• Private Tour
• Family Friendly
• Instantly Confirmed
• Carbon Neutral

Want to see the best of Dublin? We got you covered. But as you can expect from a Withlocals experience, the real excitement is its hidden gems. Join your favorite local and get a feeling of the city's real vibe on a tour that has it all, so you can say: I experienced the real Dublin!

Destination

Dublin, Ireland

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Română, Español, Português, Français

Included

• Private Guide
• 1 Local Snack or Drink
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 15 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Next to the Molly Malone statue - Dublin to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See from Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Christ Church Cathedral, and other landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots in town so you can get the perfect overview of what makes Dublin so unique

4. Hidden Gems

   Along the way, your local host will show you treasures hidden in plain sight that only the locals know about. Get to know the city through a different perspective, the local way, and discover places and stories that not many tourists experience

5. Magical Storytelling

   Behind every landmark and every stop, there’s a story, and your local host is ready to tell it all. Get ready to listen to incredible stories, one-of-a-kind insights, and fun facts only a knowledgeable local would know!

6. Special Treat

   Follow your host to one of their favorite eateries for a snack or a drink beloved by the locals. Take a break and catch up with your new local friend and get the answers to all your travel questions

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Carolyn

(About local Ruairi)

9 June 2025

We wanted to see some key highlights and also hidden gems. We got them both. So many unknown stories of the city and its people that makes this worth the value. Great stories of Dublin

Eva🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Keelan)

9 June 2025

We had a fantastic walking tour of Dublin — our guide Keelan was incredibly knowledgeable and showed us hidden spots we’d never have found on our own. What made it really special were the personal stories he shared from his parents and grandparents, which gave the city’s history a personal and authentic touch. Highly recommended!

Unknown

(About local Eamon)

31 May 2025

Eamon was so knowledgeable about both past and present Dublin… he was interested in what we were interested in and tailored the tour to suit our preferences. He’s enthusiastic about sharing his city and knowledge—we had such an enjoyable day with him! And he has a beautiful singing voice! What a great day in Dublin!

Jennifer 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eamon)

30 May 2025

Eamon introduced us to Dublin on day one of our arrival. He was informative, funny and extremely helpful getting us set up to enjoy our long weekend in our new favorite city! I would highly recommend a tour with Eamon! Eamon is a great tour guide!

Marianne🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Derek)

29 May 2025

Cesare🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Derek)

28 May 2025

Derek was knowledgeable, thorough interesting to talk to. He was flexible in our and adjusted our itinerary so we could make better use of our time in Dublin.Dunlin

Owen

(About local David)

26 May 2025

David is an amazing, charming, passionate, and charismatic tour guide. I can’t recommend him enough. What a memorable way to get to know the extraordinary history of Dublin. Book a tour with David!The best tour guide ever

Sean

(About local Ruairi)

25 May 2025

We had the best time on our walking tour with Ruairi. We learned about the history of Dublin, saw parts of the city we would have otherwise missed, and laughed at his many stories along the way. It was an afternoon well spent!Fun & Informative Tour

Beth🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ben)

23 May 2025

Ben was such a great tour guide for our first day in Dublin! He was incredibly knowledgeable and catered the tour as we asked questions and showed different interests. The walking video was the best part! I don't know why they don't all do it, but I wouldn't hesitate booking with him again 🍀Totally worth the money!

Peter🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Eamon)

21 May 2025

Laurie🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Brendan )

20 May 2025

Brendan covered the history and politics of Ireland and Dublin in particular. We enjoyed the tour and the atypical wonderful weather. Dublin historic area and beyond

Judi & Jim🇺🇸 United States

(About local Derek)

16 May 2025

Derek knows his Irish history cold, made it relevant and interesting to us. Knowledgeable and Personable

Holly

(About local Ruairi)

12 May 2025

Ruairi was a friendly, knowledgeable and responsive guide for our walking tour of Dublin. He communicated with our group immediately after booking and again prior to our tour with helpful information about the city. He was able to provide historical information and anecdotal stories about the sites and people of Dublin. He introduced us to a local pub owner and a restaurant owner along the way, all with warm smiles and a hearty welcome to their city. He was also kind, respectful of others and fun. We highly recommend Ruairi for your tour!Delightful Walking Tour in Dublin

