Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comThe Wild Wicklow Tour including Glendalough from Dublin
based on 67 reviews
Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Product code: 2548WW
67 reviews of The Wild Wicklow Tour including Glendalough from Dublin
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This was very overbooked. It took a hour to get out of town because of delays. The right foot did not know what the left foot was doing - it was total confusion. It was not good for booking online and I paid in fulll. Take care of your customers. We might have missed the worse of the rain had we not been messing around and getting organized. We paid for that, not the tour.
Reviewed by: Caroline I, United States of America, May 2009
Glendalough was great history. I was disappointed in the Avoca stop, just a gift shop available in Dublin...more local woolen mills would have been more interesting. Also nothing was around the lunch stop, which was OK. The guide was nice, but lots of time wasted looking for people that never showed up.
Reviewed by: Dara B, United States of America, April 2009
If you have the time, it's a pretty tour and you see incredible countryside, plus our tour guide was pretty funny. Other side is that everywhere you go there are always a few other buses on the exact same tour, and it was not the small, more private bus as had been advertised.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, December 2008
Day started with confusion over pick up. Viator voucher gave several pick up points, but unaware to us we had been allocated to a pick up point by the tour operator. Result, frantic phone calls and almost missed the coach. Also, there seemed to be a couple of unnecessary stops which cut down the time we had at Avoca Weavers and Glendalough. It all seemed a tad amateurish.
Reviewed by: Stan C, United Kingdom, September 2008
Avoca Handweavers, was just a visit to the shop, we didn't get to see anyone weaving. The authentic Irish pub was expensive and the food was only average. The guided tour of Glendalough was a 5 minute talk at the entrance about the places we needed to see there and an admonishment to be back at the coach in an hour and a half. In the driver's defense, it was raining.
Reviewed by: Emily R, United States of America, May 2008
Bus was full sized, not the small minibus that I was expecting. Also, our bus was new and had no identification. We missed it at our hotel pickup site and had to take a taxi to another hotel for pickup.
Reviewed by: Charles B, United States of America, March 2008
After the tour, we spoke to local people who were amazed that the guide had not pointed out the meeting of the rivers at Avoca and that we hadn't visited the Heritage Centre at Glendalough. At Glendalough, we had to go on a walk in the rain, which took 20 minutes. We would have much preferred the Heritage Centre. The guide told us about Powerscourt, but we did not see it. We feel that we missed out on some of the sights provided on other tours for the same cost.
Reviewed by: Mrs F, United Kingdom, October 2007 Note from Viator: The local person that you spoke to was confused with Avoca, Kilmacanogue where we stop for morning coffee and Avoca Mill, Avoca Village (15 miles between both). Going to the latter you pass by the Meetings of the water / meetings of the rivers at Avoca but we do not go near this area so that is why the driver did not mention it. We personally guide our guests around Glendalough rather than visit the Heritage/Visitor Centre at Glendalough mainly because we like to look after the group personally rather than them joining a tour with other travellers not on our coach. Also not all guests are willing to pay the admission charge at the Visitor centre and prefer the time to explore the valley and walk to the beautiful Upper Lake. We do not go to Powerscourt House and Gardens as we believe there is not enough time in the day to do it justice.
