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Dublin: 3-Day Tour with Halloween Party in Londonderry
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If you’re going to do Halloween in Ireland, Londonderry is where you want to be. The city takes Halloween seriously in a way that few places in the world do, and this 3-day tour puts you right in the middle of it - taking you from Dublin through Belfast and into Londonderry just as the city is getting into its stride.
Day 1 - Dublin, Belfast, and Londonderry
You leave Dublin in the morning and head north to Belfast, where your first stop is the Titanic Museum in the city’s historic shipyard - the same yard where RMS Titanic was built. It’s earned its ‘world’s leading tourist attraction’ title several times over, and even if you know the story well, the experience of being in that shipyard puts it in a different context.
From Belfast, the tour heads to Crumlin Road Gaol, a 5-star visitor attraction that also happens to be one of the most haunted buildings in Ireland. Over its 150-year history, 17 men were executed there. The tour doesn’t shy away from what that history actually meant for the people involved. The day ends in Londonderry, where you’re staying for two nights in a centrally located hotel.
Day 2 - Londonderry
The day opens with a city tour that includes Bishop Higgins’ Grave - one of the more unsettling spots in Ireland. When St Columb’s Cathedral was renovated in 1867, workers disturbed the grave of former bishop William Higgins, and strange things have reportedly been happening there ever since.
After that, a walking tour of Londonderry’s famous walls brings you up close with what makes this city unique: it’s the only completely walled city in Ireland. Your guide walks you through the brutal 17th-century sieges, the starving citizens, and the roaring cannons that shaped the city’s identity. You’ll cross the Peace Bridge to Ebrington Square and stop at the Walled City Brewery for a well-earned drink.
The Guildhall is next on the route - a striking red-brick, neo-Gothic building on the edge of a picturesque square. If someone happens to be playing the massive organ inside while you’re there, count yourself lucky.
In the evening, you watch The Return of the Ancients Halloween Parade move through the city centre, then join the tour’s Halloween party in costume. A bottle of wine goes to whoever pulls off the best disguise on the night.
Day 3 - Londonderry and Dublin
The final day takes you south through the Irish countryside back to Dublin, arriving back in time for a panoramic city tour taking in Trinity College, the Georgian houses, the financial centre, and Dublin Castle.
Sort your costume before you leave Dublin. Londonderry’s Halloween weekend draws enormous crowds and the city fully commits to the occasion, so you’ll want to be properly dressed rather than grabbing something last minute. A good costume also puts you in the running for that bottle of wine.
Londonderry’s walls are best appreciated on foot. The walking tour on Day 2 covers the key stories, but if you have extra time in the morning, it’s worth doing a lap of the walls yourself. The full circuit is about 1.5 kilometres and takes around 30 minutes at a relaxed pace. The views from the walls over the city and the River Foyle are worth stopping for.
The Walled City Brewery is a genuine local favourite. It’s not just a stop on the tour route - it’s one of the best spots in the city for a drink, and the fact that it sits right on the banks of the Foyle makes it hard to leave. If you have free time on Day 2, this is where to spend it.
Crumlin Road Gaol is more affecting than you might expect. It’s listed as a 5-star visitor attraction, but it’s also a place where real history happened to real people, and that comes through clearly in the tour. Go into it with a bit of patience rather than treating it as a quick stop.
The drive back through the Irish countryside on Day 3 is genuinely scenic. Keep your camera handy - the landscape between Londonderry and Dublin offers stretches of the Irish countryside that you won’t see from a plane or a train.