Dublin Pass

In Brief

If you want a detailed guide, this article provides a comprehensive review of all the tourist passes available for visiting Dublin.
But if you don't have time to read everything and want some quick advice, here's a summary to help you quickly choose the one that best suits your travel style:

✔ For a complete experience: choose the Go City Pass Dublin All Inclusive
If you want a packed itinerary, visiting Dublin's best attractions, this is the ideal choice. It is the most value-for-money pass and offers the widest range of activities included in the price.

✔ For more flexible travel: choose the Go City Explorer Pass Dublin
If you prefer a less attraction-dense, more free and customizable itinerary, the Explorer Pass is best. It allows you to choose from 3 to 7 of Dublin's most popular attractions, saving you money compared to individual tickets, without having to plan everything in advance.

For a detailed review of each Dublin tourist pass, read on!

The Dublin All-Inclusive Pass is the classic All-Inclusive tourist pass, ideal for those who want to explore the best of Dublin with no worries.

• Access to more than 40 attractions, museums and guided tours
• Valid for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 consecutive days
• Ideal for those who want a complete experience, visiting the most sites of interest in the city

Great solution for a "real tourist" vacation, culturally rich, visiting as much of Dublin as possible.
In fact, it allows you to have access to the main things to do and see in the Irish capital, while also saving a lot of money if you have a good travel pace.

It is distributed by Go City, a leading company in the city card sector, which offers comprehensive and reliable passes for numerous tourist destinations around the world.

What does All-inclusive pass include?

It allows free entry to more than 40 attractions in the Irish capital.
All of Dublin's main tourist destinations are included, plus some tours, museums, and other attractions, including some outside the city.

The main ones, which I recommend you include in your city travel itinerary, include:

• St. Patrick's Cathedral
• Guinness Storehouse (the Guinness factory)
• Visit to the Jameson whiskey distillery
• Christ Church Cathedral - Christ Cathedral
• Hop-on hop-off bus tour Dublin
• Dublin Castle

Don't miss the tour of the Guinness Storehouse, the brewery of the iconic Irish stout

Other attractions and experiences included

In addition to the main tourist destinations listed above, the All-Inclusive Pass allows you to visit many other places.
These may be "secondary" in terms of tourist appeal compared to the previous ones, but they all complement and enrich the experience of a culturally significant city such as Dublin.

To name a few we have EPIC-the Museum of Irish Emigration, Dublinia-the Medieval-Viking Museum, the museum on the history of Irish Rock 'n Roll , the Dublin Zoo, the Teeling Distillery, and several other opportunities.

Also included in the pass are guided food tours, discovering local delicacies or sampling beers, whiskey and cider in authentic pubs.
You can also explore out-of-town attractions, such as the Game of Thrones studios, or the nearby Irish coast with a bus tour.

Other famous Dublin attractions missing from the list are the Trinity College Library and the former Kilmainham Gaol. For these you will have to purchase a single ticket.

Definitely a very rich offer to take full advantage of to experience a great vacation in Dublin!
Find the complete and updated list of attractions included in the Dublin Pass All Inclusive on the official website.
By clicking on each individual attraction, you can find out details and how to visit.

Is public transportation included?

As mentioned above, public transportation is not included, only the hop-on hop-off tourist bus.

How it works

It is a digital pass that can be purchased online, choosing between 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days of validity.
Within the chosen validity period, you can visit all the attractions included and participate in the guided tours and experiences included.

After purchasing online, you will receive a QR Code to the e-mail address given during purchase.
That code is in fact your pass: at the entrance to the various attractions, all you need to do is present this QR Code, either directly from your smartphone or printed on paper (whichever you prefer), avoiding the queues at the ticket office.

Pay attention that in some cases advance reservations are required, or strongly recommended. This is the case, for example, with guided tours or a visit to the Guinness Factory.
The official website has afull list of attractions for which reservations are required.

All-Inclusive Dublin Pass Prices

Below are the all-inclusive Dublin Pass list prices for adults and children and youth (5-15 years old).

