Waterford Luxury Tour: Highlights of Crystal Craftsmanship and Kilkenny City Walk

Experience the artistry of Waterford Crystal and explore the historic cities of Waterford and Kilkenny on this luxury tour. Discover the secrets of crystal craftsmanship and immerse yourself in the charm of Kilkenny with a guided walking tour. Explore Ireland’s Ancient East in style!

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Waterford - A visit to the House of Waterford allows you to experience the sheer divinity of fine crystal, as well as the masterful techniques that create such opulent visions of beauty. Nothing compares with the atmosphere of the blowing room, the heady mix of heat, noise, and bustling activity makes this experience even more breath-taking as you edge closer to the 1400c furnace. In front of your eyes, you will see red-hot molten crystal take shape, in a miracle of light, heat, and skill. Our craftsmen are meticulous, and you can watch as they transform glowing balls of molten crystal into elegant shapes with skills that have made two hundred years of perfection visible in every piece. Afterward enjoy a light lunch in a Waterford café or shop the collection in the onsite 12,000 square feet retail store.
  • Kilkenny - Kilkenny the Medieval Capital of Ireland See all Kilkenny has to offer on our private walking tour. From the 13th-century castle, historic laneways, medieval townhouses, and Ireland’s oldest brewery Smithwick’s. Great cafes, bars, and Kilkenny’s famous bar, Kytelers Inn, where Ireland’s only Witch Burning took place in 1324.

Kilkenny Castle stands dramatically on a strategic height that commands a crossing on the River Nore and dominates the ‘High Town’ of Kilkenny City. Over the eight centuries of its existence, many additions and alterations have been made to the fabric of the building, making Kilkenny Castle today a complex structure of various architectural styles.

What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Explore Irish history and traditions on a full-day journey from Dublin to Waterford and Kilkenny. Join your driver/guide and leave Dublin in a luxury vehicle. Experience a panoramic tour of the Viking City of Waterford, followed by a visit to the renowned House of Waterford Crystal. Afterwards, head to Kilkenny for an exclusive walking tour through the center of this medieval city.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Nassau Street
Depart Nassau Street Dublin 2 at 08.00am (Opposite "The Kilkenny" store)
Cancellation Policy

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

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M7623albriand
Sep 18, 2024
The overall experience on this tour was great. I would recommend this activity to anyone travelling to Ireland. - The tour guide and driver were very friendly and knowledgeable about the areas we were visiting. The Waterford tour was very interesting as we were shown the stpes from the beginmnming to the end of the process. The walking tour of Kilkenny was very informative, our walking guide had many stories to share with us. The only downside I experiencedf were some of the other people on the tour not being punctual with the retune times to the bus.
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Tamara_s
Sep 12, 2024
Wonderful Waterford and Kilkenny - Very nice day trip to Waterford and Kilkenny. Both towns were unique. Kilkenny was so charming and still had a small village feel. All guides and drivers were sweet and kept us on time. Thank you
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Madcramer
Aug 22, 2024
Great tour, I would recommend! - I booked this after a previous company had canceled our tour to the same places, but was nervous to book at first because I didn’t see any recent reviews. It was a great tour! My only critique is that there isn’t a specific meet up point listed - just “Nassau St.” The concierge at the hotel my family and I stayed at called the company to ask for a more specific location which ended up being Kilkenny Design on the street. With that being said, get there with time to spare, we left 2 minutes early even with one party missing. We had a black sprinter van which was comfortable, nice, and had AC. There was only 9 people on our tour so it was the perfect size and allowed us to not wait around a lot like we would’ve in a big tour group. We had plenty of time at both locations and enjoyed walking Kilkenny. You don’t get admission into the castle on this tour, so for that, I think the price might be kind of steep, but this was our only option to get those places since the other company canceled on us. Overall, I would recommend it and do it again! Our tour guide “Mick” (sp?) was great - super informative, friendly, and funny!
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Karenbi3755bc
Jul 23, 2024
The best of Ireland - Covered a lot of ground in a few days. Driver and tour guides handled everything. No worries We were able to sit back and enjoy the journey
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John_g
Jun 13, 2024
So much fun.... - Everything was great. We loved Tony, and the fact that we were alone was an added amazing bonus.....
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Amanda_f
Apr 7, 2024
Great trip for the family! - We had a wonderful time on this trip. Our 7 and 10 year olds loved seeing how Waterford crystal is made as we have collected many pieces over the years. We even had 5 minutes to walk down the block to take a quick picture with the viking ship. Lunch at a cafe and the tour of Kilkenny was great! We learned a lot about the towns history. Highly recommend this tour.
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Monika_n
Oct 21, 2023
Wonderful Day trip to Waterford and Killkenny - We loved it!!!!!! The best experience ever we saw Waterford Crystal factory and Medieval town Killkenny , wonderful day trip in Dublin, we were 3 adults and were picked by a gentleman named Ger at our hotel Conrad Dublin , we drove to Waterford first spent a couple of hrs touring the factory and of course shopping followed by a drive to Killkenny town where met another gentleman there for few hrs tours informative and we great lunch at a local pub then back to Dublin we were dropped off at our hotel Conrad We had an a fantastic time !!!! Thanks again Mr Ger for driving us around Wonderful day in Dublin we spent
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Joann_w
Sep 7, 2023
Waterford Factory/Kilkenny tour - Our tour was fantastic! Mick our driver was so much fun! Very friendly and had lots to share. Really enjoyed Joe our Kilkenny tour guide. He was so enthusiastic and loved to share the tells of his beautiful city. All in all, a wonderful tour and day. Would highly recommend.
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Ursulawm4328gx
Jun 11, 2024
Enlightening - Exceptionally interesting. The tour guide was knowledgeable, but sometimes it was difficult to hear him, we were in a 20+ group.
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Marie_p
Oct 4, 2023
Just an ok day, boring at times walking around and not enough time to see anything - The 1 hour tour at Waterford Crystal was memorable. The manufacturer of crystal pieces has many steps to the end products. But there were other museums to see but no time. Luxury tours has the same time constraints as the big bus tours so for me not worth the money. Not enough time to see anything more. My friend and I had to hurry in order to see the Kilkenny Castle that was more interesting the the walking tour.
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