How to Discover Dublin’s Top Sights for FREE!
When I first read about the free walking tours that SANDEMANs NewEurope offers, I was a little apprehensive.
My first thought was “How good could a FREE tour actually be?”. It was just one of those offers that simply sounded too good to be true. To our surprise, the SANDEMANs New Dublin tour was worth every minute of the almost four hours that we spent scouring through some of Dublin’s most famous sights.
Where it Starts:
Between Dublin Castle and City Hall on Dame Street [Map]. Just be sure to look out for the tour guides in the RED shirts.
Meeting Times:
11AM and 1PM
What you’ll see:
Dublin Castle, Dubh Linn, Dublin’s Medieval Walls, Viking Remains, Norman Dublin, Georgian Dublin, Christ Church Cathedral, Adam and Eve Church, The National Library, Famous Writers, Temple Bar, U2- Origins of the rock legend, Ha’Penny Bridge, Spire of Dublin, City Hall, Trinity College, Leinster House, Chester Beatty Library, St. Stephen’s Green, 1916 Easter Rising and more!
Cost:
FREE! Although, if you truly enjoyed this tour (which I guarantee you will), then be sure to tip your guide what ever you can afford to. These guides rely on their tips. In our personal experience, our guide was excellent and we loved the fact that he intertwined humor into the tour which made the history a bit more interesting.
The SANDEMANs New Dublin Tour is described as “A FREE 3 hour tour we wind down the quiet streets and bound through bustling boulevards, uncovering the hidden sites as well as the famous ones.” and in my opinion, it was that and more!
Don’t forget to check out my article titled: 7 Great Things to See and Do While in Dublin
Sandeman runs free tours in Israel, too. I took the one in Jerusalem but didn't actually enjoy it. They spent most of the tour trying to sell us a different tour. I definitely think it depends on the guide whether or not it's good.
In Spain I did a lot of free walking tours in almost all the major cities but they usually weren't branded with a company like Sandeman. More often than not they were independent ex-pats who just set up their own tour and advertised it among the hostels. I really liked that arrangement and they were usually brutally honest tours.
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Yeah I noticed that they also do tours in Israel. Interesting to find that you didn't enjoy it though. Our guide was excellent and funny as well. It made our tour so much more interesting. We weren't offered any other paid tours by any means. Must be the guide that you had.
Walking tours are great! I highly recommend them. Thanks for chipping in.