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Howth Day Trip from Dublin
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Howth Day Trip from Dublin

By SANDEMANs NEW Europe - Dublin
Recommended by 96% of travelers
96% of reviewers gave this product a bubble rating of 4 or higher.
About
See the beauty of the Irish countryside without traveling far from Dublin on this small-group walking tour. After taking the train from Dublin city center north to Howth, follow your guide to the historic fishing village’s lighthouse, Martello Tower, and Howth Castle. The tour continues with a walk along the sea cliff and a stop at the boyhood home of Irish poet W. B. Yeats.
Ages 0-99, max of 35 per group
Duration: 6h
Start time: Check availability
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Live guide: English, Spanish
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Highlights
  • Experience the beauty of the Irish countryside town of Howth near Dublin
  • Get up close to nature with six miles of walking, some of it off-path
  • Family-friendly tour with a history angle
  • Stroll along the sea cliffs and visit W. B. Yeats’ boyhood home
  • Local guide
  • Return train tickets
What's not included
  • Food and drinks (on purchase)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meet your group at Barnardo Square, after which you take a short train ride to Howth, a historic fishing village north of Dublin. In Howth, explore the village including its lighthouse, Martello Tower, and Howth Castle (home to a megalithic tomb). The tour continues with a walk along the sea cliff, where guillemots and seals are often spotted. After taking in the dramatic scenery, visit the boyhood home of Irish poet W. B. Yeats. This seaside village is known for its fresh seafood and traditional pubs. The tour includes round-trip train tickets, but you can remain in Howth to explore independently after the walking tour finishes.
Departure details
  • Barnardo Square, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, Ireland Your Day Trip to Howth starts at the Barnardo Square next to City Hall. Look for the SANDEMANs NEW Europe team with a red t-shirt and red umbrella.
Return details
  • Returns to original departure point
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 48580P1
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Children 13 or under are welcome to join the tour for free. You will need to purchase a train ticket for them on the day (€2.75 return)
  • The tour covers approximately 6 miles of walking over a 3-5 hour period, occasionally off path and ascending/descending steep gradients
  • Please ensure that you are wearing suitable footwear (i.e. no heels or flip flops)
  • This tour is not recommended for pushchairs or for those less able to walk unassisted
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 48580P1
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  • V8491XErobertm
    V8491XErobertm
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    Excellent tour to learn about Dublin, thank you so much Leti!!
    Leti did an amazing tour, I went with my family and each one of our family members was thrilled with the experience. Thank you!!
  • Chavichigu
    Chavichigu
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    It was a crack
    John's tour was a crack. Lots of laughs, and interesting facts. Very amusing even our kids enjoyed it.
  • stevecR9001KL
    stevecR9001KL
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    Fantastic Free Tour of Dublin with Leti
    We just finished a fantastic 2.5 hours tour of Dublin with Leti — an amazing tour guide. The tour was both entertaining and interesting spanning 9000 years of history including pivotal events, people and sites. Leti’s storytelling performance was so fun and engaging throughout. You will not want to miss this one.
  • Y5011NTar
    Y5011NTar
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    Walking tour Dublin with Leti
    Great walking tour with Leti as our guide. It was a very funny and interesting tour and a great way to see Dublin.
  • Nic F
    Nic F
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    Good craic
    Great fun and interesting tour with John. Even if the Dublin dew was... a little heavier than ideal. Dublin's past has a lot to cover, and this was a grand introduction.
  • jacquelinehV4944SX
    jacquelinehV4944SX
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    Learn about Irish History.
    I did the 2 hour general Dublin tour. Kevin was great! Very engaging and knew a lot about Dublin. He even showed us about the licenses plates and how those have changed. I would highly recommend this tour!! Thank you.
  • S833MJpamelaw
    S833MJpamelaw
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    LETI is a terrific tour guide!
    I went on the regular Dublin walking tour and our tour guide was LETI. She is an amazing story teller, and with her background in the theater, made the history and the sites come to life. There were over 30 of us from many different countries and she engaged with all of us and made us feel welcomed.
  • kellybF3593TV
    kellybF3593TV
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    Great experience
    Have gone on SANDEMANs tours throughout Europe probably a dozen times or so and each one is as superb as the next! Siomha was my tour guide in Dublin and she did an amazing job. She’s kind, sweet, and funny, and has so much knowledge about the past and present of Ireland. I would recommend a tour with Siomha for everyone any day of the week! You will have a joy of a time, learn a lot, and see some of the great sites of Dublin.
  • liser562
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    Great tour of Dublin!
    John (Spillane) is a very dynamic and knowledgeable guide and is keen to provide as much information as possible about the many places seen. I greatly appreciated the visit with him.
  • Gardener1491
    Gardener1491
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    Fantastic family tour with Leti
    We did the Free Walking Tour and had Leti as our guide. She was very knowledgeable and entertaining! We challenged our 9 and 13 year old to a competition of who could tell us the most facts after the tour and they remembered so much! - thanks to Leti's engaging tour guide skills! We would definitely recommend!
  • Sun_Catch
    Sun_Catch
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    Outstanding free walking tour
    We did our walking tour with Carl who was incredibly engaging. We learned so much about Ireland's and Dublin's history, language, and Culture in the space of three hours, through storytelling and his clever pneumonics. We're really pleased we got Carl as he is extremely knowledgeable and gave out excellent recommendations and was able to answer many of our questions. Top tier tour guide!
