🏨 Small-Group Castles and Celtic History Tour from Dublin: Newgrange, Trim Castle Activity

Small-Group Castles and Celtic History Tour from Dublin: Newgrange, Trim Castle

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Dublin, Dublin

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This tour includes your entrance Fee into Newgrange Monument and Bru Na Boinne.

We are the only tour company in Ireland that will visit both the Newgrange Monument and Trim Castle on their day tour... the two most important sites in the Boyne Valley.

We use small minibuses with max capacity of 16 people so you can enjoy the tour better.

This tour is a shared-group experience with fully qualified and enthusiastic guides.

What's Included

Enatrance Fee into Newgrange and Bru Na Boinne

Qualified friendly guide

Transportation in small minibus

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 5 - 12
YOUTH: Age: 13 - 16
ADULT: Age: 17 - 59
SENIOR: Age: 60 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
In case of bad weather, rain gear is recommended
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
The Newgrange monument is closed at the moment due to Covid restrictions. So we cannot enter the monuments but our guide will be able to show you them from the outside.

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
In case of bad weather, rain gear is recommended
Public transportation options are available nearby
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
The Newgrange monument is closed at the moment due to Covid restrictions. So we cannot enter the monuments but our guide will be able to show you them from the outside.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

O'Connell Street

Your tour begins in Dublin city centre, where you will meet your guide and set out through the beautiful Boyne Valley. This is one of Ireland’s most important prehistoric areas and the surrounding landscape is dotted with ancient monuments and castles

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Newgrange

Newgrange is one of Ireland’s most impressive ancient monuments in Ireland and is an UNESCO World Heritage Site, We do try to get you into this site. It is the largest purpose built burial site and place of ancient worship in Ireland. The monument is built so that it is aligned with the winter solstice which was of great importance to the neolithic people in Ireland at the time.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Slane Castle

We have our lunch stop normally in the village of Slane, Famous for Slane Castle. There is a short stop and photo opportunity to view the castle that is still lived in to this day. While you are there, hear how U2 recorded their album 'The Unforgettable Fire' in the castle.

• Admission Ticket Free

Trim Castle

Trim Castle is the largest Norman castle in Europe. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath. One of the new administrative areas of Ireland created by King Henry II of England. It is also where the town of York is portrayed in the movie "Brave Heart".
Here you do a tour of Trim Castle.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Hill of Tara (Temair)

The Hill of Tara is the ancient high seat of the Celtic Kings of Ireland, 142 kings are said to have reigned there in prehistoric and historic times. In ancient Irish religion and mythology Temair was the sacred place of dwelling for the gods, and was the entrance to the other world. It was a very important site to the Celtic people of Ireland as it is where the High King would take his seat and rule over all the other provincial kings. At this site there are many ancient monuments including The Stone Of Destiny (Lia Fáil)

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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