Day Trips in Dublin

Places worth a full day out from the city, with realistic travel times and practical getting-there information.

A fishing village 25 minutes from the city centre by DART, with a 7.8km cliff walk and views over Dublin Bay, Ireland's Eye and Lambay Island.

From the closest strand to the city centre to a Blue Flag beach on the DART line, here's where to find the sea without a car.

From the cliff walk at Howth to the monastic site at Glendalough, here are day trips that work without a car — and where you'll need one.