The Legendary Walking Tour of Galway: Explore Legends and Tales in a Medieval City

Embark on the legendary walking tour of Galway and immerse yourself in the captivating tales of pirates, murder, and adventure. Discover the hidden gems of this medieval city and indulge in the local culinary delights. Join us for a personalized and intimate experience like no other!

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lynch’s Castle - We take time to take in this magnificent building with its strange tale of a monkey who came to the rescue of a family facing disaster
What's Included
  • A captivating storytelling experience of the infamous Lynch Family murder
Additional Information

Hi! and welcome to the most friendly city on earth (and that’s official). The ‘Legendary tour’ has been running for over a decade now and has been much praised over the years for going well beyond the historical outline of city. We take you on meandering tour around the backstreets of the fine medieval city with a few stops that relate to more modern times.

The tour focusses of legends rather than just history and will adapt to appeal the personal interests of the participants.

Galway has some fascinating tales that are brought to life through Neil’s storytelling. Who can resist a tales of live, pirates, murder and adventuring in new lands?

We also take great delight in recommending places to eat and drink that we think we will really appeal to you.

You will be part of a group that is never more than 15 people to allow for a more personalised and intimate experience of our city.

We hope that you will have a great time, as thousands have done already,

Location
Galway City Museum
Spanish Parade
We meet on the steps of the Museum entrance. Toilet facilities are available inside. Why not arrive early and explore the FREE museum?
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kristin_h
Aug 30, 2024
Thumbs up! - Guide was very informative and made the content entertaining. There was a lot of information that you couldn’t find online. My husband hates tours but really enjoyed this. I highly recommend.
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Nicki_l
Aug 26, 2024
Galway tour - Great tour, lots of interesting info. Tour guide was funny! Kept it interesting and out of the bad weather.
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Global07852786590
Aug 25, 2024
Beautiful stories from the history of Galway - It was a moody tour of the city. I really liked the stories. Our guide introduced us to Galway very understandably and with commitment.
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654adamv
Aug 23, 2024
Great tour of Galway - Great 90 min tour of the city of Galway by Neil. Interesting insights into the history of the city with some fantastic stories. Nice mix of modern sights and visits to some of the local pubs and their historical tales especially the Kings Head.
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Jordan_c
Aug 22, 2024
So glad we booked the tour - Neil was great and we found the tour very fun and inetesting. We got to learn a lot about Galway in a short tour
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Roising330
Aug 16, 2024
Interesting and entertaining. - Very knowledgeable and interesting tour. The guide was very friendly and funny and gave us a great overview of the city and its history. Definitely worth doing.
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N2241aiandrews
Aug 16, 2024
Great tour - Neil was an awesome guide and was very knowledgeable about the history of the city. Easy walk with an interesting story and got to see some parts of the city we wouldn’t have gone to otherwise.
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Rory_m
Aug 14, 2024
Entertaining and Informational - This tour was amazing. I learned so much in such a short time and had a great time. Our guide was knowledgeable, fun, and took an interest in every member of the group. You simply will not find a better way to explore Galway. I highly recommend this tour!
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Christa_v
Aug 13, 2024
Had the craic - Our tourguide was such a lovely storyteller who made these 90 minutes absolutely worthy. He led us also to the streetcorner, where Ed Sheeran used to busk. :-)
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Tomiwa
Aug 2, 2024
Just do it - Usually I see 5 star reviews on sites and roll my eyes or assume it's bots but I genuinely have to say this was 100 percent worth it and a must do if you come to Galway. My guide showed me so much stuff I'd miss or very local things off the beaten path. Very nice, very knowledgeable. Thank you for the experience.
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