Where a car takes you from Dublin
These are the day trips from Dublin on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Howth (seafood village) Howth at the end of the DART line is the city's weekend seafood destination: harbour-side seafood bars, the West Pier walk and the weekend market oppo
- Dún Laoghaire (coastal market) Dún Laoghaire on the south coast holds the Sunday People's Park Market with fifty stalls, the East and West Piers for coastal walks, and Teddy's 1950
- Malahide (coastal village, castle) Malahide on the north coast holds a Saturday farmers market at the GAA pitch, Malahide Castle with its grounds and a coastal village with seafood pubs
- Bray (south coast) Bray on the south coast of Co Wicklow holds the Bray to Greystones cliff walk, the original Italian-Irish chippers and the Bray Sea Front bistros
- Kilkenny (medieval city) Kilkenny in Co Kilkenny is an hour and a half by train south of Dublin: the medieval castle, the Smithwick's Brewery Experience, the Hole in the Wall
- Wicklow (Glendalough and the mountains) Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin: Glendalough's monastic site, Wicklow Way walks, Powerscourt Estate, and Hunter's Hotel afternoo
Booking a car in Dublin
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 11.48 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National
- Pick up at
- Dublin Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.