The best way to get around Dublin is to join Dublin guided tours. Dublin bus is a Dublin company offering guided bus tours for tourists, visitors and even locals. There are four guided tours offered by Dublin bus. They each have their own sights to see and things to explore.
Most tourists prefer a guided tour of the place they are visiting. This saves them time in exploring the entire place and saves them the hassle of planning their own trip, browsing on tourist attraction pamphlets, and hiring bus or cars to go around place. With guided tours, you have nothing more to worry about. You just need to join and enjoy.
One of the most preferable ways to tour around Dublin is through land. This is the reason why guided bus tours are very popular among tourists. This is what the Dublin bus specializes in. Tourists can book themselves on the tour prior to the date of the tour or they can just buy ticket from the bus driver. The Dublin Bus office is at 59 Upper O’Connell St., Dublin 1.
Dublin Bus Tours
There are four guided tours available. One is the Dublin City Tour. For as low as € 14 for adults and € 6 for children, tourists can already go around some of Dublin’s major attractions like museums, art galleries, heritage sites and more. This tour operates on a hop on hop off basis. There are 20 stops all along the tour. Participants can join and leave the tour from any of the 20 stops. You can join the tour from 930 am to 630 pm. The tour lasts for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
A longer duration tour is the Dublin Ghost Bus. It is a 2 hour and 15 minutes tour around Dublin’s creepy areas – like the ones said to be haunted. History of Dracula and other creepy creatures and body snatching at the graveyard are also part of the tour. For as low as € 25, you will get a creepy night experience at Dublin. Children are not allowed on this tour. Fainthearted ones are also not advised to join.
You can also join the North Coast & Garden tour. One of the highlights of the tour is the historical and stunning Malahide Castle. This is a 3 hour tour passing through Portmarnock, Howth, Clontarf, and North Bull Island. Adults pay € 22 while children from 5-14 years old pay € 12.
There is also the South Coast Tour. This is a 4 hours and 30 minutes tour passing through Dun Laoghaire, Sandycove, Dalkey, Enniskerry, Powerscourt and Bray. The Powerscourt Garden is one of the major attractions of the tour. Adults pay €25 while children pay €12.
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