Day trips from Dublin: 7 epic adventures

Some day trips repay the early train. Plenty don't. These 7 day trips from Dublin are the ones that earn the hours, and each comes with an honest note on what you're really getting.

Book a TripCliffs of Moher★ 4.9214 metres of vertical Atlantic cliff, and the reason most people rent a car in Ireland. Directions
Book a TripGame of Thrones Studio Tour★ 4.8 · From €28The only official Game of Thrones studio tour in the world, at Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge where much of it was actually filmed. Directions
Book a TripGame of Thrones Winterfell Filming Locations★ 4.8 · From €79Not the studio: the real places. A hike through Tollymore Forest where the direwolves were found, Castle Ward standing in for Winterfell, and Inch Abbey. They hand out Stark cloaks and swords for the photos, which is exactly as… Directions
Book a TripGiants Causeway★ 4.740,000 basalt columns packed into the Antrim coast like something machined rather than cooled. Directions
Howth Cliff Walk★ 4.9A fishing village at the end of the DART line with a looped cliff path above the sea, seals in the harbour and the best fish and chips near Dublin. Directions
Titanic Belfast★ 4.5Built on the exact slipway where Titanic was launched, and the best museum of its kind anywhere: not a room of relics but the story of the yard, the city and the men who built her. Directions
Book a TripWicklow Mountains & Glendalough★ 4.8 · From €55The mountains start twenty minutes from Dublin and almost nobody realises. Directions

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