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Take
one of the bus tours on offer around the city. A hop-on hop-off tour is
probably the best way to discover Dublin in no time. As you can get on
and off the bus at your convenience and your ticket is valid all day,
it is a good idea to take the whole guided tour at first to get a good
overview, and then start hopping on and off as you wish to visit a
monument or just for a walk in the busy streets. A number of bus
companies operate such tours, you can join |
at any of the designated 16
designated stops and buy your ticket on board.
A variety of tours are also available from Dublin Bus (call 872 0000
for information or visit www.dublinbus.ie) which will take you along
the South Coast or to a Coast & Castles Tour.
Aran Tours (call 280 1899 for information or visit
www.wildcoachtours.ie) runs wild coach tours to Powerscourt or Wicklow.
As Dublin is an easy city to visit walking, you could also enjoy a
walking tour of the city, with a variety of themes such as the 1916
Easter Rising (call 676 2493 for information or visit
www.1916rising.com), a literary pub crawl (call 454 0228 for
information or visit www.dublinpubcrawl.com) or even a musical pub
crawl (call 478 0191 for information or visit www.musicalpubcrawl.com).
Many more tours are on offer, amongst them the Viking Splash Tours
(call 707 6000 for information or visit www.vikingsplashtours.com) is a
fun ride on an amphibious boat-bus which will take you right into the
river, the Dublin music. At St Stephen’s Green you can pick up a horse
and carriage which will drive you around the city for 30mn, driver and
comments included.
A number of festivals take place in Dublin along the year :
March 17 St Patricks Day (call 676 3205 for information or visit
www.stpatricksday.ie) June 16 Bloomsday (in the memory of acclaimed
writer James Joyce)
Autumn Dublin Theatre Festival (call 677 8439 for information or visit
www.eircomtheatrefestival.com)
October 9 Dublin Fringe Festival (call 872 9016 for information or
visit www.fringefestival.com) |
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