Dublin to Glendalough: Half Day Tour through Wicklow Mountains

Discover Wicklow’s beauty on a half-day tour from Dublin. Explore Glendalough’s lakes, forests, and monastic ruins. Perfect for nature and history lovers.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Paddywagon Tours - We begin with an introduction to Dublin City after which we leave the city behind and head south towards the Wicklow Mountains. Meet your fellow travelers for a great trip to the “Garden of Ireland.”
  • Wicklow Mountains National Park - As we leave the city we pass by Sugar Loaf mountain and descend through Ireland’s highest…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • On-board WiFi
  • Driver/guide
  • USB points at every seat
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Surcharges on fuel
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
  • Food and Drinks
Additional Information

Our journey embarks with a primer on Dublin City, before steering south to the County Wicklow, fondly known as the ‘Garden of Ireland’. Its stunning lakes, thick forests, and charming streams make the drive scenic and provides a quiet escape from the bustling city. Witness landscapes popularized by movies like Braveheart and P.S. I Love You. We traverse…

Location
34 O'Connell Street Lower
O'Connell Street Lower
Meet at Paddywagon Office at The Spire - 34 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Karla_h
Oct 10, 2024
Wonderful Wicklow Mountains - Our driver and tour guide, Shay, was awesome! The Wicklow Mountains area is beautiful and even with the rain we really enjoyed it. Paddywagon tours never disappoint!
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Philip_w
Oct 8, 2024
Was great Aaron was great . Would highly recommend - Most beautiful country . Tour guide Aaron was excellent and very knowledgeable. One of the best tours we have taken .
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Beverley_m
Oct 4, 2024
Fabulous Scenic Trip - The driver was great and gave us lots of information about the area and history. The trip was so beautiful as you can see by the photos. In fact we wished we’d booked the full day tour. We were lucky as the weather was just perfect and the Autumn colours added even more beauty to an outstanding place. 😍❤️
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James_a
Oct 3, 2024
Worth the time and money - Great hike and wonderful history about this part of Ireland 🇮🇪 glenderogh lakes were amazing mt lakes and the waterfalls cascading.
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Susan_n
Sep 28, 2024
Great Tour! - We just did this tour yesterday and it was wonderful! Our driver was friendly, funny and could really navigate that huge bus! We had enough time to walk to the upper & lower lakes and explore the monastery. Nice that it was only a half day yet didn't feel too rushed. Note - if you stop for coffee or a sandwich in between the lakes, it will eat up valuable time as we had 2 hours to see everything but very doable if you don't linger too long. Great way to see that area very efficiently.
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Fumanchu1
Sep 26, 2024
Fantastic trip to nice wild nature of Ireland. Fantastic and skilful driver Liam. - Fantastic trip to the nature of Ireland. Visited with paddywagons and driver Liam the Wicklow upper & lower lake and an very old more as 800 year ( the remains) church. Nicely picked up at the given spot and brought home safely. An enthusiastic driver- guide Liam who gives nice information during the trip to the Wicklow mountains. And answer all questions.
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Laurie_j
Sep 26, 2024
Stunning! - Absolutely gorgeous trip, and highly recommend! Our guide, Liam, was wonderful! He was a an amazing driver navigating the city and curvy roads with caution and ease. He offered interesting historical facts and stories. The trip itself offered so many gorgeous views and left me wanting to see more! I am considering doing it again because I loved it so much!
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Alison_a
Sep 25, 2024
A fabulous 5 hours - The coach was luxurious and well appointed, with a chatty and helpful driver We arrived in excellent time to beautiful scenery. The icing on the cake were the exceptionally tame deer. I can’t believe how close they came to us
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Donald_f
Sep 27, 2024
despite fully cloudy sky was worth the time and money - very good 1/2 day. despite fully cloudy sky was worth the time and money. Some blue sky and sun would have enhanced the area/sites beauty.
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Leeza_f
Oct 2, 2024
Would not give us refund when we said we had covid! - The company (Paddywagon Tours) does not care about its customers. My Mom and i were signed up for a tour. Mom was not feeling well and we had to leave Dublin a day earlier to return home. The company woyld not refund us. Guess what? We both have covid!!!!! The entire bus wohld have been made sick. And when i explained that the reason for a request in less than 24h was health condition, neither Viator nor Paddywagon did absolutely nothing. I used to book a lot woth Viator - this was my last booking with them. Way to lose customers!
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).