SANDEMANs NEW Europe - Dublin
SANDEMANs NEW Europe - Dublin
SANDEMANs NEW Europe - Dublin
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We offer a free walking tour, which allows everyone, regardless of their budget to experience Dublin. On this free 2 hour tour we wind down the quiet streets and bound through bustling boulevards, uncovering the hidden sites as well as the famous ones!Information about our start points and times can be found, along with loads more information about our tours and our guides, on our NEW Dublin Tours website.
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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2023
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Gregfrompreston
Preston, UK27 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
Considering it was early January a group of about 20 on a Friday afternoon seemed surprising. Interesting walk round some of the major sites South of the River Liffey. Informative and entertaining commentary from our excellent guide. He clearly knew his history was a bit of a comedian and played the part of a stereotypical hard drinking Irishman. A really good way to start off a long weekend in the city.
Written January 11, 2020
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Zoë H
5 contributions
Mar 2022
My friend and I were new to Dublin and thought we would join a walking hour to get an idea of the sights and history. We were so lucky to get Brian on his first day as a tour guide and he was incredible. He shared some great knowledge about the city and it’s history, and made sure we were all having a good time and a bit of a laugh. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone new to the city - great place to explore and meet new people! We made a friend on our tour who we celebrated St Patrick’s Day with. Highly recommend! Thanks Brian!
Written March 24, 2022
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Neha B
New York City, NY35 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
We did the free walking tour with Brian. He was fantastic. The tour was about 2hr 20 mins. He told us great stories about Ireland, including personal stories and was hilarious with his wordplay. We had great insight into the history of Ireland. He even gave us recommendations for bars, pubs and things to do around Dublin. Overall, it was fantastic!
Written May 31, 2022
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TR1209
Manchester, UK40 contributions
Jan 2020
This tour could have been great as there is so much history to share about Dublin but our tour guide, John, stopped 3 times just to tell us how important it was to tip him at the end and it’s a ‘win-win’ for everyone. We then stopped so he could sell us the Bar Crawl, then stopped for a drink to conveniently find someone there selling tickets to the bar crawl. The whole thing felt very non-genuine. I think out of 90 mins we had 45 of facts. Really disappointing.
Written January 22, 2020
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Hello TR1209,
Thank you for taking the time to review us on TripAdvisor and for joining the tour of Dublin. We really appreciate your feedback as it helps us to continue making improvements and ensure that tours and experiences promoted by SANDEMANs NEW Europe meet the high standards that travellers expect.
We are concerned to learn that your tour with John did not meet your expectations. The Free Tour is described as such because there is no maximum or minimum amount any guest is expected to tip; the idea is that every guest should feel comfortable to tip in such a way that reflects their individual budget and what they thought the tour was worth. Any guest who does not wish to tip may decline to do so, and the guides we work with are aware that pressuring guests to tip goes against the Free Tour philosophy. We are truly sorry if your experience did not reflect that. This is not only detrimental to your enjoyment of the tour, but undoes much of the hard work of ourselves and the other guides we work with to promote the concept of a free tour.
Thank you once again for reviewing us on TripAdvisor and for joining the tour. We hope to see you again soon on other tours, so we may show you that this experience does not reflect the usual standard of service.
Kind regards,
The SANDEMANs Team
Written January 23, 2020
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Sun_Catch
Oxford, UK45 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
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!
Written August 28, 2023
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Chrisavgi T
3 contributions
Jan 2020 • Friends
We had a great time! It was very informative and gave a funny sense of the historical sites of Dublin. The tour guidor, Jason was friendly, approachable. He gave us the motive not only to want to learn more, but also to recommend this tour to our friends.
Written January 20, 2020
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Coraline W
Nechin, Belgium1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Solo
Always enjoy those based on tips guided tours. Stephen has a deep knowledge of his city and is a lot of fun. Makes you wanna spend more time listening to him with his anecdotes, recommandations and interesting stories. Do not hesitate, you won't regret it.
Written June 12, 2023
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MSV
21 contributions
May 2022 • Friends
John was a great walking tour guide. He share plenty of inside stories about Dublin as a city, allowed plenty of time for questions and made sure we all had an enjoyable time. Would definitely recommend you do this tour on your first day in the Dublin to get your bearings!
