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By Experience Dublin Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €430 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
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Overview

    • Visit Wilde’s childhood home and the vibrant monuments of Merrion Square.
    • Explore the historic grounds of Trinity College where his genius was born.
    • Tailored storytelling focused on Wilde’s literary works and hidden history.
    • Meet your expert guide with over a decade of guiding experience.

Activity location

    • Dublin
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • American College, 1 Merrion Square N, Dublin 2, D02 NH98, Ireland | Meet at the pavement in front of the Oscar Wilde House
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Oscar Wilde's Dublin - Private Walking Tour with Local Guide

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 14:30
Price details
€430.00 x 1 Traveller€430.00
Total
Price is €430.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Professional Guiding Services
  • Exclusions
    Food/drink/souvenirs
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Experience the wit and world of Oscar Wilde on this premium private walking tour of Dublin. Led by an expert guide with over a decade of professional experience, this bespoke experience is designed for those who seek depth and historical expertise. This is the only Oscar Wilde walking tour of Dublin and offers an intimate look at the life of Ireland’s most famous playwright.

    Your journey begins in the heart of Victorian Dublin, where the 19th-century architecture provides a stunning backdrop to Wilde’s storey. You will visit the landmarks that defined his early years and influenced his rise to fame. Explore the exterior of the Wilde family home on Merrion Square and see the iconic statue of Oscar while your guide reveals stories of his eccentric parents, Sir William and Speranza. Walk the grounds of Trinity College, where Wilde’s academic brilliance first shone, and wander through the elegant squares where he developed the aesthetic sensibilities that defined a generation.

    The tour will discuss Wilde's rise and fall and his literary influences on his contemporaries such as Bram Stoker, William Butler Yeats and George Bernard Shaw.

    This tour is not just a walk; it is an immersive narrative. Whether you are a scholar of The Picture of Dorian Grey or a first-time visitor moved by his plays, your guide will adapt the pace and content to suit you.

    Because every tour is private, you can focus on the specific elements of Wilde’s life that fascinate you most, from his literary masterpieces and aesthetic philosophy to his scandalous trials and enduring legacy.

Location

Activity location

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    • Dublin
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • American College, 1 Merrion Square N, Dublin 2, D02 NH98, Ireland | Meet at the pavement in front of the Oscar Wilde House
    • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland