• Newgrange is older than the Egyptian pyramids.newgrange image by Lena Gr??nwall from Fotolia.com
  
  Constructed in approximately 3,200 B.C., Newgrange is an ancient temple and tomb. The mound, which predates the Egyptian Pyramids, covers more than one acre of land. The mound is designed so that the passageway and chamber are lit by sunlight during the winter solstice. Today, the tourist demand is so high during the winter solstice that tickets for those days must be won by lottery. The summer solstice is also a busy tourist season.
  
  

Bru na Boinne Visitors Center

• The Bru na Boinne visitors center offers tours of Newgrange Tomb year-round. The center is closed just four days a year, from December 24th through December 27th. Except for groups over 15, the center does not take reservations; all tickets are first come, first served. The center offers three tours, one of Newgrange, one of Knowth and a combined tour. Knowth is only open from Easter through October 28th.
  
  Bru na Boinne Visitors Center
  
  Donore
  
  County Meath
  
  Republic of Ireland
  
  011-353-41-988-0300
  
  newgrange.com
  
  

Viator Tours

• Viator Tours offers a seven-hour day trip from Dublin to Newgrange. The tour includes a visit to the tombs, followed by a drive through the Boyne Valley. Visitors stop at Monasterboice, which contains many of Ireland's famed Celtic crosses. The tour provides pick up at three hotels: the Regency, the North Star and Clontarf Castle. All other tour group members must meet at the Dublin Tourism Center. Tour price includes transportation, a guide and admission to Newgrange Tomb. The tour is available from April to October.
  
  Viator Tours Worldwide Headquarters
  
  600 Townsend St.
  
  San Francisco, CA 94103
  
  866-648-5873
  
  viator.com
  
  

Mary Gibbons Tours

• Mary Gibbons offers tours of Newgrange and Tara Hill every day of the week except Sunday. The tour offers hotel pick up for six hotels in Dublin, as well as at the Dublin Tourism Center and A.I.B. Bank. Tours depart Dublin at 10:25 a.m. and return at 4:15 p.m. Guests of the tour will see the tomb in Newgrange, as well as travel along the River Boyne and learn the history of the Battle of the Boyne. The tour also stops at the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of Irish kings and a stop at Slane, a village important to the history of Irish Christianity.
  
  Mary Gibbons Tours
  
  12 St. Catheryn's Court
  
  Newgrove Avenue
  
  Sandymount
  
  Dublin 4
  
  Republic of Ireland
  
  011-353-86-355-1355
  
  newgrangetours.com