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Dublin Airport Private Transfer: Dublin Airport to Killarney
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Landing in Dublin and heading straight to Killarney? This private transfer takes the stress out of that first leg entirely. Your professional driver meets you at arrivals and loads up the luggage while you find your feet after the flight. Then it’s a comfortable, direct run southwest to your hotel door - no coaches, no connections, no standing around bus stops with your bags.
There are two vehicle sizes to choose from depending on how many people are travelling, so whether you’re a couple or a bigger group you’ll have the right amount of room. The vehicles are air-conditioned, so the journey’s comfortable whatever the Irish weather decides to do.
The drive takes around 3 to 4 hours, which is actually a nice gentle introduction to the country - rolling through the Midlands and into Munster before the Kerry landscape opens up around you. You arrive at your hotel relaxed and ready, rather than frazzled from a chain of connections.
This is a private tour. Specialised infant seats are available. Infants and small children can travel in a pram or stroller, though infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap during the journey. Service animals are welcome. Public transport options are available nearby.
Killarney town itself is very walkable once you’re settled in. The main street has good spots for a bowl of chowder or a pint of Guinness to shake off the journey, and most hotels are only a short stroll from the National Park entrance gates. Don’t feel you need to do anything ambitious on arrival day - Killarney rewards a slow start.
The Gap of Dunloe is the one locals send everyone to first. It’s a narrow glacial valley just outside town, and you can explore it by horse-drawn jaunting car, on foot, or by bike. Most drivers will point you towards Kate Kearney’s Cottage as the starting point - it’s the traditional gathering spot before the gap proper begins.
If you’re here for more than a couple of days, consider renting a bike to do part of the Ring of Kerry at your own pace. Killarney is well set up for cyclists and the lakeside roads around Muckross are particularly good - flat enough to be enjoyable, and the scenery along the water is hard to beat.
Ross Castle on the shore of Lough Leane is worth a visit on a clear morning when the mountains reflect in the lake. You can hire a rowing boat nearby and get out onto the water yourself, or take one of the traditional tour boats across to Innisfallen Island, which has the ruins of an old monastic settlement dating back over a thousand years.