The prices shown in the table are the list prices for the Dublin All-Inclusive Pass.
On the official website, at the link below, you will always find them discounted on a basic basis, by about €10 - €15 depending on the pass denomination you choose.

Offers and discount codes

You can further discount the prices by 5% by using the discount code PTCODE5, to be entered when purchasing the Dublin All-Inclusive Pass.
The 5% discount applies to prices already discounted on the official website, further increasing the convenience of the pass.
If additional cheaper promo codes become available, thanks to some commercial initiative, they will be highlighted on this page.

How much can you save with the All-Inclusive Pass?

To understand how much you can save with this pass, it is essential to do some calculations and compare the cost of individual tickets with the price of the card.

The average cost of a Dublin attraction (among those included in the pass) is about €30 per person.
The most famous ones can cost even more, while others are more moderately priced.

Consider a 3-day pass for adults:

• In 3 days it is reasonable to expect to see at least 3 attractions per day, for a total of 9 attractions.
• Without passes, the 9 attractions would have an average ticket cost of €270.
• The 3-day All-Inclusive Dublin pass costs €139, providing a savings of about €130 per person.

For the other versions of the pass, the mechanism is also the same: the more attractions you visit, the greater the savings.

When is it worthwhile to Pass All Inclusive Dublin?

The all-inclusive Dublin Pass is at its best in my opinion when you have at least 3 to 4 days and plan to keep a good itinerary pace, visiting as much of Dublin and its environs as possible.

Also not to be underestimated is the convenience and comfort of having purchased an all-inclusive card, which includes you everything, without standing in line at the ticket office and convenience accounts while you are on the road.
You leave with an already defined budget, you don't have to shell out more money for attractions, you don't have to exchange euros for local currency (thus avoiding exchange rates and fees), and you can decide to even take a quick look at some attractions not directly of first interest, since they are included in the price anyway.

Where to buy it

It can only be purchased online, on the official website of Go City, the company that distributes the pass.

Select the number of days you are interested in, enter your information and proceed to payment.
You can pay by credit card or PayPal.

The pass comes to you soon after via email, and you can use it directly from your smartphone or print a copy for security.
So be careful to enter a correct e-mail address when purchasing.

Validity and refunds

The all-inclusive pass is valid for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 consecutive days depending on the option purchased, and is activated upon visiting the first attraction.

"Consecutive days" means calendar days, not 24-hour periods.
Therefore, avoid activating it in the evening or late afternoon if possible: you would be wasting 1 day of validity for the time of 1 attraction or so.
Rather, if perhaps you arrive in Dublin in the late afternoon or evening, purchase the pass for one less day and activate it the next day to make the most of it.

You have 1 year to use it (I recommend that you also purchase it well in advance, perhaps taking advantage of some special discounts).
If not used, you can request a full refund within 30 days of purchase.

If you prefer a more flexible solution, the Dublin Pass Explorer may be the right choice for you.
It allows you to choose a set number of attractions (3, 4, 5 or 7) from an extensive list of museums, tours, activities and attractions in and around the city.
The list of available attractions is almost the same as the All Inclusive pass (also distributed by Go City), with the difference that here you choose only those that interest you most.

So, unlike the previous case where you could visit everything without daily limits, the Explorer Pass is designed for those who want to select only a few attractions, without the need to see as much as possible in a few days.

What it includes

The Explorer Pass includes the same attractions as the All-Inclusive Pass(which I described above), with a few minor differences.

There are all the city's top attractions, such as St. Patrick's and Christ Cathedrals, the Castle, a visit to the Guinness factory and Jameson distillery, and a hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus tour.
We find tasting tours, admissions to various museums in the capital, out-of-town visits to the studios of the TV series The Iron Throne and to the enchanting Irish coast.

Only a few minor experiences are exclusive to one pass or the other.
Always refer to the official website for a complete and updated list of attractions included in the Explorer Pass.
By clicking on each individual attraction, you can find out more about it and how to visit it.

Transportation is also not included in the Dublin Explorer Pass.

