About Us

Free Tour Dublin

Dublin's Best Free Walking Tour

Free Tour Dublin is part of the ‘Original Dublin’ family. We are a local tour guiding collective founded in Dublin City in 2022, but as a group we have been part of the Irish tour guiding and creative arts landscape for well over 10 years.

Free Tours have been around now since 2003. Once a somewhat abstract concept at odds with the traditional set-price tour model, free tours allow participants to pay what they feel the tour was worth at the end of the experience; they are now a firmly established fixture worldwide, and particularly here in Europe. Participation for both the customer and the guide on these tours is an act of trust. Customers trust guides with their valuable time, and guides trust that customers will pay a fair valuation for the tour they receive.

Typically, Free Tour companies actually charge the guides a fee for each person they attract onto the free tour. We’re different; Free Tour Dublin operates a collective, not-for-profit model that puts guides first. We have a distinct love for the free tour concept, indeed it is where many of us honed our craft as tour guides, and so we’re incredibly passionate about delivering an impeccable tour every time we go out. Original Dublin is the only tour company offering the same unrivalled-quality tour, by the same high-calibre guides, as both a set-price AND free tour; this allows us to offer more daily tours than any other provider in the city, meaning more options for visitors, while making the best tour in Dublin accessible to a wider audience.

Unlike many of our competitors, we are a 100% Irish-owned company, and are very proud that our collective has become such a vibrant hub of passionate and creative people. The majority of our guides are actors, musicians, comedians, and artists who are actively involved in the creative arts scene in Ireland. In just 3 years since we started, we have received over 13K 5 star reviews across Trip Advisor and Google, and won the prestigious Trip Advisor Best of the Best award 3 years in a row, putting us in the top 1% of things to do in all of Europe.

We are offering you a fantastic award winning tour at a fair price delivered by some of the most passionate people you will ever meet. Book now and make your Dublin trip complete. You will not regret it.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to make the history and culture of Dublin accessible to everyone, regardless of budget. We love this city, we think everyone should be able to experience the very best of Dublin and we believe that we are the best people to give you that experience. We have completely flipped the traditional tour provider model, our guides are invested in something greater than the sum of its parts, enjoying agency and ownership of everything they create. Our guides' wellbeing is put at the centre of everything we do and this has allowed us to put together the best team of tour guides Dublin City has to offer.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a gateway for Dublin, that our collective can be a place where something about Dublin, past, present or future can be expressed. Visiting cities should be about connecting with its people, with their story, and our vision is to be your ultimate guide to the real Dublin. We want to show you what makes Dublin tick. We want to be the difference between you just visiting Dublin, and understanding Dublin.

Why Free Tours?

It’s a wonderful model based on trust, and a concept we love and believe in. As guides, it means we are obliged to deliver our best tour on every occasion so that you’ll receive an unbeatable experience during your precious time in Dublin, value the tour sincerely, and pay fairly. It’s a win-win that rewards us as guides while removing risk for you as customers.

Careers

Work with us?

We want to cultivate a vibrant work environment full of sound heads with passion and talent; you don’t necessarily have to have a degree or other qualification, it’s more important to us that someone is creative, hard-working, and has a deep love for Irish History & Culture, and wants to contribute to a vibrant and exciting community or like-minded people. We are always open to hearing from anyone who is passionate about all things Dublin.

We offer training for guides and guidance on how to achieve Fåilte Ireland Accreditation. We are also interested in hearing from potential content creators and digital media aficionados within the Dublin history and cultural space.