Is the Dublin Pass worth it? The Go City sums, against what the sights cost online

💡 The Short Version: The one-day pass pays only with about four paid sights, and Explorer’s three-attraction pass saves €3 to €12.50. The Go City Dublin Pass is €59 for Essentials, from €69 for Explorer and from €79 for All-Inclusive. At the operators’ online prices, Guinness, Jameson, EPIC and St Patrick’s cost €83.50, against €79 for the one-day pass. It leaves out the sights that sell out: Kilmainham Gaol, the Book of Kells Experience, Croke Park and Glasnevin. Guinness still needs a reserved slot. Buy at Go City, or on GetYourGuide at the same price: the All-Inclusive one-day passad is €79 and the Explorer passad is from €69.

The passes and their prices

Go City sells the Dublin Pass, and dublinpass.com opens Go City’s pages. Prices are the adult rate in euros. A child aged 5 to 15 pays about half: €29 for Essentials, €34 for Explorer with three attractions and €39 for All-Inclusive with one day.

• Validity. Essentials and Explorer are valid for a year from purchase to activate, then 30 days from the first visit. All-Inclusive runs for the days you chose, consecutively.
• Refunds. A pass that has not been activated can be cancelled within 90 days for a full refund. Go City’s Savings Guarantee refunds the difference if you do not save.
• Its own savings figures. Go City counts Big Bus, Jameson and Guinness at €98 for its three-attraction Explorer example against €69. At the operators’ online prices the same three cost €81.50.

What it covers and leaves out

On all three passes: the Guinness Storehouse, the Big Bus 24-hour hop-on hop-off ticket, EPIC, Jameson Bow St., Teeling, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, the GPO Museum, Dublin Zoo and the Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum. On Explorer and All-Inclusive only: Dublinia, the Little Museum of Dublin, the Museum of Literature Ireland, 14 Henrietta Street, the Jeanie Johnston tall ship and the Game of Thrones Studio Tour. Go City also lists free sights, such as the National Museum and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, which add nothing to the sums.

A ground-floor room at the Little Museum of Dublin. Photo: The Little Museum of Dublin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Not on the list: Kilmainham Gaol, the Book of Kells Experience, Croke Park and Glasnevin Cemetery. Dublin Castle is closed to visitors until January 2027. These are the sights that sell out, so a first-timer’s must-books sit outside the pass.

The sums

Prices are the adult operator prices online: Guinness from €24, Jameson from €26, Teeling €22, EPIC €22, St Patrick’s €11.50, Christ Church €11.50, Dublinia €16, the GPO Museum €15, the Little Museum €18, the Museum of Literature Ireland from €16.50, Dublin Zoo €22.50, and the Big Bus €31.50 on GetYourGuide.

• The one-day All-Inclusive pass needs four sights. Three at about €24 each cost €72, which is less than €79, and the fourth takes the total past it.
• Explorer pays sooner. Three attractions save €3 to €12.50, depending on whether the bus is one of them.
• Closed days cut the count. The GPO Museum is closed on Sundays, 14 Henrietta Street on Mondays and Tuesdays, and most sights close from 24 to 26 December: see what to book before you go to Dublin.

Passes on GetYourGuide

GetYourGuide sells Go City’s passes at Go City’s prices. The prices below are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices.

The Dublin Pass with tickets to attractions

From €79 · 1,921 reviews · sold by Go City

Dublin: The Dublin Pass with Tickets to 40+ Attractionsad is €79, the same as Go City’s one-day All-Inclusive pass. GetYourGuide’s title says 40+ attractions, and Go City’s pass pages list 34 on All-Inclusive.

Explorer pass

From €69 · 172 reviews

Dublin Explorer Pass: Save up to 50% on 3 to 7 Attractionsad starts at €69, Go City’s price for three attractions.

Which to buy

• Two days of the Liberties, Docklands and cathedral sights: the two-day All-Inclusive pass at €109, which pays from about six paid sights over the two days.
• One big day: the one-day pass at €79, with Guinness, Jameson, EPIC, St Patrick’s and Christ Church, which cost €95 at the operators’ prices.
• A light list: no pass. Pay at the door or online, and book Kilmainham and the Book of Kells directly.
• Slots still need booking. Reserve the Guinness Storehouse at reservations.gocity.com before you go.

Guinness Storehouse tickets, Dublin whiskey distillery tours, EPIC, the cathedrals, the 1916 Easter Rising and Dublin Zoo each have the operator’s own prices. Kilmainham Gaol tickets, Book of Kells tickets and Croke Park are the sights the pass leaves out. Free things to do in Dublin lists what costs nothing, and 3 days in Dublin builds the plan round the bookings. Hop-on hop-off buses in Dublin compares the bus tickets, and Dublin public transport has the fares.