How it works

The Dublin Pass Explorer is a practical and flexible solution, ideal for those who want to visit only a few well-chosen attractions without time constraints. At the time of purchase, you choose only the number of attractions included in the pass (3, 4, 5 or 7), without having to decide in advance which ones to visit.

Once in Dublin, simply show up at the entrance of your chosen attractions and have the QR Code you received via e-mail scanned. The pass automatically activates on your first visit, and from then on, each admission will be scaled down from your total. This means you have the freedom to choose what to see as you go, based on your preferences and time available.

Since you activate it, you have as many as 30 days to visit the included attractions. So you can freely arrange the itinerary, without the knot of consecutive days. Visit the attractions whenever you want.

Some particularly popular experiences, such as guided tours, may require advance reservations.
An updated list of attractions that require reservations can be found on the official website.

This pass is recommended for those who prefer a more relaxed itinerary, with fewer attractions, but without missing out on the city's main tourist attractions.

Dublin Explorer Pass Prices

In the table you will find the list prices of the Dublin Pass Explorer, for adults and children.
The list price is practically always discounted on the official website and may change throughout the year.

Therefore, the amounts I have included below may not be up to date. Always refer to the official website.

On the official website, at the following link, you will always find them discounted on a basic basis, by about €10 to €15 depending on the pass denomination you choose.

Offers and discount codes

Using the discount code PTCODE5when purchasing the Explorer Pass, you can get an additional 5% discount.
The 5% discount applies to prices already discounted on the official website, further increasing the convenience of the pass.
If more convenient promotional codes become available thanks to commercial initiatives, they will be highlighted on this page.

How much can you save with Explorer Pass?

If you already have an idea of the attractions you want to visit in Dublin, calculating the cost savings of the Explorer Pass is easy.
Simply add up the prices of individual tickets and compare the total with the cost of the pass for that number of attractions.

Let's take a practical example by considering 3 main attractions that are usually included in itineraries to Dublin:

• Guinness Storehouse: 30€
• Visit to the Jameson distillery.: €33
• Big Bus Tour Hop-On Hop-Off: 35€.

Total tickets without pass: €98
Explorer Pass cost (3 attractions, discounted price): approximately €65
✅ Savings: approximately €33 per person

In the multi-attraction variants, proportionally the savings increase.
If you also vary the 3 attractions to see, roughly the convenience remains of this order of magnitude.
Clearly by choosing the more expensive experiences, the savings become even more significant.
You can repeat this calculation with the attractions you actually chose (if you are already clear) and calculate your actual savings.

When is Explorer Pass worthwhile?

The Explorer Pass is ideal for more relaxed vacations, with fewer attractions on the itinerary, perhaps for a quick weekend getaway.
You can combine this pass with other tours or tourist attractions, purchased individually, as you wish.

It is also an interesting solution for those who are taking a road trip around Ireland, spending a few days in Dublin at the beginning and end of their vacation.
The all-inclusive pass is not suitable in this particular case, as it can only be used on consecutive days, while the Explorer Pass is valid for 30 days and you can spread your visits out however you like.

Where to buy it

You can purchase it online. I recommend visiting the official website of Go City, the company that owns the pass.

Pay attention because this is the same site where you also purchase the All-Inclusive Pass, so in the same purchase area you see both.
Choose the denomination you are interested in, from 3, 4, 5 or 7 options and proceed to purchase.

Double check the email you enter. In fact, it is to this address that the passes, which look like QR codes, will be sent.
To always have the pass at hand, save it on your smartphone. If you prefer, you can also print a hard copy to take with you on your trip.

Validity and refunds

It activates automatically upon first use, i.e., when you use it to enter the first attraction.
From that moment on, you have 60 days to use it and visit the attractions you have chosen, with no restrictions on consecutive days.

If unused, you can ask for a full refund within 30 days from the date of purchase.

If, after using all of the included attractions, you find that you did not get any financial savings, Go City offers a "money back" guarantee, refunding you the difference from tickets purchased individually.

Finally, remember that the pass is valid for up to 1 year from the date of purchase. After this period, you will no longer be able to use it.

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