Ireland · BOAT TRIPS IN DUBLIN
Nobody ever has a spare day going free. These 15 boat trips in Dublin earn one, priced and timed so the decision takes a minute rather than an evening.
Review of Dublin’s 45-minute River Liffey cruise, with city landmarks, Docklands history, local guides, practical tips, and value advice.
“The guide and the Boat Captain were very nice and polite. I enjoyed the tour.”
Review of Dublin’s 45-minute River Liffey cruise, with bridge views, local stories, practical tips, pricing, and honest advice.
“It was a rainy day and we can’t see anything at all. Both the rain drop outside the window and moisture inside prevented us from seeing anything.”
Cruise from Howth around Ireland’s Eye for wildlife, sea caves, cliffs, local stories, and a 50-minute taste of Dublin Bay.
“It was great fun and the weather was great, so it was smooth sailing throughout! Guide was great, would highly reccommend!”
Review of Howth Cliff Cruises from Dublin, with lighthouse views, seals, seabirds, practical tips, pricing, access, and weather advice.
“Ireland has an amazing landscape and we really enjoyed the trip”
Cruise Howth’s cliffs and Ireland’s Eye for wildlife, lighthouse views, and live commentary, with practical tips on weather, comfort, and value.
“Not what I thought. When speaking to a representative, I thought we were going to be able to stop at the Emerald eye. This tour is up and down the coast, looking at the cliffs, which is cool.”
Review of Dublin Bay Cruises from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire, with harbor views, practical tips, pricing, weather advice, and DART return details.
“The guide was great 😃 interesting facts and a nice view from the boat. We got off in Dun Laoghaire and really loved that town. The guide also gave us great tips on places we definitely will be visiting.”
Review of Howth’s 45-minute Ireland’s Eye boat tour, with wildlife, cliff views, captain commentary, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“It was a wonderful ride! We were kept safe and it was a great tour.”
See Howth Cliffs, Ireland’s Eye, seals, seabirds, and coastal views on a friendly one-hour boat tour from Dublin.
“Waste of money, got on boat at 3pm waited 10mins for trip to start sailed a few minutes out to the island captain moored for 10 minutes while he told us a Story about history then got told it was too windy to go round the island which he normally does so turned round sailed a few minutrdback to harbour arriving only about 30 mins after setting off definitely does not do what it says on the tin. Complete waste of money. Max 20 minutes of actual boat trip. A complete rip off.”
Review of Howth’s $30 sunset cruise, with views of Ireland’s Eye, live commentary, wildlife sightings, practical tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Fantastic! A beautiful boat trip to see the sunset outside Howth harbour. Wee also saw seabirds and seals. Loved it!”
Review of Dublin’s Grand Canal dinner cruise, with a three-course meal, drinks, canal locks, pricing, timing, and practical booking advice.
“This was far and away the best activity we had in Dublin. And the food! (Best meal as well.) Definitely get the salmon appetizer! I took a chance and ordered the chicken curry. Loved it. So fresh tasting. I would totally recommend the canal dinner cruise.”
Review of the Dublin Bay Cruise from Dun Laoghaire to Howth, with coastal views, seals, practical tips, price advice, and honest drawbacks.
“The weather on the day was fab which made the trip really enjoyable. The bay was littered with sailing boats enjoying the sunshine and fair winds. The trip was smooth sailing and very pleasant. I will do again and I highly recommend locals do this, not just tourists as it's a fantastic way to get to Howth. Beautifully scenic journey. We (group of 4) hopped on the Dart from Howth at the end of the day and made our way back to Dun Laoghaire.”
Cruise from Dublin City to Dun Laoghaire for docklands views, Poolbeg Lighthouse, live commentary, and an easy DART return.
“It was amazing, I enjoyed a lot with my family! The tour was so wonderful and funny!”
Review of Dublin’s Aillwee Cave and Cliffs of Moher tour, with boat cruise, cliff walk, lunch stop, transport, value, and practical tips.
“Excellent, it’s a great way to see some incredible views and and understand a little bit of history if Ireland, the guide Jonathan was great, knows a lot of history and important information regarding the country, thank you so much.”
See Dublin from Dun Laoghaire by rail, then explore Trinity, Temple Bar, Guinness, Phoenix Park, and more by hop-on hop-off bus.
“There was a demonstration on but our driver managed to still give us a great tour.His name is Tyrone and we certainly got our money’s worth.Also we had trouble getting our paid tickets on our phone .We booked on line in Canada and being seniors navigating the internet is difficult but Tyrone was great in helping us .It turn out that Dublin was our favourite city on this cruise .Thank you Tyrone and your great singing voice.”
Review of Dublin’s cruise transfer, DART train, and 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus, with stop-by-stop tips, value advice, and practical drawbacks.
“We were met by the dock and given all the information we needed to take the Dart train to Dublin and back to the dock. Enjoyed our tour very much and appreciated the live commentary and Mark’s singing. Thank you.”
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