Alan

(About local Derek)

10 May 2025

My sister, brother-in-law and I enjoyed our three hour Dublin walking tour with Derek immensely. Derek brought the rich history of Dublin and Ireland to life as we visited the many historical sites. We highly recommend this walking tour!Delightful walking tour with Darek

tish🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mydie)

10 May 2025

Every time we visit a new city we start out with a with local tour guide. In Dublin we chose Mydie to be our guide. She did a fantastic job! Being raised and living in the area really brings an insightfulness to the tour that others may lack. She is thorough, passionate, and very friendly. We enjoyed our time very much with Mydie. Thanks Mydie! Great tour with Mydie

Chuck🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ruairi)

9 May 2025

Ruairi was absolutely fantastic! He met us at our hotel and proceeded to give us a tour rich with history, stories, and lots of laughs. Ruairi treated us like long-lost friends and made us feel very welcome. He provided us with a great orientation to Dublin as well as other recommendations for the rest of our trip. We highly recommend Ruairi for a super tour!Fantastic Tour of Dublin

Dirk🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Ruairi)

2 May 2025

We had the most amazing time with Ruairi. A great guide with all the local expertise and knowledge you would expect. This is how you really get access to a city and the stories of the people. Don’t miss!A fantastic experience

Jessica🇺🇸 United States

(About local David)

19 April 2025

David has kissed the Blarney Stone 3 times and has been granted the Gift of Gab! He is so excited and enthusiastic to share his knowledge of Dublin/Ireland. We had a great walking tour with him and learned a lot. Pick him if you want someone full of energy and passionate about sharing stories about his country! The gift of gab!

Ron🇺🇸 United States

(About local Derek)

17 April 2025

Derek, was local, gave us insights into not only the history of Dublin but what it is like living in Dublin today. Great guide, would recommend. Cheers

Donna

(About local Ruairi)

6 April 2025

We had a blast with Ruairi. He knows all of Dublin's secrets and is not afraid to share them in the most entertaining way possible. He's fun, candid and a great guide.Fun tour with fun stories!

Ken🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Mydie)

31 March 2025

Mydie did such a great job of personalizing our Dublin walking tour. She is fun, energetic and informative. Her personality is perfect for this industry. Mydie seemed very knowledgeable and eager to share her vast experience and many humorous anecdotes about the city. Sign me up again with this host the next time I'm back! Ken CDublin with Mydie - 10 hearts!

Unknown

(About local Eamon)

31 March 2025

Eamon did a fantastic job of showing us around Dublin. He was very professional, highly knowledgeable, and continually regaled us with stories of Dublin and Irish history. We had a wonderful time and learned a lot! Would definitely recommend booking with him. Fantastic guide in Dublin

Sama🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

(About local David)

25 March 2025

Highly recommend booking your tour with David. He made history fun and we learned so much!!!! Amazing experience!

Melissa

(About local Ruairi)

12 February 2025

We very much enjoyed the tour with Ruairi! He is friendly, adaptive to customers interests/ages and clearly enjoys what he does….plus his Storytelling is off the charts! Very enjoyable and would recommend Interesting, informative and fun tour

PAIGE🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eamon)

25 January 2025

We had a great time getting to know Dublin with Eamon! It's one thing to read about history and quite another to stand by pillars with chunks knocked out while someone points to the spot in the river from where boats were blasting at them! In addition to history nerdery, we learned about the habits and traditions of Trinity students, the status of seagulls (I would never have guessed they're struggling based on their cheekiness), and where to find traditional music. I would definitely recommend a tour with Eamon.Fantastic intro to Dublin

Richard

(About local Derek)

17 January 2025

Derek was a very friendly and informative guide on Dublin and Irish history.Dublin history

Perrine🇮🇪 Ireland

(About local Mydie)

6 January 2025

We had a great visit with Mydie. It was a great tour which gave a pretty good idea of what’s to see in the city. We learned a lot and truly enjoyed it. I highly recommend it. Mydie is very nice and warm and she clearly loves her city.Great experience

Vanessa🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Ben)

