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Walk Dublin’s Medieval Walls Viking History and Local Stories

By Exploro - Dublin
Price is €8 per adult
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Features

  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

This 18-stops self-guided audio tour takes you through the medieval Dublin, following the original Viking settlement and the 13th-century Norman city walls.

You’ll start at Dublin Castle and trace the footprint of the old walled city. Along the way, you’ll visit key landmarks like St. Audoen’s Church, the only remaining medieval parish church in Dublin, and Christchurch Cathedral, built on the site of an earlier Viking church. Also walk through Temple Bar, discovering its history long before it became Dublin’s cultural quarter.

Highlights include:

Dublin Castle and the medieval power centre
Original sections of the Norman city walls
St. Audoen’s Church and medieval streets
Christchurch Cathedral and Viking origins
Temple Bar’s historic streets
The River Liffey and the Poddle meeting point
The Ha’penny Bridge

How it works:

Download the tour app (free, iOS and Android)
Follow the GPS map and listen as you walk
Pause, rewind, revisit anytime

No guide to wait for. No group to follow.

Activity location

  • City Hall
    • Dame Street
    • D02 DF20, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • City Hall
    • Dame Street
    • D02 DF20, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

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Walk Dublin’s Medieval Walls Viking History and Local Stories

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€7.50 x 1 Adult€7.50
Total
Price is €7.50

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Easy to use app
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Ben will guide you through an audio guide (no computer-generated voice!)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Unlimited access to this Self-Guided Tour on the Exploro app
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Compatible with both iOS and Android
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local expert curated itinerary with hidden stories and highlights
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexible: start, pause, or resume anytime at your own pace
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Interactive map with GPS navigation, directions, and marked stops
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Audio guide, pictures, recommendations and all the info you need
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    In-person Guide

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • 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).

Activity itinerary

City Hall

  • 5m
Its history begins with its construction between 1769 and 1779 as the Royal Exchange.

One Le Pole Square

  • 5m
On the wall to our right is an impression of the oldest known map of Dublin.

St. Audoen's Park

  • 5m
Find a good spot and listen to the storey.

Isolde's Tower

  • 5m
Taking a moment to stop and peer in and down, you will make out the shape that is the remnants of a stone tower.

Temple Bar

  • 5m
This famous and popular district is best summarised in the three words from the Irish language; ceol, ól and craic – meaning music, drink and fun.

Ha'penny Bridge

  • 5m
Well, that’s it! We have completed our tour of Medieval Dublin.

Location

Activity location

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    City Hall
    • Dame Street
    • D02 DF20, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    City Hall
    • Dame Street
    • D02 DF20, Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

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