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Bru na Boinne

2,306 Reviews

#2 of 7 things to do in Donore

Sights & Landmarks, Historic Sites, Ancient Ruins

Open Now: 09:00 - 19:00

Stalleen Road, Donore, Ireland

Open today: 09:00 - 19:00

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Newgrange and Hill of Tara Day Trip from Dublin

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Average4%
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Space is limited each day to 650 people, but it is well-worth the visit. The site is 5,000 years old, which makes it older than the pyramids. Historians was once believed Newgrange was a passage tomb, but now is believed to be an ancient temple.

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Suggested duration: 2-3 hours

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Stalleen Road, Donore, Ireland

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Jane C

23413

Reviewed 2 days ago

Disappointing, fully booked

We arrived at the visitor centre in the late afternoon to be met with a sign saying all tours fully booked. It would seem that most get booked months in advance with only a few tickets available on the day and these are usually taken...More

Date of experience: August 2018

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Mnireland1

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Bru Na boinne not Newgrange

First, do NOT put Newgrange in your Garmin. You will end up at the wrong place to begin your tour. Once you find the correct place, it is a fascinating tour when you think of how old these structures are. The visitors center has a...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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bobx77

Florida

297100

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

6,000 years old

As the visitors center is undergoing a renovation process, I got free admission!! (I have no idea, for how long this is gonna last ...) I got on a guided tour without having a reservation in no time!! Despite the free entry: it’s amazing to...More

Date of experience: March 2019

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Mrsheephead1986

Sydney, Australia

11535

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Not fantastic

Myself and partner visited recently and weren’t blown away. Beautiful grounds etc but the museum part is average at best. €5 entry wasn’t to bad though

Date of experience: March 2019

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janehA9670EJ

Edenderry, Ireland

4113

Reviewed 13 February 2019 via mobile

Really informative

Lovely visitor centre for Newgrange. Got straight on the bus to Newgrange, and you get picked up again after an hour. The tour takes almost that long and our tour guide had a wonderful dry sense of humour and delivery. I hadn’t visited Newgrange since...More

Date of experience: February 2019

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Jangtravels

singapore

293241

Reviewed 12 December 2018 via mobile

The visitor centre to newgrange

This place is actually the visitor centre fir visitos to the 5000 year old newgrange passage tomb - a UNESCO heritage site. There is free parking on site. At the visitor centre, you can buy tickets just for the exhibition at the centre or for...More

Date of experience: December 2018

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BellBoy53

Brisbane, Australia

345116

Reviewed 29 November 2018

Narrow entrance, domed chamber

We were lucky that, upon eventually finding the visitors centre, we walked in and got the first tour of the day. Being a cold day the group we were in was very small so we had the opportunity to spend a lot of time inside...More

Date of experience: November 2018

1 Thank BellBoy53

SouthPerthAustralia

Eagle Bay, Australia

20893

Reviewed 25 November 2018

Outstanding - anyone interested in history should see this site

The history is amazing, the structures boggling, the guide very well informed and professional, the restoration tasteful, the whole experience 5 star. This is World Heritage listed and truly deserves it.

Date of experience: October 2018

1 Thank SouthPerthAustralia

Duanne S

Atlanta, Georgia

347

Reviewed 23 November 2018

Beautiful but restrictive

Our trip to Bru Na Boinne was the first stop after a red eye flight from Boston...so we were VERY tired. We arrived by rental car about 30 minutes before they opened. I had prepurchased tickets to New Grange only. There were about 30 people...More

Date of experience: October 2018

2 Thank Duanne S

euromat

Saxmundham, United Kingdom

8620

Reviewed 23 November 2018

Amazing!

Fantastic history, really worth checking out and spending some time there. The tour guide was very informative and friendly

Date of experience: October 2018

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BillyLa

Hi, My wife and I have purchased tickets for Sunday 13 May 2018 with a check in time of 11:15am. Is this ticket just for the visitors center and not the passage tomb at Newgrange. Will I have to purchase additional tickets to see the tombs? Will they still be available at that time? Please advise.

29 March 2018|

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P.S Yes, you can add to your tix at the center if you find you're not covered for everything you wanted.

Tom G

Hello, I am planning a trip for October and would like to see Newgrange. I am hearing that the only way to get there is on a tour bus from Dublin. Is this correct? Reading here it looks to me like one can simply drive to the visitor center to go to Newgrange. Perhaps someone could clarify this for me. Thank you!

31 August 2017|

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Drive to the visitors center. From there all visitors board trams that take visitors to the two sites. This is included in the entry fee. The trams run often, so there's little waiting.