Written May 27, 2022
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Christina Gesicki
New Jersey6 contributions
Aug 2022 • Friends
We had the best time on the free walking tour of Dublin with Carl. We took the tour early during our trip and joked the rest of the time as we did activities or visited museums that we already knew a lot of the facts from our short time with Carl. He kept it interesting and engaging and we would have spent the entire day with him if we were allowed! The guides work off tips and we ended up doubling what we initially thought we were going to give. 10/10 recommend!!
Written August 28, 2022
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Claire33m
Colchester, UK143 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
We did the free walking tour with Patrick as our guide .
Have done lots of free walking tours before , and this was as good as others .
When we arrived on Saturday , there were about 40 for the English tour, but were split into 2 groups , so 20 was fine.
Patrick was a great guide , very knowledgeable and had a loud voice so could easily be heard.
He told lots of interesting stories and moved the group on at a good pace. Lasted 2hours 20 minutes with a 15 minute break for a drink / coffee in the middle.
Highly recommended!
Have done lots of free walking tours before , and this was as good as others .
When we arrived on Saturday , there were about 40 for the English tour, but were split into 2 groups , so 20 was fine.
Patrick was a great guide , very knowledgeable and had a loud voice so could easily be heard.
He told lots of interesting stories and moved the group on at a good pace. Lasted 2hours 20 minutes with a 15 minute break for a drink / coffee in the middle.
Highly recommended!
Written January 12, 2020
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Ciara S
Sallins, Ireland12 contributions
Hi, for your pub crawl, does the day matter ? Everyone who wants to participate is between the ages of 18-19 but i know copper face jacks has some age restrictions on certain days.
thank you !
Regards ciara
Hello My question is , When will I get my refund for the 3 July 2019 trip to Howth which I my wife and daughter were told not to take part in because the trip would be to strenuous? I have called the office listed in Germany but have not heard back from them: I provided them my email address so I could coordinate therepayment. Please contact me so I could complete the process. Thank you
travel007_8
Charlottesville, VA235 contributions
I had a tour cancelled on me and only received a voucher code to use on a future tour.
Toma Kitsina
Munich, Germany9 contributions
Where to go to experience local life, if not to Temple Bar? Any other recommendations?
Agnes D
Les Sables-d'Olonne, France2 contributions
With the guide you have a great view of Dublin and you can ask him/her these details
BDiaz20182018
Spain23 contributions
Reservamos el tour a través de Civitatis y lo hicimos con Sergio, culto y divertidísimo. Muy recomendable!!!
Alejandro
Vitigudino, Spain
Hicimos el Tour con José Tovar y la verdad que estuvo genial. Muy bien explicado todo y el tour muy interesante y sobre todo ameno y divertido. Un placer la verdad, lo pasamos genial!
Santiago A
2 contributions
El asunto que las dos excursiones que hicimos con sandemans, fueron perfectas, pero sólo pude opinar de José Tovar. Pero me falta Maxi, que nos llevó a Howht, que nos atendió maravillosamente. Graaaaacias sandemans.
Julie L
Ottawa, Canada63 contributions
Hello, Would like to book the 2pm tour in May but need to know where tour ends as we are also interested in the dark side tour which starts at 5pm around the temple bar area. Thanks.
chirpyboi
Sydney, Australia4 contributions
All I can remember is it ended near H&M. Temple Bar is just a short walk away :) It’s about a 2.5hr tour so you’ll have time to get to your other tour
Is it ok to go with children (ages 6 and 11)?
Grace F
Newtown, CT18 contributions
As long as they are good walkers, sure!
Florencia M
Rovaniemi, Finland23 contributions
Hola!!!! Ya he comentado sobre el free tour hecho en Dublin con Maxi, excelente!! Quise volver a comentar sobre el tour de Howth hecho con Sergio y no puedo!!
El tour fue increible, nos toco un super dia y Sergio fue muy copado con todos, amable sobre todo y con mucho conocimiento para compartir!! Graciasss de parte de 3 Argentinos!!!
Esther G
Granada, Spain40 contributions
Excelente tour!!!!
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