Irish cultural, walking, food, drink & music tour in Galway City

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Your Galway evening starts at the Spanish Arch, built in 1584 to extend the quays for the Spanish wine trade. Over 3 to 4 hours, you cover the city on foot, sit in on a private trad session at Monroes on Dominick Street, eat a proper Irish dinner while the music plays, and finish with a Guinness pour and a Polaroid to take home.
The trad session is booked for your group only. Two working musicians talk you through what they are playing: reels versus jigs, uilleann pipes versus fiddle. Most guests say this is when it stops feeling like a tour.
The Guinness pour comes last. There is a right way to do it and most people don't get it first time. A Polaroid is taken while the pint settles. You keep the photo, a handwritten card, a coaster, and a weekly guide to the best trad sessions and GAA fixtures in Galway.

Lokasi aktiviti

The Spanish Arch
- Spanish Arch
- Galway, Ireland

Titik Pertemuan/Penebusan

Spanish Arch
- 2 The Long Walk
- Galway, County Galway, Ireland

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Irish cultural, walking, food, drink & music tour in Galway City

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Bahasa Inggeris

Pengembara

Pilihan bahasa: Bahasa Inggeris

Masa bermula: 15:00

Butiran harga

RM 518.56 x 1 DewasaRM 518.56

Jumlah

Hingga Sel, 25 Ogo

Perkara yang dirangkumi dan tidak dirangkumi

Guided city walk from Spanish Arch through the Latin Quarter to Monroes
Handwritten card, coaster, and postcard to send
Guinness pour with instruction
Private trad session with two musicians at Monroes Tavern, Dominick Street
Polaroid photograph
GAA overview and local fixture card
Weekly guide to live trad sessions in Galway
Traditional Irish dinner (half portions) at Monroes Tavern
Transport to or from the Spanish Arch meeting point
Additional drinks beyond the Guinness pour

Ketahui sebelum anda tempah

- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Jadual perjalanan aktiviti

The Spanish Arch

10m

Meet your guide outside the arch. The Spanish Arch is one of the few surviving sections of Galway's 16th-century town wall, built in 1584 to extend the quays for the Spanish wine trade that made Galway wealthy. Your guide makes introductions, gives a brief outline of the evening, and you move into the city.

Galway's Latin Quarter

10m

Through the Latin Quarter on High Street and Quay Street, Galway's most photographed stretch of independent shops and street performers. The route passes St Nicholas' Collegiate Church on Lombard Street, founded in 1320 and the oldest church in continuous use in Ireland. Columbus is said to have prayed here before his 1492 voyage. Worth a pause outside before continuing north.

Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church

10m

Founded in 1320, this is the largest medieval parish church in Ireland that has been in continuous use. Your guide covers its role in Galway's history, its connection to the Spanish trade, and the Columbus story. The walk continues from here to Salmon Weir Bridge, a 5-minute walk north.

Salmon Weir Bridge

10m

The bridge crosses the Corrib between the city and the Cathedral. In spring (March to May) you can watch Atlantic salmon holding in the current below before running upstream. Galway Cathedral sits at your back as you cross. The guide points out the weir and explains the salmon run before moving back into the city toward Dominick Street.

Monroe's Tavern

20m

Private Irish trad session. Booked exclusively for your group. Two working musicians play at Monroes Tavern on Dominick Street, one of Galway's best-known trad venues. Before the food arrives, they talk you through what they are playing: what distinguishes a reel from a jig, the instruments in a traditional session, how the music works without a written score. Groups who arrive knowing nothing about trad consistently say this is the part of the evening that stays with them.

Monroe's Tavern

30m

GAA: Ireland's Game. An All-Ireland match plays on the screens at Monroes, as it would on any match night in any Galway pub. Your guide explains Gaelic football and hurling: the rules, the county structures, the fixture calendar. You leave with a card listing real local club and county fixtures that week, times and venues included.

Monroe's Tavern

30m

GAA: Ireland's Game. An All-Ireland match plays on the screens at Monroes, as it would on any match night in any Galway pub. Your guide explains Gaelic football and hurling: the rules, the county structures, the fixture calendar. You leave with a card listing real local club and county fixtures that week, times and venues included.

Monroe's Tavern

30m

The Guinness Pour at Monroe's. Everyone has a go at the Guinness pour. There is a two-part process and most people do not get it right first time, which is part of the point. A Polaroid is taken while the pint settles. You keep the photo. Non-alcoholic alternatives are available for guests who do not drink.

Monroe's Tavern

10m

Farewell and Send-Off. Your guide gives you a handwritten card, a coaster, and a week's worth of real trad sessions and GAA fixtures in Galway: venues, times, dates. Write a postcard and post it before you leave. Then the rest of the evening is yours. Monroe's itself stays open and runs trad sessions most nights; Thursday to Saturday are the busiest.

Lokasi

Lokasi aktiviti

The Spanish Arch
- Spanish Arch
- Galway, Ireland

Titik Pertemuan/Penebusan

Spanish Arch
- 2 The Long Walk
- Galway, County Galway, Ireland

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