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Dublin Freedom Ticket: 72h Unlimited Transport & Hop-on Hop-off

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Duration1h

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One pass covers the buses, trams and sightseeing you'd book separately

You get three days of unlimited buses, trams and trains across Dublin, plus a 48-hour hop-on hop-off tour with audio commentary covering Trinity, Guinness and Jameson. Entry to the Little Museum of Dublin is included, and you can start the pass whenever you first use it, so there's no rush on arrival day.

Step-by-step itinerary

Activate Dublin Freedom Ticket
Use unlimited public transport
Hop on DoDublin sightseeing bus
Visit Trinity College
Tour Guinness Storehouse
Explore Jameson Distillery Bow St
Enter Little Museum of Dublin

The Experience

The red double-decker bus pulls up to the curb on O'Connell Street, and you step on without a ticket line. That's the Dublin Freedom Ticket in motion — 72 hours of unlimited travel across every Dublin bus, the Luas tram system, and the DART commuter rail, all bundled with a 48-hour hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour. You're not locked into a guide's schedule or a fixed route. You move when you want, stop when something catches your eye, and the pass covers it all.

The hop-on hop-off bus itself runs a loop through the main attractions — Trinity College, the Guinness Storehouse, Jameson Distillery at Bow Street — and the onboard audio commentary fills in the gaps as you roll past. But the real freedom is what happens between stops. Hop off at Smithfield, take the Luas tram south toward the Docklands, catch a Dublin Bus heading toward the coast. The ticket doesn't care which direction you go. You're not paying per journey; you're paying for three days of movement, and that changes how you explore. You linger at a café instead of rushing to the next tour meeting point. You follow a street that looks interesting without checking a map first.

Included in the ticket is entry to the Little Museum of Dublin, a guided tour through a Georgian townhouse on St. Stephen's Green that walks you through the city's transformation over the last century — from Queen Victoria's visit to the rise of U2. It's the kind of place that feels like a local secret, tucked into a building that could be anyone's home, and the tour itself is sharp and specific, not a generic rundown. You get a real sense of what Dublin has actually been through, not just what it looks like now.

The pass works on your phone or as a physical card, and you activate it the first time you use it. That means you can buy it now and start it whenever you land, which takes the pressure off the arrival day. The DART gets you to the coast at Howth or Dun Laoghaire in under an hour if you want to escape the city center. The buses go everywhere — you're not stuck in a tourist loop. And because it's valid for 72 hours from first use, not from purchase, you're not burning hours while you sleep or settle in.

What’s included

Your 72-hour pass includes unlimited travel on Dublin Bus, the Luas tram system, and the DART commuter rail across the Greater Dublin Area.
You also get a 48-hour hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tour with onboard audio commentary covering major attractions like Trinity College, the Guinness Storehouse and Jameson Distillery.
Entry to the Little Museum of Dublin, including a guided tour through the Georgian townhouse on St.
Stephen's Green, is included.
The pass is valid from the moment you first use it, so you control when the 72 hours begin.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by DoDublin Tours

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want to move around Dublin without buying individual tickets or committing to a fixed tour schedule. The 72-hour window gives you time to explore at your own pace, and the hop-on hop-off bus covers the main landmarks if you want structure — but you're free to skip it and just use the buses and trams to get where you actually want to go.