Dublin's Viking Heritage - Which Tour to Choose!

Recently a good friend of mine from Australia came to visit me in Dublin. He is a real history buff but Ireland has never been one of his specialties, so he was quite blown away to find out that Dublin had a rich Viking history. The first thing he wanted to do was check out the Viking Tours Dublin had to offer. We headed down to the tourist office and collected what seemed like hundreds of leaflets. There are hundreds of Viking Tours Dublin likes to rave about. We then headed straight for tripadvisor and read a bit about what people had to say about them. There are bus tours and walking tours available when it comes to Viking themed tours, but having lived in the very city centre of Dublin for a number of years now I decided to be decisive on this one (for once). The reason I chose to only look at the walking Viking tours Dublin offers is because so much of Dublin’s Viking history is inaccessible by bus. A lot of Dublin’s Viking remains are off the beaten path and in pedestrianized areas such as Temple Bar. For example the remaining section of Dublin’s Viking wall next to the City Council’s offices, you wouldn’t be able to see a thing from a bus. Or even a quiet amble down Fishamble Street, one of Dublin’s original Viking Streets would be a highlight of a Viking tour, but once again not possible on a bus. The next beautiful day we have (or alternatively his last day in Ireland if we don’t see any sun) we are going to go for a walk around the old Viking and Medieval area of Dublin!