Historic Northside Walking Tour in Dublin

This unusual and memorable tour will visit places visitors to Dublin rarely see. From the historic Temple Bar, across the River Liffey, and over the famous Ha'penny Bridge, you will encounter several things. Such delights include panoramic views of the former medieval city, a humorous representation of DaVinci's Last Supper, a curious building advertising the use of soap, and the splendid classical pile of the Four Courts. Discover mummies in the macabre crypts of a former Viking church and pass through a Victorian food market, before descending underground again to the Chapter House of a medieval abbey.

This tour will bring you to places the visitor to Dublin rarely sees. The early part of the tour goes through the east end of the buzzing, yet historic Temple Bar district, the 17th and 18th century docklands area, and now Dublin's Left Bank and cultural quarter. The walk will then take you over the famous Ha'penny Bridge and along the gracious boardwalk, to enjoy the tidal waters of the River Liffey, where the Norse longboats sailed up over 1,000 years ago to capture the early Christian village of Dublin.

They went on to build what was to become one of the most important trading towns in the Viking world. In the so-called Italian Quarter, a surprise awaits in the form of an extraordinary contemporary wall-mounted depiction, based on Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. View ceramic sculptures depicting the uses of soap on an Italian-styled building dating from 1901. This walk will bring you by the river, where you will arrive in front of the massive Georgian pile of the Four Courts. This is the site of the country's highest courts of law and forever associated with the start of Ireland's Civil War in 1922.

Skirting by the premises of the Old Jameson Whiskey Distillery, we visit St. Michan's Church, which was first founded by the Vikings around 1030. For 600 years it was the only parish church on the north side of the city. In the crypt of the church you will enjoy the macabre experience of seeing mummified remains of centuries-old burials. Taking a shortcut through the Victorian Fruit & Vegetable Market building, you will next arrive to an underground vestige of the Middle Ages, the Chapter House of St. Mary's Abbey. After a brief stopover here, the tour will head to the final stop at a remarkable transformation from a church to a café-bar.

All of the guides are enthusiast of their native city and have been trained by a group of specialists. This tour will captivate the listener with vivid, engaging, and often amusing stories of Dublin City. Both old and new guides are guaranteed to make your city tour a memorable experience.

Note: Internal visits to Dublin Castle, the cathedrals and museums may be individually undertaken when tours end.

This tour does not offer hotel pick-up & drop-offs. Rates are in US dollars and include all sales tax. Please reserve online or call 888-217-2297 for reservations or more information.