
Best Wicklow Day Trips from Dublin
How to pair Glendalough, Powerscourt and the Sally Gap into a day out from Dublin, with what you can do by bus and what genuinely needs a car.
The essential experiences, sights and activities worth your time — a practical starting point for exploring each destination.

How to pair Glendalough, Powerscourt and the Sally Gap into a day out from Dublin, with what you can do by bus and what genuinely needs a car.

St Kevin's monastic settlement in the Wicklow Mountains — the Round Tower, the two lakes, the walking trails, and how to get there from Dublin without a car.

Beyond Glendalough — Wicklow's big gardens, a private lake made famous by a stout brand, a French-baroque estate, and a village that played a fictional Irish parish on TV.

Ireland's largest national park, and the only one on the east coast — granite peaks, blanket bog and glacial lakes less than an hour from Dublin. What's actually in it, and how to get into it.