2019/2020 Getaway: Dublin Delight 5 Days/4 Nights
Day 1: Ashling Hotel – Arrival Day
Your adventure will begin when you meet your local host in the lobby of your hotel at 2:00 pm. Your guide will get you started, offering plenty of tips to point you in the right direction and giving you the know-how to maximize your time in the city. You can get around today on Dublin's light rail system using your LUAS ticket.
Day 2: Guinness Storehouse and Independent Exploration
Day 3: Independent Day to Explore Dublin on Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus
Today you will be totally free to explore the city as you wish, using your Hop-On, Hop-Off bus ticket. You will also have a voucher you can use to visit your choice of one of these top attractions:
- Teeling Distillery: Tour one of Dublin's newest distilleries to experience the sights, sounds and smells of whiskey production. Established in 2015, Teeling is located in the Liberties, the historic heart of old Dublin.
- EPIC the Irish Emigration Museum: The world's only fully digital museum, EPIC Ireland tells the story of the 10 million people who emigrated from Ireland over the centuries, and how they changed the world. EPIC was named Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction at the 2019 World Travel Awards.
- GPO Witness History: Dublin's General Post Office played a key role in one of the most pivotal moments of Irish history: the Easter Rising of 1916. The museum in the GPO brings this era to life.
Use your last day of the Hop-On, Hop-Off bus voucher to continue to explore the city as you please.
Day 5: Return Home
Your tour ends after breakfast.
B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner
All components of this tour (hotels, visits and attractions) for 2020 itineraries are subject to change until finalized in September 2019.
The Getaway Experience:
Dublin’s vibrancy is hard to beat, springing from an unparalleled literary legacy that still thrives in this modern, high-tech city. Listen to the buskers on Grafton Street, tour the elegant Georgian townhouses of Dublin, then settle in for a lively chat in a pub made famous by James Joyce.Our Getaway series gives you the freedom of independent travel – but with the bonus of access to the expert knowledge only CIE Tours can provide. We’ll help you get up to speed quickly and hit the city!
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Your Getway includes:
- A local host to act as your private concierge in your hotel on the afternoon of the first day and the morning of the second day, to point you in the right direction and help you plan the rest of your trip.
- Accommodations in a centrally located hotel
- Three days of access to local “Hop-On, Hop-Off” bus tours, bringing you to all the top sites you’ll want to see
- Admission to the Guinness Storehouse, one of Ireland’s most popular attractions
- 1 day LUAS light rail ticket
- Getaway departures available November through March!