About Artful Tours
An Artful Walking Tour is a fun activity for small groups of family, friends or tourists and is the perfect healthy way to explore and experience Dublin and Ireland with an expert guide. An Artful walking Tour of Dublin is a great way to keep discovering Dublin City. Enjoy walking around Dublin city seeing it from a new perspective. Open your eyes to Street Art and Dublin’s beautiful squares, greens and parks, where each season of the year has its own charm.
Nicola Carroll Founder Artful Tours
“Artful Tours is the offspring of all my personal interests and passions. I grew up in Dublin and studied History and Politics. I lived in Barcelona, Spain for 10 years where I developed my interest and knowledge in art and architecture. On my return to Dublin I went on to complete a Masters in Art in the Contemporary World at the National College of Art and Design and I am now a qualified Irish National Tour Guide.
I feel passionately about making art and history accessible to everyone through storytelling and discussion and nothing delights me more than watching how interest grows in our beautiful city and country by showing and telling people the little known stories that the public art found around the city can tell” – Nicola Carroll March 2021
Testimonials
“Just a fabulous guide – the sort you hope you’ll get!”
I’ve done street art tours around the world, and this one was one of my absolute favorites. Some of this is because of the intersection of street art in Dublin with the rich music and literature culture here, and some of it was Nicola, who is just a fabulous guide- the sort you hope you’ll get but can never be sure when you sign up for these experiences!
“An eye-opener even for someone who lives in the city.”
Nicola’s Dublin Street Art tour was that rare thing: an eye-opener even for someone who lives in the city. I found my mind was unlocked about a whole unknown culture and politics that it’s easy to miss or ignore but is all around us. Informed and infectiously passionate, Nicola leads a lively group in an interactive celebration of the underground, fresh and entertaining but also edifying.
Nicola Carroll escorted us group of nine pals on a fantastic walking tour of Dublin. Pre level 5 of Covid 19 restrictions it was such a delight to be able to meet friends and yet keep within the Government guidelines. The theme was Marianne and Markievicz thus meaning Marianne from Normal People and the countess Constance Markievicz. ( Both Sligo ladies so a personal interest to myself) Nicola escorted us around different locations in the centre of Dublin with significance to both the fictional Marianne and the very real Markievicz. This was my first time to do such a tour and it was excellent. Nicola is very informative and made it so much fun for us all. I couldn’t recommend Artful Tours enough to others. I look forward to when we can choose another of these tours and enjoy the delights of our beautiful city Dublin.
Nicola designed a fabulous themed tour for us during October 2020. Masked up and togged out, we paid homage to some forgotten gems of our beloved city. We visited some old haunts and made some new discoveries that we will definitely revisit. It was a treat to see Dublin through Nicola’s witty, creative and storyful lense. Dublin born and raised, I still felt like I was sharing its secrets. The time zipped by but the memory of a special shared experience lingers.
I booked a tour with Nicola at Artful tours for my book club in September during the more relaxed phase of Covid time. We really enjoyed the tour – it combined history/education with fun and exercise. We walked and talked our way around the city centre. Nicola imparts her vast knowledge with ease and good humour. We ended with a picnic in Stephen’s Green. Highly recommend Artful tours as a great experience. We loved feeling like tourists in our home-town. Will definitely pick a new theme and do another tour soon.
I loved this tour with Nicola. She is great fun and very knowledgeable and passionate about the street art of Dublin. It is infectious and a great way to learn more about the city. Also at this strange Covid time, it’s so nice to do something different and feel safe and comfortable as the tour we did was outside. I will be coming back to bring my nieces on the tour in Spanish as they are both doing Spanish in school. Thanks for a great day out!
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