Greetings,
My first post here and I appreciate guidance. I will arrive in Dublin early (6 am) on Tuesday, the 26th. I am looking for a suggested tour itinerary starting around 11 am that morning, once I drop my luggage at my Airbnb atThe George Charlotte Quay Doc. I am thinking it would be best to travel across the river and start at the Do Dublin tour office, then head to GPO, then EPIC, 14 Henrietta Street, and the Jamieson Bow Street. I would then head to hotel to sleep. Next day I am thinking of going to the Kilmainham Gaol, Dublinia, Teellings, St. Patricks, Temple Bar area, walk through Trinity, and head back to my room. The next two days I am doing a trip to Belfast and then to Kilkenny Medieval City. I then have May 30th back in Dublin and thought I would then do the Book of Kells, St.Stephens Green, and hopefully stumble across some local shops to buy some treasures. If you were planning for someone, what order of things would you recommend and stops for sustanance along the way. Budget is there, but I am treating myself while I can and head to Scotland then on to the UK proper for a total of 5 weeks.
Posted by
Penzance
69 posts
Scotland then on to the UK proper
Scotland is as much the UK proper as Wales or England or Northern Ireland.
Remember you will need an ETA for whichever part of the UK proper you are visiting.
Posted by
AZ 🌵
3511 posts
Welcome to the Forum.
Where are you arriving from? If from the US, how do you deal with jet lag? I think you are trying to do too much on arrival day and day 2. I agree with touring GPO the day before Kilmainham Gaol; it puts history into perspective. 14 Henrietta is very interesting. You will want to buy a tram pass unless you are going to take taxis/Uber everywhere or walk a lot.
I visited Dublin the end of July 2025 for five days, after four days in Killarney which was after RS South of England tour and days in London. I bought GPO and Henrietta timed tour tickets six to eight weeks prior when they opened. You need to buy Gaol timed tour tickets as soon as they open as they sell out immediately. My friend bought our tickets as soon as they opened for the date we needed. It took her three tries in 15 minutes to get a tour time. Be online DUBLIN TIME.
Other than staying in Trinity College student housing, I didn't visit the other places you listed other than walk through Temple Bar, but visited other museums. I can't imagine going to Belfast as a day trip then to Kilkenny the next. Are these organized day tours so you don't have to deal with transportation? I really enjoyed https://www.dublinpubcrawl.com/ one evening, self order & pay pub stops but no food.