on the cliff path and O’Brien’s Tower, limestone pavement on the way back, an hour in Galway before the run home.
Cliffs and Burren, back for dinner
Ninety minutes down through Clare to the visitor centre, then Doolin and the grey terraces of the Burren, with enough of the evening left for a session in the city.
Inisheer by ferry, cliffs from below
Stone walls and thatch on the way out to Inisheer, then the boat runs along the base of the cliffs on the way back, which is where the 214 metres finally register.
Dublin is small. Its best days are not.
A city you can cross on foot inside an hour, holding a working distillery, a thousand-year-old book, a jail with the whole rebellion in it, and more pubs than any weekend can get through.
Ireland’s best-sellers, from the Cliffs down.
Every review →The tours more travellers take than anything else on the island, and what each one is actually like on the day.
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Dublin to Cliffs of Moher, including Wild Atlantic Way and Galway
Dublin to Cliffs of Moher and Galway in one day, 4G Wi-Fi, fast-track entry, VR Ledge, Burren stop, optional Galway walk.
From · $90
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Cliffs of Moher, Burren & Galway City Day Tour
from $89
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Guinness Storehouse Entry Ticket
from $34
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Dublin to Cliffs of Moher, Burren, Wild Atlantic Way, Galway Tour
from $94
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Kilkenny, Wicklow Mountains & Glendalough Day Tour from Dublin
from $48
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Wicklow Mountains, Glendalough & Kilkenny Tour
from $45
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Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience Dublin
from $26
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Dublin Highlights and Hidden Gems Guided Walking Tour
from $29
Kerry: the Ring, the Gap and the road to Slea Head.
Killarney keeps a national park at the end of its main street and a pony trap waiting at the gate. Beyond it the Ring runs 179 km around Iveragh, and the Dingle road turns west until the next parish is America.
Rain is not a maybe in Ireland. Keep an indoor day ready.
The forecast on the Atlantic coast changes by the hour, and a soft day out west can shut the cliff path altogether. Every good answer is under a roof: a distillery bond, a library that keeps one book, a museum with the emigration in it, and a fire and a fiddle by nine.
Galway, Connemara and the long road up the Wild Atlantic Way.
Galway is two long streets and a hundred sessions. West of it Connemara goes quiet: Kylemore under its mountain, the Twelve Bens, stone walls all the way to Clifden. Off the coast the Aran Islands keep their own hours and their own language.
- 1Galway to Cliffs of Moher, Aillwee Cave & Dunguaire Castle Tourfrom $60
- 2Full-Day Cliffs of Moher & Burren Guided Tourfrom $57
- 3Galway to Inisheer Aran Islands, Cliffs of Moher and Boat Tripfrom $101
What an Irish day out actually costs.
Three price brackets, cheapest first. A good day in Ireland starts around the price of two pints and a taxi.
Walking tours, distillery tastings, cathedral admissions and the ferry out to the islands.
The full-day coaches: Moher and the Burren, the Ring of Kerry, Glendalough and Kilkenny, with somebody else driving.
Private drivers, chauffeured Wild Atlantic days and the small groups that cap at eight seats.
The fiddle, the collie and the pony trap.
Castles and coast roads exist everywhere. A kitchen session in full flight, two dogs working a Kerry hillside and a jarvey with an opinion belong to this island.
The Trad Session
A session is not a concert. Players arrive when they arrive, sit in the corner rather than on a stage, and play tunes at each other until closing. The pub nights built around them get you a seat, a pint and a translation of what just happened. The good ones stop at three rooms and stay long enough in each to hear a set finish.
- 1Dublin Irish House Party Live Show, Dinner Option Available★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 1,246 reviews
- 2The Irish Dance Party in Dublin★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 918 reviews
- 3Music and Dance Show at The Irish House Party★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 744 reviews
The Sheepdog Demo
On hill farms in Wicklow and Kerry the working dogs come out for an hour: a farmer, a whistle and two border collies moving a flock across a field with unnerving accuracy. Most demonstrations sit inside a bigger day out, with tea and brown bread in the farmhouse afterwards and the lambing shed if the season is right.
- 1Kilkenny, Wicklow & Glendalough Tour & Sheepdog Show★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,599 reviews
- 2Glendalough, Wicklow, Kilkenny and Sheepdog demonstration★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 2,215 reviews
- 3Caherconnell Fort & Sheepdog Demonstrations★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 645 reviews
The Jaunting Car
The jarveys have worked the Killarney gates since the Victorians first came for the lakes. A pony, a trap, a driver with a view on everything, and a slow run through the national park to Ross Castle or the mouth of the Gap of Dunloe. It is the least efficient way to see Killarney and the one people describe afterwards.
- 11-Hour Jaunting Car Horse and Carriage Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 361 reviews
- 2Jaunting Car Tour in Killarney National Park★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 153 reviews
- 3Jaunting Car & Lake Cruise Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 129 reviews
The Dublin that only opens once the shops shut.
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Book these before you land in Ireland.
Most of the country can be sorted the night before from a hotel on the quays. These cannot. They run on boat weather, timed slots and a landing licence only a handful of skippers hold.
- 01Ring of Kerry and Skellig Ring Private TourA small number of licensed boats, a season that runs May to September, and Atlantic swell that cancels days at a time.
- 02Dublin Book of Kells, Castle and Molly Malone Statue Guided TourTimed entry at Trinity, and the morning slots in summer are gone weeks ahead.
- 03Guinness Storehouse Entry TicketTimed tickets floor by floor, and the sunset window in the Gravity Bar goes first.
- 04Galway to Inisheer Aran Islands, Cliffs of Moher and Boat TripThe ferries run to tide and weather, the summer sailings fill, and the island beds go before the boats do.
By place — where are you based?
Dublin641 tours
Galway157 tours
Killarney132 tours
Cork100 tours
Wicklow & Glendalough51 tours
Dingle37 tours
Kilkenny27 tours- Every corner of the country →
Dublin, the south, the west: the loop most first trips take.
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