scenic drives dublin city

"From Dublin's magnificent southern coastline through the wooded hills of Wicklow. Visit the splendour of the Powerscourt Gardens and the historic monastic site of Glendalough. View the prehistoric Browneshill Dolmen in Carlow and explore the medieval city of Kilkenny."...

These scenic tours are designed to help you get the most from your motoring holiday in Ireland - to show you the most beautiful scenery, and to introduce you to Ireland's many interesting cities and towns.

As all tours are circular you can commence at any point of the given routes. The daily distance covered is shown with each tour, in kilometres and miles (in italics)....

Through the heartland of Ireland, across its beautiful green and rolling countryside, through its attractive small country towns, with a visit to one of the country's most important monastic sites at Clonmacnoise before arriving in Galway - capital of the West....

East Coast Tour

Circular tours - one north, the other south of Dublin.


DAY 1


Northern Tour


306km/190mls


Take the Navan road out of Dublin for Tara - site of a former royal acropolis, situated in an area rich in ancient monuments. Continue north to Navan, Donaghmore and Slane. Visit the Bronze Age cemeteries at Brugh na Boinne, King Williams Glen, Mellifont Abbey and Monasterboice, before heading for Dunleer, Castlebellingha...

Dublin and Wicklow Mountains

177km

One-day scenic tour.

Leave Dublin by the suburb of Rathfarnham, 6km south of the city. The ruined building known as 'The Hell Fire Club' forms a prominent landmark to the summit of Mount Pellet, 6km south of Rathfarnham. Drive via Glencullen, Kilternan and The Scalp into Enniskerry - one of the prettiest villages in Ireland. From here you can visit Powerscourt Estate and Gardens, which include the highest waterfall in these isl...