The tour takes two hours: an hour at Knowth and then an hour at Newgrange. It involves walking to the shuttle bus stop from the visitor’s center, then taking the bus to Knowth, which is a site with a number of separate mounds to walk among, plus a stairway climb up to the top of the largest mound. Then you take the bus to Newgrange and walk around the very large mound there and go through the very narrow tunnel into the mound as well. Then shuttle bus back, followed by a walk back to the visitor’s center. There’s a guide at each site to tell all about each one.

The tour is entirely wheelchair accessible, as far as I could see, except for climbing the mound at Knowth and entering the mound at Newgrange. However, it would be a lot of walking for someone who is mobility impaired but not in a wheelchair.

I very much enjoyed visiting these sites: because it was a beautiful day the views were pretty and the history and stone-age artworks of the mounds were very interesting. The visitor’s center is very well-presented.