24 December 2024

Our group of 3 had a great tour with Ben in the afternoon. Lots of great stories and interesting history. Lots of suggestions and recommendations shared by Ben which were much appreciated. Loved the video Ben emailed after our tour of us toting around Dublin and information sheet was also great! Would thoroughly recommend touring Dublin with Ben! Thank you so much Dublin with Ben

Bruce

(About local Ruairi)

17 December 2024

Ruairi was outstanding! Knowledgeable, sincere, engaging and entertaining are just a few of the words that come to mind. Well connected too! If you are looking for an exquisite walking tour of Dublin, look no further.Iutstanding Guide and tour

Barbara🇺🇸 United States

(About local Derek)

10 December 2024

Derek is a walking history book. He can also answer any questions about Ireland. Very knowledgeable. We warmed up in a very nice coffee/chocolate boutique coffee restaurant. I only had the morning in Dublin and Derek walked with me everywhere. It was a good experience. Clear and Cold!

Namita🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eamon)

8 December 2024

Clare🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Eamon)

7 December 2024

Eamon was a very good guide. We were able to customise the tour and he was very knowledgeable. I gained a lot of historical context plus a very special tour of a lovely city.Fun and i formative walking your

Kei🇺🇸 United States

(About local Derek)

4 December 2024

Laura🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eamon)

25 November 2024

Eamon brought old Dublin to life with engaging stories of each place we visited.Lovely day

trenn.bot

(About local Brendan )

25 November 2024

Brendan ist ein exzellenter Kenner der irischen Geschichte sowie der Stadt Dublin. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle in welchem Jahrhundert er sich mit seinen Ausführungen befindet - auch die Probleme der Jetzt-Zeit kann er umfänglich kommentieren. Er hat uns die Kälte vergessen lassen ! Für den Preis erwarte ich allerdings Besonderheiten, die eine „private tour“ von einer normalen Gruppenführung abhebt. Gerade die kleine Besucherzahl eröffnet die Möglichkeit, Plätze und Stätten zu besuchen, die es für große Gruppen nicht gibt ( z. B. Kirchtürme, victorian houses, Räume in Trinity College etc.). Auch sollte nicht im Voucher stehen, dass im Preis ein Snack inkludiert ist, der aber nicht angeboten wird. Die Bewertung des Preis-Leistung Verhältnisses fällt nicht ganz so schlecht aus, da Brendans Erzählkunst einiges kompensiert hat.Brendan - ein “Muss” in Dublin

Gena🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mydie)

12 November 2024

Mydie gave us an excellent tour. She was lively and friendly, and she shared a lot of great information with us. She was able to give us historic background and current information as well as personal connections and perspective. I think you’ll enjoy any tour with Mydie.Friendly and Knowledgable

Susan

(About local David)

10 November 2024

Look no further, David is a magnificent guide, We were a group of four -two with walking difficulties. We walked the City while David spoke of the history of the City and Country. He was knowledgeable and fascinating. The time flew by and we learned so much. David was very kind to our slow pace. We felt we made a good friend. He also provided recommendations for restaurants and other sights to explore. I highly recommend David .Terrific tour

Marcel🇩🇪 Germany

(About local David)

10 November 2024

Die Tour mit David hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht und er ist super auf jeden in unserer Gruppe eingegangen. Es war eine tolle Mischung aus Geschichte, Kultur und Stories. Ich kann David nur empfehlen und würde ihn auch jederzeit wieder buchen.sehr authentisch mit vielen lokalen Tipps

Ryan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Eamon)

3 November 2024

What a solid tour Eamon provided our family. He volunteered to meet us at our location to kick off a super informative tour. He was friendly, engaging and entertaining. Showed us some hidden gems indeed and gave us a great feel for life in Dublin. The next day we went back to some of the places he showed us. Great recommendations on the list he provided us as well. I’d send anyone you know that is booking a tour to Eamon. Suoer Informatkve and Friendly

Michael🇦🇺 Australia

(About local David)

