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Dublin to Cliffs of Moher, including Wild Atlantic Way and Galway
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A full day out on Ireland’s rugged west coast, covering the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren, the Wild Atlantic Way, and Galway City - with a dedicated guide and a separate driver so one person focuses on your safety and the other on your experience.
You get a full two hours at the Cliffs of Moher - 30 minutes more than most other day tours from Dublin. Premium tickets are included, so you head straight out onto the trails rather than queuing at the ticket office. Your guide will point out the best viewpoints based on the season and sunlight.
From the cliffs, the route follows the Wild Atlantic Way along the coast of County Clare into County Galway, passing through the Burren National Park. Your guide will share stories of Irish history, folklore, and culture along the way, and in some cases play traditional music on the coach. In Galway, you have a guaranteed two hours to explore the city, and your guide offers an optional free walking tour covering Spanish Arch and Lynch’s Castle. Luggage, including suitcases, is welcome on board at no extra charge.
Departure from one of two pickup points:
Please arrive 10 minutes early. Have your voucher ready - printed or on your phone. Look for the grey bus with WILD ROVER TOURS on the side. (10 min)
Bunratty Castle - a slow pass for photos as the coach makes its way west. (pass by)
Cliffs of Moher - arriving just before 11:00 AM, your guide hands you your Visitor Centre ticket for fast-track entry. Two full hours to walk the dramatic Atlantic Ledge, take in the wildlife, and find the best vantage points. The Cliffs rise to 214 metres and stretch for kilometres along the Clare coastline - carved over 300 million years of geological time. Your belongings stay safe on the locked coach with your seat reserved. (120 min)
Wild Atlantic Way and the Burren - the route back to Galway follows the Wild Atlantic Way along the coast, one of the longest continuous coastal roads in the world. You’ll travel through the Burren National Park, a limestone landscape home to over 70% of Ireland’s wildflower species, where Mediterranean, Arctic, and Alpine plants grow side by side. If there’s a road closure on the coastal route, the alternative is the Corkscrew route with a photo stop in the Burren (weather permitting). (pass by)
Burren National Park - the guide will point out the lunar-like karst terrain and explain the remarkable ecology that makes this landscape so unusual. Weather permitting, there’s a photo stop. (pass by)
Galway Bay drive (pass by)
Galway City - arriving at approximately 2:30 PM, the coach parks close to Eyre Square. Your guide offers an optional free walking tour of the city, typically around 20 minutes, covering Spanish Arch and Lynch’s Castle. The pedestrianised centre is full of craft shops, family-run stores, artisan cafes, and good spots for local fish and chips. You’re welcome to explore on your own if you prefer - your guide is on hand to help with recommendations. A guaranteed two-hour stop. If you’d like to overnight in Galway, ask about availability for a free return seat on another day. (120 min)
Return to Dublin - the coach arrives back at approximately 7:40 PM, depending on traffic. Drop-off is on D’Olier Street, 100 metres from O’Connell Bridge and near Trinity College and Temple Bar. (5 min)
Meeting point: Primary pickup at Hotel Riu Plaza The Gresham Dublin, 23 Upper O’Connell Street (6:55 AM). Second pickup at Bus Stop, 33 College Green, Dublin 2, D02 DD76 next to Hawksmoor Restaurant (7:00 AM). The grey coach has a silver dog logo. Please be there at least 10 minutes before your pickup time.
Infants and small children can travel in a pram or stroller. Public transport options are available nearby. Suitable for all fitness levels. Luggage including suitcases is welcome at no extra charge. There are two pickup points - one on the north side and one on the south side of the city. Maximum group size is 63 travellers. Tour operates in English.
The Bunratty pass-by is worth a window seat on the left. As the coach makes its way west from Limerick, Bunratty Castle appears on the left-hand side - a 15th-century tower house restored to its full height in the 1950s, set right at the road’s edge. It’s a slow pass-by, so you’ll get a good photo from the window. The castle itself is run alongside a 30-acre Folk Park of relocated 19th-century buildings and is open daily - if you ever return to Clare independently, Bunratty is worth arriving at before 10am, before the tour coaches pull in.
At the Cliffs, the 30 extra minutes over other tours matters. Two hours at the cliffs is enough to walk the full trail to Hag’s Head and back, stop at O’Brien’s Tower, and still spend time just standing at the edge. The cliffs are best in the morning light if the weather is with you - on overcast days the views are still dramatic, and the wildlife (puffins, fulmars, choughs) tends to show regardless of sun. The southern trail runs down toward Liscannor - a working pier village where Vaughan’s Anchor Inn does seafood that has been Michelin-recommended for years, and where the fossil-marked local slate was quarried for over a century. The northern end of the cliff walk leads to Doolin - three hamlets, four pubs, and the home of west Clare’s trad music scene since the Russell brothers kept it alive in the lean decades.
Along the Wild Atlantic Way, the Burren stops reward a longer look. The route follows the coast through Ballyvaughan - the village at the foot of Corkscrew Hill, a famine-era road built in the 1840s, with the Burren behind it and Galway Bay in front. Monk’s Pub on the harbour does the seafood chowder and the view, and O’Loclainn’s Whiskey Bar, seven generations in the same family, is the kind of place to stop if the door is open. Lisdoonvarna is a few kilometres south, the spa town on the Burren edge with sulphur springs still flowing and the Roadside Tavern running trad sessions most weekends.
In Galway, go with your guide for the first 20 minutes. The optional free walking tour covers Spanish Arch - the last remnant of the medieval city walls - and Lynch’s Castle on Shop Street, a 16th-century stone merchant’s town house that is now a bank but still has its carved facade. After that, break away and find your own corner. The laneways behind Shop Street are quieter and better for food. Tigh Coili on Mainguard Street has trad sessions from around 9:30pm - if you’re staying overnight, that’s the one to find.
If you’re travelling with luggage, use the hold for heavy bags. The no-extra-charge luggage policy is genuinely useful if you’re arriving in Galway at the end of a Dublin stint. You can drop bags at your Galway accommodation during the two-hour stop and travel lighter for the evening.