Waterford Luxury Tour: Highlights of Crystal Craftsmanship and Kilkenny City Walk
4.7
15 Ratings
Dublin

Day Excursion: Highlights of Waterford CRYSTAL & Kilkenny
• Visit to Waterford Crystal
• Exploration of Waterford City
• Walking Tour of Kilkenny City
• Discover Ireland’s Ancient East

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Irish Luxury Tours - Depart Nassau Street Dublin 2 at 08.00am (At the side of Trinity College close to Grafton Street)

You will travel from Dublin through the county of Kildare know as the “Thoroughbred County” so called for the amount of top race horses that are bred and sold from the large stud farms in this region. You continue you on to Waterford the oldest city in Ireland established when the Vikings first visited here in 852AD and tourists have being coming ever since. Reginald’s Tower dominates the skyline, gazing over the bustling River Suir and the narrow medieval lanes of the Viking’s triangle.

  • House Of Waterford Crystal - Waterford City’s Reginald’s Tower dominates the skyline, gazing over the bustling River Suir and the narrow medieval lanes of the Viking’s triangle. Waterford Crystal, the awesome gem in Waterford’s wonderful crown, is a magical world of precious glass blowers and elegant engravers. After the factory tour return to the magnificent new showroom to marvel at these pieces of art. There is time for shopping at the showroom before departing to Kilkenny City.

  • The Kilkenny Way - Arriving into Kilkenny City is Ireland’s most authentic medieval town; Kilkenny Castle, St. Canice’s Cathedral and the Black Abbey have being residing here since the thirteenth century. Remarkably these ancient structures rest seamlessly with hip bars, chic restaurants and fashionable boutiques.

Your 1 hour walking tour of Kilkenny city commences and you will hear all sorts of stories from wealthy tradesmen to bishops and witches, Kilkenny has seen it all. A Witch who murdered her four husbands? A Mayor who fathered 25 children! A pass time involving Kilkenny Cats! A Spinning Cage outside the Tholsel for troublemakers!, A public burning of Petronella the maid in 1324!

Roaming Pigs in Graveyards and the town centre! Black Death, Whippings, Burnings, Crime, Jails, Theft .

After your walking tour finishes you will have time to view the Magnificent Kilkenny Castle or the beautiful Rose Gardens or to simply meander throw these ancient streets.

  • Nassau Street - YOUR TOUR FINISHES HERE
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Nassau Street
Depart Nassau Street Dublin 2 at 08.00am (Opposite "The Kilkenny" store)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Monika_n
Oct 21, 2023
Wonderful Day trip to Waterford and Killkenny - We loved it!!!!!! The best experience ever we saw Waterford Crystal factory and Medieval town Killkenny , wonderful day trip in Dublin, we were 3 adults and were picked by a gentleman named Ger at our hotel Conrad Dublin , we drove to Waterford first spent a couple of hrs touring the factory and of course shopping followed by a drive to Killkenny town where met another gentleman there for few hrs tours informative and we great lunch at a local pub then back to Dublin we were dropped off at our hotel Conrad We had an a fantastic time !!!! Thanks again Mr Ger for driving us around Wonderful day in Dublin we spent
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Joann_w
Sep 7, 2023
Waterford Factory/Kilkenny tour - Our tour was fantastic! Mick our driver was so much fun! Very friendly and had lots to share. Really enjoyed Joe our Kilkenny tour guide. He was so enthusiastic and loved to share the tells of his beautiful city. All in all, a wonderful tour and day. Would highly recommend.
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Lorrie_r
Mar 4, 2023
Waterford Crystal and Kilkenny - Our driver and tour guide Tony was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and kept us entertained the entire tour! The Waterford Crystal factory was awesome! I never knew what dedication to a craft these people put in to their work. I highly recommend touring thus factory. The city of Kilkenny was charming. We arrived early and were able to tour the castle also. It was a great day filled with a lit if history snd Irish charm!
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Snktexas
Oct 8, 2021
Great tour company in Ireland - We experienced great service from the beginning of our planning by Shaun Rodgers and Eva. We decided to stay I Dublin and do day tours out of Dublin. Eva and Shaun made that happen. Our driver, Sean McBride was personable, knowledgeable, and just pleasant to be with. Sean was very accommodating when we wanted to adjust the schedule. We will definitely recommend and/or use this company again!
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Mfneilson
Oct 25, 2019
One of our favorite tours! - We can't say enough about Irish Luxury Tours. We were the only people signed up for this tour, and they picked up us in a 7 series BMW and took only us Waterford and Kilkenny. Our driver Billy was a delight and accommodated our requests to stop to take pictures and told wonderful stories. Thour tour of Waterford was wonderful and great to see how the beautiful crystal is made. We had a private walking tour of Kilkenny that was fascinating and what a beautiful city. We have had other tours cancel on us when we're the only ones who sign up, but have the utmost respect for Irish Luxury tours for sticking to their commitment.
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Fleileen
Sep 5, 2019
Great guide - We lucked out today. We were supposed to be part of a group of 10. Eight people cancelled since the hurricane prevented them leaving Florida. As a result, we had a private tour. Mick was a great guide and we had a very lively and interesting conversation throughout the day.
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Nemccarthy
Dec 10, 2018
Wonderful day trip from Dublin! - My husband, son and I visited Ireland this past July 2018. One of our most enjoyable activities was a "Luxury Tour" departing from Dublin to explore Waterford and Kilkenny. Our driver was Peter and he took great care of us! He was personable and informative throughout the day and also gave us some great ideas for the rest of our stay. We loved meeting and talking with him! Waterford just consisted of a factory tour which was interesting, more time spent with a walking tour of charming and historic Kilkenny. We had a great lunch there as well. Thanks for the great memories!
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Laurie
Nov 9, 2018
Great Day & Tour - Kieran was our private driver for our day in Waterford and Kilkenny. The 3 of us were picked up in Dublin, and he made a point of showing us some sites on the way out of town, including driving us through Phoenix Park! He was friendly, knowledgeable and very accommodating. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the Waterford Crystal factory, and had a beautiful day for our tour with Joe in Kilkenny after that. Couldn't have asked for a better way to spend a day!
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Marie_p
Oct 4, 2023
Just an ok day, boring at times walking around and not enough time to see anything - The 1 hour tour at Waterford Crystal was memorable. The manufacturer of crystal pieces has many steps to the end products. But there were other museums to see but no time. Luxury tours has the same time constraints as the big bus tours so for me not worth the money. Not enough time to see anything more. My friend and I had to hurry in order to see the Kilkenny Castle that was more interesting the the walking tour.
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Jo
Aug 17, 2019
A nice way to spend an extra day - We were the only two on the tour. Visiting Waterford Crystal was quite interesting. It would have been nice to have had time to walk around Waterford. It appeared to be a beautiful town. Kilkenny is filled with history and beauty. Our guide, Joe, was a local to the area and quite knowledgable. Mick was an excellent driver and offered commentary to the sites along the way.
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