  • clairoushbeyyyy
    clairoushbeyyyy
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    Very pleasant tour
    We had a tour wirh Carl and it was a really nice expérience. We learnt a lot of things about the city. I highly recommend
  • Summerbird27
    Summerbird27
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    Great tour with Leti
    We went on the free dublin tour with Leti and it was fantastic! Leti was v entertaining and knowledgeable. Thank you!
  • kentstocken
    kentstocken
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    Great tour of Dublin
    We had a wonderful walking tour with Leti! Great way to get to know Dublin, very entertaining. Highly recommend
  • Treeman147
    Treeman147
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    Sandeman's tour
    Went to Dublin with my couple for three days and getting a tour on the first day was definately the tight thing to do. Kevin was very helpful, informative and fun. We had a great time. 10/10 would recommend.
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Julia R
Vienna, Austria30 contributions
Poor marketing
Nov 2019 • Couples
While doing Dublin tour, we were marketed to buy other tours/tickets for better prices. We fell for that, bought whisky museum tickets (after we learned we saved only €1!), which we could not redeem as the museum was full during the WE (no warning was given ab that, they just wanted to sell tickets).we bought howth tour as we were told we would see things we wouldn't discover ourselves- total bu***. If you go to howth by yourself, you save money, time and energy. We were not even told that we need hiking boots (or smth that can be fully covered in mud). We wasted 1.5 hrs in the beginning for gathering, toilet&shop stops, after we spent 1/2 of the tour in a usual forest walking in mud and only 1/4 walking on cliffs when it was already dark, cold and everybody was tired. A total flop as for organisation and marketing...
Written November 7, 2019
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Hi Julia R, Thank you for sharing your experience with us and for joining the tour in Dublin. We love to hear back from engaged travellers such as yourself, as your feedback helps us to continue making improvements and ensure that tours and experiences promoted by SANDEMANs NEW Europe meet the high standards that travellers expect of us. We are sorry to hear that your expectations were not met on this occasion. Whilst the tour’s route, inclusions and content are listed on our website, the independent guides we work with may alter the tour in order to suit their own style and each group’s dynamic. We feel this adds a personal touch that makes tours promoted by SANDEMANs fresh and unforgettable, but it may also mean that the tour’s stories and sites are not in line with every guests’ preferences which, unfortunately, can be a difficult situation to avoid. While on the whole, the vast majority of guests are extremely satisfied, we do state on our promotional material that all the tours do differentiate from one another due to the individual nature of the guides we work with. However, for this activity in particular, we also state the following: - The tour covers approximately 6 miles of walking over a 3-5 hour period, occasionally off path and ascending/descending steep gradients. Please ensure that you are wearing suitable footwear (ie. no heels or flip flops) and that you have a suitable level of fitness for this type of activity. - Unfortunately this tour is not recommended for pushchairs, for those in wheelchairs or for those less able to walk unassisted. -The tour ends in Howth Village around 3pm, very close to the train station. Guests have open return train tickets and can return to Dublin city center with the guide or stay in Howth at their leisure. We are sorry for the misunderstanding and thank you once again for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We hope this experience will not prevent you from joining us again in the future. All the best, The SANDEMANs Team
Written November 8, 2019
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Roy R
Salome, AZ17 contributions
not an easy hike
Sep 2019
Walk to train was long! train ride was nice. hike was not just a walk it was, for me, an ordeal! I quit the hike about half way thru and got a cab back to train station, had lunch, after recovering. Then walked around fishing village restraunts and saw a nice lite house. Trip, or should I say ordeal guide, was nice but had no idea of distance or difficulty of hike. Overall if you are not in exultant shape and can’t hike about 7 miles, much of it up hill and in the rain, don't go.
Written October 6, 2019
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Mike
18 contributions
Plan to Walk
Sep 2019
First off I need to say Jason our Tour Guide was excellent. The tour was great however the weather the day we went was rainy and foggy so we missed out on seeing a lot. Sandeman's needs to improve how they advertise and sell the tour. First off the pickup location is stupid. Yo meet at City Hall and walk across the city and it is not a short walk. all this to catch a train. They could have you meet at Connely Rail Station. Next, the tour write up said to plan on 6 miles of walking. We walked12.5. It would have been nice to know this in advance.
Written September 23, 2019
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Sarah
2 contributions
Amazing tour!
Jun 2019 • Friends
We had a wonderful tour with Stephen, lots of fun, listening to his stories, perfect weather, amazing views!
Written July 1, 2019
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Jane-Rienecker-1499
9 contributions
Free walking tour
Such an amazing time on this tour! Our guide Adam was extremely knowledgeable, engaging, and also very funny which made the 2.5 hours feel like less. He covered lots of topics, and also gave us some great local recommendations for what to do/where to eat in the city. Thanks for an awesome experience Adam, you're truly great at your (very real and legitimate) job!
Written February 6, 2019
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Marla M
38 contributions
Howth Tour
Oct 2019 • Couples
We happened to do this tour on a day of uncharacteristically heavy rain and cold (it was Oct after all). There were also participants in a race racing up the same narrow path that we were ascending for the first 1/4 of the journey (a rare event our guide had never seen before). Despite this, the tour was more than worth it! The visibility was great and the views were incredible. Our guide, Patrick, was a fantastic guide. He was very knowledgeable with great stories. The first part of the trek is steep and would be difficult for someone with any sort of difficulty walking but it was also very short (10 min tops). Would recommend highly.

