HistoryTrinity College & Book of Kells
The Long Room alone is worth the flight.
75 min
💷 ~£20
5 min from last stop
🕘 09:30–17:00
Dublin 🇮🇪 · Saturday 10 October
10h 25m
Time on the ground
In the city from 08:25 until you head back at 18:50 — after passport control, transfers, 90 min at the airport and a 20 min safety buffer.
- Flying
- 2h 40m
- Airports & transfers
- 3h 10m
- Yours to use
- 10h 25m
- Flights indicative fare£95
- Transport estimate£19
- Food estimate£29
- Activities estimate£46
Estimated total£189
DayGo score
9/10
Time there, travel, pace and buffer combined.
- Departs
- 06:15 LHR
- Arrives
- 07:35 DUB
- Return departs
- 21:10 DUB
- Return arrives
- 22:30 LHR
- Total journey
- 3h 40m
- Time at destination
- 10h 25m
How extreme are you?
Saturday 10 October
Your day
3h 40m unplanned
- Flight
- Transport
- Activity
- Food
- Free time
London Heathrow → Dublin
Aer Lingus · 80 min · lands 07:35 local
Flight1h 20mDublin Airport → City Centre
Dublin Express · 30 min · Zone 2 (T1) / Zone 20 (T2)
Transport30 minBreakfast
Somewhere nearby · ~£9
Food40 min· ~£9· 5 min walkTrinity College & Book of Kells
History · 75 min · £20
Activity1h 15m· ~£20· 5 min walkGuinness Storehouse
Entertainment · 120 min · £26
Activity2h· ~£26· 25 min walkLunch
Somewhere nearby · ~£20
Food1h· ~£20· 5 min walkTemple Bar & Ha'penny Bridge
Sightseeing · 60 min · free
Activity1h· Free· 10 min walkCoffee & explore
Unplanned time — wander, or add another stop
Free time3h 40mCity Centre → Dublin Airport
Dublin Express · 30 min · from O'Connell Street
Transport30 minDublin → London Heathrow
British Airways · 80 min · lands 22:30 UK
Flight1h 20mHome
Same day. Told you.
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Flights
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Things to do · 3h 40m left to fill
Activities that fit
HistoryEntertainmentGuinness Storehouse
Seven floors, one very good pint at the top.
120 min
💷 ~£26
25 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–18:00
SightseeingTemple Bar & Ha'penny Bridge
Cobbles, buskers and the bridge from the postcard.
60 min
💷 Free
10 min from last stop
🕘 Always open
NatureHowth cliff walk
DART to the coast for a proper cliff loop and fish & chips.
180 min
💷 ~£7
30 min from last stop
🕘 Daylight hours
CultureNational Museum (Archaeology)
Bog bodies and Celtic gold. Free.
75 min
💷 Free
10 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–17:00, closed Mon
ShoppingGrafton Street & Powerscourt Centre
Dublin's main shopping street plus Irish designers in a Georgian townhouse.
150 min
💷 Free
5 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–19:00
ShoppingCreative Quarter boutiques
South William St & Drury St: Irish crafts, knitwear and vintage.
90 min
💷 Free
10 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–18:00
EducationalEPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Interactive story of 10 million people who left Ireland.
105 min
💷 ~£25
20 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–18:45
EducationalNatural History Museum ('Dead Zoo')
Victorian cabinet of curiosities, free entry.
60 min
💷 Free
10 min from last stop
🕘 10:00–17:00, closed Mon
Destination weather
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Staying connected
Data for the day
Your UK plan
Ireland is in the EU, and some UK networks still roam here free — but many now charge a daily fee. Worth a quick check of your plan.
Travel eSIM · from ~£3
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