The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Dun Laoghaire, the bucket-list move is Glendalough & Wicklow Mountains: Private Full-Day Tour. Below: 3 bucket-list things to do on a Dun Laoghaire port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Venture into the wild Wicklow Mountains to the glacial valley of Glendalough, where a 6th-century monastic city rises from mirrored lakes. A private guide brings the ancient landscape and Ireland's spiritual heritage to vivid life.
Book itFrom Dublin: Wild Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough Tour$64 per person
Stand before Ireland's greatest treasure — the illuminated Book of Kells — inside the magnificent Long Room of Trinity College Dublin, home to 200,000 ancient texts. With a private guide, the experience transcends a standard visit.
Book itDublin: Fast-Track Book of Kells Ticket & Dublin Castle Tour$92 per person
Explore one of Europe's greatest garden estates — 47 acres of Italianate terraces, Japanese gardens, and sculpted parkland with the Wicklow Mountains as a backdrop — then visit Ireland's highest waterfall, just 6 km away.
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Trace the 265-year story of Arthur Guinness inside the world's most visited beverage experience — a seven-storey atrium built inside the original 1904 fermentation vessel — crowned by a 360° panoramic pour at the Gravity Bar.
Book itDublin: Guinness Storehouse Connoisseur Experience$110 per person
Begin your morning inside the Martello tower where James Joyce opened Ulysses, then walk the legendary East Pier with a literary guide, taking in the harbour, Killiney Bay, and the soul of the Irish Riviera.
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Discover Ireland's seafaring soul inside a magnificent 1837 Mariners' Church, housing the optic from the Baily Lighthouse and artefacts spanning Viking trade routes to Transatlantic crossings — all in a strikingly beautiful space.
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Your day in Dun LaoghaireNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
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Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.