I only gave this 4/5 because we were so wet at the end because of the weather. No helping it, it was great overall.
Written October 21, 2019
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Margarita
Sofia, Bulgaria25 contributions
Howth day with Carl
Aug 2019
Howth is a great daytrip from Dublin! Our guide Carl was great! He managed to remember the names of the people in the group although it was a big one (25 people). He told us stories about the lepricons, a wonderful Irish story about Tír na nÓg and one about a female pirate. Carl is a great storyteller and the tales stay with you long after you go home (believe me, I checked all of them so that I can retell the stories to my friends and family).

Howth is a beautiful village, located very close to Dublin and easy to access by train with departures every 30 minutes or so. Offers magnificent views and a great long walk!
Written August 28, 2019
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brendalyngaeta
Fresno, CA11 contributions
Howth Trip
Jul 2019 • Family
The trip to Howth was nice as it is a beautiful place. We rode the train from Dublin to Howth and that was an easy short ride. There was though a one mile walk from the meeting spot to the train station which seemed unnecessary as there was so much walking on the trip. The time in Howth was spent walking through and looking at beautiful scenery. There is a huge amount of fast, up hill walking so be prepared. It wouldn't be a good trip for small children or for anyone that isn't in good shape. I am 59 and walk 3 miles every day and I was almost always far behind from the main group, missing quite a bit of commentary. Our guide's name was I believe John, a big, tall man that walked very quickly. My main suggestion would be to somehow add a bit of time - maybe shorten the walk to the train station and skip the restaurant time. Unless you are in really great shape don't plan on taking many pictures as you will be moving so quickly there isn't a lot of time to look at things or really take pictures.
Written July 23, 2019
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Midwest Sue
Illinois50 contributions
Really Great Tour
May 2019 • Couples
We loved our hiking tour with our guide, Jason. He showed us a lot of very interesting spots, breath taking views and even read a couple famous poems. We ended up with over 24,000 steps on this tour. Would have rather met at the train station rather than walking to the meeting point and backtracking to the train station. Jason did a great job with our diverse group. Lot of fun!
Written May 5, 2019
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Ben F
1 contribution
Brilliant guide for a great tour!
Nov 2018 • Couples
Having already done numerous Sandemans tours through Europe this summer, we had confidence we wouldn't be let down on our trip to Dublin.

As usual, we started with a free walking tour with our guide, Stephen, and were welcomed by a charming, entertaining and informative guide on a great tour, combinging enough information to give you a great overview but not being too long or boring (sometimes we've found walking tours can lose their way if the guide doesn't keep the customers entertained) so i'd definitely say he was up their with the best we've experienced!)

So much so that we booked this Howth tour on Wednesday and again, had a great day trip i'd highly recommend for anyone wanting to get away from the city life of Dublin whilst seeing some great landscapes (definitely preferred doing this over a longwinded 13hr trip to the Cliffs of Moher where you're stuck in a bus for 7-8hrs!).

Thanks for making the trip so memorable and best of luck with your endeavours mate! From Ben & Nofar (if you're ever in the holy land do get in touch!).
Written November 1, 2018
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