Go City Dublin Pass

The Go City Dublin Pass bundles admission to many of the Irish capital's best-known attractions into a single digital ticket. Instead of paying at every attraction separately, the pass unlocks up to 34 destinations. That can save a lot of money on a tightly packed itinerary, but it doesn't suit every travel pace, and Go City sells three quite different passes for Dublin. This guide covers what each version costs, which attractions are genuinely included, what's closed in 2026, and when buying one actually pays off.

What is the Go City Dublin Pass?

"Dublin Pass" today refers to the provider Go City. It sells three products for Dublin that often appear online under the same label: the All-Inclusive Pass, the Explorer Pass and the Essentials Pass. The official Go City site is the only authority on price, coverage and support, and the safest place to buy the pass.

The pass is a digital product. You buy it online, load it into the Go City app or carry it by email, and show it on your phone at each attraction. Each attraction is included once; a general skip-the-line guarantee isn't included. Its core benefit is bundled admission, not queue-jumping.

What the pass isn't: a transport ticket. Regular public transport isn't included, the only exception is the tourist hop-on-hop-off bus. For that you'll need a Leap Card, see the direct comparison below.

The three passes compared

The versions don't differ in price per attraction, but in the logic: the All-Inclusive Pass sells you days, the Explorer Pass sells you destinations, the Essentials Pass a small starter bundle.

As of September 2026, prices from Go City. In short: if you can manage three or more paid destinations in one day, go All-Inclusive. If you're spreading the same three destinations across a week, go Explorer and skip the time pressure. The Essentials Pass mostly pays off if the Guinness Storehouse or Jameson are on your list anyway.

What does the Go City Dublin Pass cost in 2026?

Official Go City starting prices (as of September 2026, with an ongoing discount):

• Essentials Pass: from around €59
• Explorer Pass: from around €69 for three destinations (child €34), rising up to seven destinations
• All-Inclusive Pass, 1 day: €79 for adults, €39 for children
• All-Inclusive Pass, 5 days: around €159 for adults, €99 for children

The in-between tiers for 2, 3 and 4 days vary with current promotions; plan on "from around €79 for one day, rising with each extra day." The longer the pass runs, the cheaper the average day becomes. The child rate applies from age 5 to 15, with the adult rate from 16; under-5s are free at most attractions anyway.

Go City advertises savings of up to 50% versus single tickets. The price moves less with the season than with promotions: discounts of 5 to 30% are common around Black Friday, Christmas and Easter, and signing up to the newsletter can unlock an extra code. Because Go City adjusts its prices continually, the product panel at the top of this page shows the current rate.

Which attractions are included?

Go City lists around 34 attractions, tours and activities for the All-Inclusive Pass, and a choice from around 31 destinations for the Explorer Pass (as of September 2026). The list moves, destinations are added or dropped; always check the provider's site for the current version. Sorted by location and weight, the 2026 line-up looks like this:

The headline attractions, these carry the pass on paper, since just three or four of them already reach the price of a day pass:

• Guinness Storehouse: Dublin's most-visited attraction, around 2 to 2.5 hours including a pint in the Gravity Bar - book a time slot in advance
• EPIC - The Irish Emigration Museum: award-winning experience museum on Irish emigration, 1.5 to 2 hours, timed slots
• Big Bus hop-on-hop-off (24 hours) plus the Coastal Tour and Night Tour
• Jameson Distillery Bow St and Teeling Whiskey Distillery: tour with tasting, around 45 to 60 minutes

Museums, history and literature, the largest block: GPO Museum (1916 Easter Rising), Dublinia (Vikings, family-friendly), Little Museum of Dublin, National Wax Museum Plus, Jeanie Johnston Tallship, National Print Museum, Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum, 14 Henrietta Street, Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), National Museum of Ireland (archaeology and Collins Barracks) and IMMA.

Cathedrals and historic buildings: St Patrick's Cathedral, Christ Church Cathedral, Custom House Visitor Centre, Casino Marino (guided tour booking required) and Dublin Castle, the latter with a major restriction in 2026 (see below).

Day-trip destinations outside the centre, best grouped into their own half-days: Malahide Castle & Gardens, the Casino Model Railway Museum, Newbridge House & Farm and Skerries Mills as a northern cluster along the DART coast line; plus Dublin Zoo in Phoenix Park, Airfield Estate in Dundrum, and the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin.

A special case is the Game of Thrones Studio Tour: it's included in the pass, but it's located in Banbridge, Co. Down (Northern Ireland), around 90 minutes from Dublin. Admission is covered, transport isn't; with travel time either way, the visit itself (2 to 3 hours, last admission around 15:00) fills an entire day.

The most important gap: the Book of Kells at Trinity College isn't included in any Go City version and is always booked separately.

