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Also, I would welcome pluses and minuses regarding the various walking tours; historical, literary pub crawl, musical pub crawl. We all (Granny and two young adult women) love music, literature and history so that doesn't help much. We will be in Dublin on arrival day and all the next day. Staying at Trinity College.
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First, there was a lot that I liked about the Historical Walking Tour. They are all led by graduates of a history program of one of the universities in Dublin. (Our guide was a graduate of Trinity College.) So you know you are getting some accurate information on your tour and you know that if you ask a question, your guide is going to be able to answer it. Also, our guide was not only knowledgeable, but he was quite entertaining. Even my high school and college-aged children, discount airline fares to israel who normally hate guided tours, enjoyed this one. The group was not large and that was another plus for us. (Note: You probably won't be asked to pay for the tour until about halfway through, which seemed unusual, but kind of nice.) This tour does not have to booked in advance.
Second, the Traditional Musical Pub Crawl is really informative and a LOT of fun. Because we have done it twice, discount airline fares to israel we have been able to see 2 different sets of musicians. While they were each different discount airline fares to israel as regards to instruments they played, songs they sang, etc., I can say that they all were excellent musicians, good storytellers and charming fellows. The tour is a large group, but if you hang out near the musicians as you walk from pub-to-pub, you'll get a chance to chat with them and they are fun guys. A BIG warning here is that you need to book this tour in advance. On both tours we were on, there were a lot of disappointed people who showed up on the night of the tour without a booking and had to be turned away. (They can only take as many as will fit in the various pub rooms.) Also, while you are free to buy drinks at each pub, you are NEVER pressured to do so. As the musicians say, "It's about the music, not about the drink."
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