29 October 2024

We touched down in Dublin just before lunchtime after 29 hours of travel from Sydney, and our recipe for avoiding jet lag is to stay awake until at least the early evening. We usually achieve with some brisk walking around our destination, which also helps us get our bearings. Since our time in Ireland is not quite as long as we’d like, we decided to kill two (or is it three?) birds with the one stone by taking a guided walking tour on that first afternoon. We chose David from the list of guide profiles as he seemed the best fit for us, and we couldn’t have been happier. David has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Irish history in general and Dublin’s history in particular, which he drew upon (along with songs and anecdotes tailored to our interests) to weave a fascinating story over several hours that went well beyond anything we could have gleaned from our own research. All of this and a solid introduction to the layout of Dublin - and enough walking to keep us awake until a reasonable time!Engaging intro to Dublin and its history

Florestan 🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mydie)

29 October 2024

Mydie took us along on an exiting and highly informative trip across the Center of Dublin. With her as Tourguide we really got a great view not only of the interesting places of Dublin, but also got some insight into everyday life. She herself is an interesting person - who cares for the opinion and perspective of her group. What an informative day!

Carol🇺🇸 United States

(About local David)

28 October 2024

As soon as we flew into Ireland we dropped off our luggage and met David at our hotel. Not only was he extremely knowledgeable but he was also kind. That's a great combination for me! We got a great overview of Dublin and suggestions for next steps in order to enhance our understanding and enjoyment of the Emerald Isle. Thank you, David!Great way to start my trip to Ireland!

Ian🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Mydie)

28 October 2024

Mydie is an excellent guide and took great pride in showing us her city and telling us of its history. The tour was well paced and we went to interesting locations important to Irish history. Mydie provided a great commentary and gave us insights into places to go to further our Irish experience such as good pubs with Irish music. We recommend this tourWell paced and interesting tour

Anita🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Ruairi)

22 October 2024

We had a great and interesting time with Ruairi! Thanks! He adjusted the tour to our needs, but still very interesting and with a lot of funny details and vibes from Dublin! Great experience!

Jesper

(About local David)

15 October 2024

We had a great tour with David who showed us the best of Dublin but not least exhibited energy and charm and strong commitment to the Irish history. We got a deep understanding of the history of the people and the hardships they had to endure, famine, war, uprising etc. At the same time, we shared happy moments and good laughs. One highlight being David’s singing of “The Green Fields of France” in the middle of a busy street. The singing local guide

Peter

(About local Ruairi)

14 October 2024

Ruairi took us on a 3 hrs footwlak through along the highlights of Dublin in the city center and through side-roads you don't see on hopp-on / hopp-off tours. And Ruairi had good storys to tell and he has deep knowledge about the history behind all the buildings we were passing. Although it was our second visit to Dublin this time we learnt much more about Dublin. Thank you Ruairi you did a good job.The secrets of Dublin

Unknown

(About local David)

13 October 2024

David was very nice and very proud of his city Dublin. We spent a few hours and covered a huge swath of his city and learned lots. If you want to get a great overview of Dublin, Dave is your manLots of information

Jill🇺🇸 United States

(About local Derek)

10 October 2024

We had a wonderful experience with Derek! After sharing that we’d been to the city before and were really interested in seeing some truly unique locations, we gave Derek a free pass to take us anywhere he’d like. He did not disappoint. We saw some really interesting spots and learned lots of fun facts that we didn’t know…even about some of the Dublin icons we had visited already. Art, history, food, music, whatever! You name it and he seemed to know a lot of obscure but super interesting trivia! We had a really fun time seeing Derek’s side of Dublin and appreciated the time he spent with us. We definitely recommend spending some time with Derek taking in this lovely, diverse city!Dublin in an Afternoon!

Khloe🇺🇸 United States

(About local David)

6 October 2024

I had an amazing experience with David. He really knows his stuff. I asked for a more feminist history of the town and he showed me some spots that were catered to my interests. We explored a few touristy areas, but David had many stories of specific locations that the average guide probably would not have bought up. David seemed genuinely concerned about making all aspects of my stay in Dublin as safe, comfortable and meaningful as possible. Highly informative and fun

Cheryl

(About local Ruairi)

4 October 2024

Ruairi is the real deal. Knows and loves his city and the many people who know him. He has many amazing stories and made 3 hours disappear. His recommendations of things to do and see lasted well beyond our time with him. Highly recommended Excellent, well informed tour guide