Holyhead to Dublin by Ferry

sweetheartlmg

Can anyone give me advice, we are going to a caravan in Anglesey next week and wanted to take family over to Dublin by Ferry for the first time (2 adults & 2 kids ages 9 & 10) I priced it up to go around 10am on Wednesday 24th and a 9.15pm Ferry back and it quoted £180! Surely there is a cheaper way to spend the day in Dublin, we can go any day next week, but we can't stay the night because we are leaving our dog with a neighbour at the caravan caravan site. Also what is the best thing to visit with kids ages 9 & 10 years, we want to do the tour bus and maybe visit the cells. any advise please?

jemjem48

Hi,
Can you not go as foot passengers? can get bus to dublin bus station (5-10 mins on bus)which is in city centre, 5 mins walk from O'Connell bridge
There is the Zoo in Phoinex park, Guiness factory........ Dublin is expensive,like going to london for day out

wealdroam

sweetheartlmg wrote: »

Can anyone give me advice, we are going to a caravan in Anglesey next week and wanted to take family over to Dublin by Ferry for the first time (2 adults & 2 kids ages 9 & 10) I priced it up to go around 10am on Wednesday 24th and a 9.15pm Ferry back and it quoted £180! Surely there is a cheaper way to spend the day in Dublin, we can go any day next week, but we can't stay the night because we are leaving our dog with a neighbour at the caravan caravan site. Also what is the best thing to visit with kids ages 9 & 10 years, we want to do the tour bus and maybe visit the cells. any advise please?

Well I just used the Stena website with your date and arrived at £82.00 all in...

Your Itinerary Day Trip On Foot
Outward
Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire
Wed 24 Aug 2011
- Dep. 10:00 Arr. 11:59
- HSS Stena Explorer
- 2 Adults
- 2 Children

Return
Dublin Port (T2) - Holyhead (T5)
Wed 24 Aug 2011
- Dep. 21:15 Arr. 00:30
- Stena Adventurer
- 2 Adults
- 2 Children

£82.00

vikingaero

We've stayed in Snowdonia a couple of times and gone on a day trip to Dublin. Each time we've taken the car. If you go as a foot passenger, Dun Laoghaire train station is right by the docks with trains to Dublin city centre. We went on the HSS service in both directions.

p00hsticks

Yes, we've gone from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire as foot passengers and got the DART train in to the centre of Dublin for the day and then back in the past - it's very easily doable and I think works out cheaper than going direct to Dublin.

sweetheartlmg

Brilliant advice, thank you all so much.