Let's gather near the old city walls, meet your guide, and get your bearings.
2 min
Viking city walls, a Mediaeval church and Dublin's bedrock
3 min
Spot the two kinds of stone? Dublin's oldest building, at the heart of the old city.
4 min
Why is this a national monument?
3 min
Discover why we call this lovely spot, Dublin's Jurassic corner
5 min
A most unusual building, the floors are suspended from the roof.
4 min
This small cul-de-sac is stuffed with history and architecture, fossils and geology.
4 min
You can tell so much from looking at the glass in a window.
4 min
The stones beneath your feet . . . have lots of stories to tell.
2 min
Ireland's gold rush in the 1790s.... And other geological bling...
3 min
Ireland isn't famous for earthquakes... so Robert Mallet had to make his own!
3 min
This wall looks like boring concrete, but take a closer look!
3 min
Merrion Square is one of several Georgian squares built in the late 1700s.
4 min
Water, articifical stone and the Duke of Rutland's memorial
3 min
The Dead Zoo's many treasures include 385 million year old fossil footprints
3 min
Remembering the man who made the 1st geological map of Ireland, Sir Richard Griffith
4 min
Inside No. 51 is a beautiful marble exhibition. Open weekdays.
9 minIn this unique tour of Dublin we'll mix history, architecture and geology, and open your eyes to the city. You'll get to stroke extinct Jurassic creatures and find a coral reef in a wall, and have lots to tell your friends!
Even Dubliners who think they know the city, are amazed at what they discover on this tour, so do bring a camera.
Our stroll starts in the heart of Viking Dublin with the old city walls and, after a rare relic of Elizabethan Dublin, we move onto the city's elegant Georgian streets, to end at St Stephen’s Green with a hidden hall of marble.
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