Luxury Tour Of Waterford Crystal & Kilkenny City Tour

Dublin, Ireland

9 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Waterford has been producing fine-quality crystal since the 18th century, and boasts a reputation for quality across the world. On this tour, visit the Waterford factory and see traditional glass-blowers and engravers at work. Explore medieval Kilkenny with your guide, and discover top attractions including St. Canice’s Cathedral and the Black Abbey. Enjoy free time at Kilkenny Castle or the rose gardens, with round-trip transport from central Dublin included.

Visit Kilkenny and Waterford in one day from Dublin
Watch traditional Waterford glass-blowers at work
Discover top Kilkenny attractions including St. Canice’s Cathedral
Hassle-free round-trip transport from central Dublin

What's Included

All taxes, fees and handling charges
Bottled water
Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Nassau Street
Nassau St, Dublin, Ireland
Depart Nassau Street Dublin 2 at 08.00am (Opposite "The Kilkenny" store)

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.8:00 am

Itinerary

Waterford

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Kilkenny

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
Children must be accompanied by an adult
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

JoAnn_W

Our tour was fantastic! Mick our driver was so much fun! Very friendly and had lots to share. Really enjoyed Joe our Kilkenny tour guide. He was so enthusiastic and loved to share the tells of his beautiful city. All in all, a wonderful tour and day. Would highly recommend.

Reviews

4.6

based on 28 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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Kilkenny/Waterford

Karen_F, Jun 2025

Kilkenny is A lovely city and Waterford is very interesting. Tour guide Gerry was very knowledgeable and has great Irish humor. We had a wonderful day. TY

Wonderful Waterford and Kilkenny

Tamara_S, Sep 2024

Very nice day trip to Waterford and Kilkenny. Both towns were unique. Kilkenny was so charming and still had a small village feel. All guides and drivers were sweet and kept us on time. Thank you

So much fun....

John_G, Jun 2024

Everything was great. We loved Tony, and the fact that we were alone was an added amazing bonus.....

Great trip for the family!

Amanda_F, Apr 2024

We had a wonderful time on this trip. Our 7 and 10 year olds loved seeing how Waterford crystal is made as we have collected many pieces over the years. We even had 5 minutes to walk down the block to take a quick picture with the viking ship. Lunch at a cafe and the tour of Kilkenny was great! We learned a lot about the towns history. Highly recommend this tour.

Wonderful Day trip to Waterford and Killkenny

Monika_N, Oct 2023

We loved it!!!!!! The best experience ever we saw Waterford Crystal factory and Medieval town Killkenny , wonderful day trip in Dublin, we were 3 adults and were picked by a gentleman named Ger at our hotel Conrad Dublin , we drove to Waterford first spent a couple of hrs touring the factory and of course shopping followed by a drive to Killkenny town where met another gentleman there for few hrs tours informative and we great lunch at a local pub then back to Dublin we were dropped off at our hotel Conrad We had an a fantastic time !!!! Thanks again Mr Ger for driving us around Wonderful day in Dublin we spent

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Hi Monika, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are SO happy to hear you loved your tour to Waterford and Kilkenny, if you are in Dublin again you might like to check out some of our other day tours.

Just an ok day, boring at times walking around and not enough time to see anything

Marie_P, Oct 2023

The 1 hour tour at Waterford Crystal was memorable. The manufacturer of crystal pieces has many steps to the end products. But there were other museums to see but no time. Luxury tours has the same time constraints as the big bus tours so for me not worth the money. Not enough time to see anything more. My friend and I had to hurry in order to see the Kilkenny Castle that was more interesting the the walking tour.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Hi Marie, I'm sorry to hear this tour did not meet your expectations. Maybe in the future you would consider one of our private day tours where we can customize the day to suit your needs without the time constraints of a small group tour.

Waterford Factory/Kilkenny tour

JoAnn_W, Sep 2023

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Hi JoAnn, we are delighted to hear you had a wonderful tour to Waterford Crystal and Kilkenny City, thank you for your kinds words about Mick and Joe. Please do recommend our day tours to friends and family who my be visiting Ireland.

Waterford Crystal and Kilkenny

Lorrie_R, Mar 2023

Our driver and tour guide Tony was fantastic. He was very knowledgeable and kept us entertained the entire tour! The Waterford Crystal factory was awesome! I never knew what dedication to a craft these people put in to their work. I highly recommend touring thus factory. The city of Kilkenny was charming. We arrived early and were able to tour the castle also. It was a great day filled with a lit if history snd Irish charm!

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Hi Lorrie, thank you very much for your kind review, we are delighted that Tony made it really enjoyable. Please let your friends know of our tours should they be heading to Ireland for the Craic.

One of our favorite tours!

mfneilson, Oct 2019

We can't say enough about Irish Luxury Tours. We were the only people signed up for this tour, and they picked up us in a 7 series BMW and took only us Waterford and Kilkenny. Our driver Billy was a delight and accommodated our requests to stop to take pictures and told wonderful stories. Thour tour of Waterford was wonderful and great to see how the beautiful crystal is made. We had a private walking tour of Kilkenny that was fascinating and what a beautiful city. We have had other tours cancel on us when we're the only ones who sign up, but have the utmost respect for Irish Luxury tours for sticking to their commitment.

Response from Host, Nov 2019

Thank you for your feeback. It is very much appreciated. We aim to keep all our customers happy as much as possible and are delighted with your response.

WOW!!!

whitneycarlisle, Jul 2018

Wonderful personal service and guide, Paul. I would use them over and over again!!! They went above and beyond the descriptions and my expectations!!!

This tour was amazing. Mick, our...

Suzanne_B, Mar 2018

This tour was amazing. Mick, our driver, was FULL of information and was happy to answer all of our questions. He was very personable and enjoyable to spend the day with. Our tour guide in Kilkenny, Joel, was amazing as well and our walking tour was excellent. This was a newer tour offered and more than worth the money. We highly enjoyed our day, and it was a perfect part of our honeymoon!