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Dublin & Wicklow Mountains: 6 Pub Tour with Irish Music

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Six pubs, one day, and the scenery that makes Ireland worth the trip

You visit six traditional pubs across the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains, with dinner at a historic hunting lodge and live Irish music at the final stop. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and the small group size means you have time to talk to locals and other travelers instead of rushing through. The whole day takes place in the countryside, so you get the scenery without arranging your own transport or timing.

Step-by-step itinerary

Travel over Dublin Mountains
Visit 2 rural pubs
Enjoy views and Guinness
Visit Johnnie Fox's Pub
Travel into Wicklow Mountains
Visit local pub in Roundwood
Enjoy scenic travel through Wicklow
Have a delicious meal at hunting lodge
Visit 2 more pubs
Chat with locals in country pub
Enjoy live traditional Irish music

The Experience

I didn't expect the mountains to start so close to the city. The drive out of Dublin shifts almost immediately—the urban sprawl gives way to green slopes, and you realize you've left something behind without quite noticing when. The tour picks you up from the city centre and heads first into the Dublin Mountains, stopping at two pubs that feel nothing like what you'd find on Temple Bar. These are the places locals actually go, where the bartender knows regulars by name and the Guinness tastes like it's supposed to. The group stays small—never more than 15 people—so there's room to breathe, to talk to other travelers or just sit with your drink and watch the light change on the hills.

Then comes the real shift: the drive into Wicklow proper. Wicklow Mountains rise around you in a way that catches you off guard if you've only seen Ireland in postcards. The itinerary takes you to four more pubs scattered through the region, each one chosen for something specific—a view, the music, the food, the people. Midway through, there's dinner at an old hunting lodge, home-cooked and solid, the kind of meal that tastes better when you're hungry and surrounded by countryside. After that, two more stops, and the final one is always the music pub. It's not a performance for tourists; it's the kind of session where musicians show up and play because that's what happens on certain nights, and you're just there to listen and drink alongside whoever else wandered in.

The whole day moves at a pace that lets you actually talk to people—the other guests, the pub owners, locals who drift in and out. You're not rushing between photo stops or checking boxes on a list. The air-conditioned vehicle handles the driving, which matters more than it sounds when you're moving between six different places and the roads get narrower as you climb. By the time you head back to Dublin in the evening, you've seen the part of Ireland that doesn't make it into the guidebooks, tasted it, and heard it in a room full of people playing music because they want to.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off from Dublin city centre, a fully guided tour in an air-conditioned vehicle, visits to six traditional rural pubs across the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains, a home-cooked dinner at a historic hunting lodge, and live traditional Irish music at the final pub stop.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Rural Pub Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the Irish countryside and experience real pub culture without renting a car or planning six different stops—the small group and fixed itinerary handle all of that, leaving you free to enjoy the scenery and the people.