From Sandycove DART to the Forty Foot bathing place and the Joyce Tower, along the coast past Bullock Harbour into Dalkey village, then Sorrento Park, the Vico bathing place and up Killiney Hill to the obelisk, ending at Killiney DART.
Best time: Morning, with a swim at the Forty Foot or the Vico; DART to Sandycove and Glasthule, back from Killiney or Dalkey.
The route, stop by stop
- 1Sandycove and Glasthule DART station
Start. 5 min
- 2The Forty Foot
Promontory where people have swum in the sea all year round for some 250 years. 20 min
- 3James Joyce Tower and Museum
Martello tower where Joyce stayed six nights in 1904 and where Ulysses opens; free admission. 30 min
- 4Bullock Harbour
Small harbour on the way to Dalkey. 10 min
- 5Dalkey (Castle Street)
Main street of Dalkey village with the remains of its medieval castles. 30 min
- 6Sorrento Park
Small public park on the coast south of Dalkey village (OSM). 10 min
- 7Vico Bathing Place
Vico bathing place on Vico Road (OSM). 10 min
- 8Killiney Hill Park
Monument on the 153 m summit of Killiney Hill Park, with views over Dublin Bay, Bray Head and the Wicklow Mountains. 20 min
- 9Killiney DART station
End of the walk; DART back to the city. 5 min
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