The 2026 closures

Two destinations are unavailable for the second half of 2026, pass or no pass, because Dublin is hosting Ireland's EU Council Presidency:

• Dublin Castle: the State Apartments have been closed since 5 May 2026, and the whole campus since 15 June, until the end of December. Public tours won't resume until January 2027.
• Chester Beatty Library & Museum: the building, on the Dublin Castle campus, is fully closed from 15 June to the end of December 2026. Since its regular admission is free (donation-based) anyway, you're not missing out on a pass benefit there; with Dublin Castle you do lose one of the cheaper attractions.

If you're travelling in this window, cross both destinations off your calculation. For the rest of the list it changes little, since all the expensive headline attractions stay open.

Is the pass worth it? Two worked examples

For orientation, some approximate single-ticket prices for 2026: Guinness Storehouse from €24 (real slots typically €26-36), EPIC €22, Jameson Bow St from €26, Teeling from €20, Dublin Zoo online €22.50, Malahide Castle from €17, Dublinia from €18, Christ Church from €12, St Patrick's from €11.50, Big Bus from €35.

Example 1, the packed day. The Guinness Storehouse (around €30), EPIC (€22) and the Big Bus tour (€35) add up to €87, more than the 1-day All-Inclusive Pass at €79. Anything else that day, say Dublinia or the Little Museum, is then covered on top. The All-Inclusive Pass wins clearly here.

Example 2, three destinations over four days. The Guinness Storehouse (around €30), Jameson (€26) and Malahide Castle (€17) add up to €73, the Explorer Pass for three destinations starts at €69 and gives you 30 days to use it. The saving is narrow, but the time gained is significant: no single day where three sites have to be squeezed in. An All-Inclusive Pass would be the wrong choice here, since its days run without a break from first use.

Any pass makes less sense if you're exploring Dublin at a relaxed pace or focusing on free attractions, such as the National Gallery, the National Museum or Phoenix Park. Single tickets work out cheaper then; for which sights are free, see the overview of attractions.

Go City Dublin Pass or Leap Visitor Card?

The two cards get mixed up often, since both are sold "for tourists." But they cover exactly opposite things, and neither replaces the other.

In short: the Go City Pass saves you admission fees, the Leap Visitor Card saves you fares. If you're visiting lots of paid attractions and travelling across the city to reach them, get both. If you're staying in the centre and walking anyway, you don't need the Visitor Card, since the regular Leap Card caps at €6 a day. All fares, caps and sales points are in the guide Leap Card and Leap Visitor Card, and the whole network in the overview public transport. How the Big Bus service included in the pass compares with the competition and with the Leap Card is covered in the provider comparison hop-on hop-off bus.

Buying, activation, validity and cancellation

• Buying: online only, through Go City. After purchase the pass sits in the Go City app or arrives by email with a QR code, there's no plastic card.
• Redemption window: a purchased pass is valid for one year from the purchase date. Nothing runs down until you use it.
• Activation: the pass activates with the first scan at an attraction, not at purchase. From that moment the clock starts.
• Validity: for the All-Inclusive Pass, the booked days run as consecutive calendar days, not in 24-hour blocks. Starting in the afternoon loses you half a day. Explorer and Essentials, by contrast, give you 30 days from your first visit.
• Cancellation: Go City refunds passes that haven't been activated within 90 days of purchase. Once scanned, a pass is no longer refundable.
• Once per attraction: a second visit to the same destination isn't possible with the pass.

As of September 2026. Terms can change, check the Go City conditions before buying.

Planning your pass days

• Itinerary first, pass second: list the paid destinations you'll actually visit and check the total roughly against single-ticket prices. Only then is it clear whether, and which, version pays off.
• Cluster by geography: in the city centre and the Liberties, Guinness, Teeling, Christ Church, Dublinia and St Patrick's sit within walking distance of each other. The north (Malahide, Newbridge, Skerries) makes a DART day trip, Banbridge needs its own full day.
• Watch last-admission times: these often fall 30 to 60 minutes before closing, at the Guinness Storehouse, depending on the day, last entry can be as early as 17:00. The cathedrals have narrow visiting windows, especially on Sundays; don't plan Christ Church or St Patrick's for late Sunday afternoon.
• Book ahead where needed: Guinness, EPIC, Casino Marino, 14 Henrietta Street and the culinary tours Food on Foot and Drinks on Foot all run on time slots or fixed dates, book in advance.
• For families, Dublinia, Dublin Zoo, the Wax Museum, the Casino Model Railway Museum, Newbridge House & Farm and the Jeanie Johnston Tallship work particularly well; Jameson and Teeling (tastings have an age limit), IMMA, MoLI and 14 Henrietta Street lean more towards adults.
• Combine with free attractions: round out your itinerary with free destinations like parks and the state museums, without paying anything extra. For ideas on turning this into concrete routes, see the overview of tours and day trips.