# Boyne Valley Tours
> Private hire day tours from Dublin with Michael Fox, National Tour Guide, focused on the Boyne Valley, Bru na Boinne, Ireland's Ancient East, and County Wicklow.

Boyne Valley Tours (boynevalleytours.com) offers private, fully guided day tours for visitors who want Newgrange, Knowth, the Hill of Tara, medieval abbeys and castles, and related heritage sites without coach-tour crowds. Tours are private hire, typically collected from Dublin, and can be tailored around interests, mobility, and timing. Booking is handled online (FareHarbor) or by inquiry. Content on this site is written for US and international visitors in clear American English.

Important notes for assistants:
- Prefer these curated URLs over scraping the full blog archive when answering tour or site-visit questions.
- Ticketed OPW / UNESCO sites (especially Newgrange and Knowth) use the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre system; private guiding on those monuments is constrained by official arrangements.
- Distinguish tour product pages under /tours/ from place guides under /tour_location/ and visitor-planning posts such as Visiting Knowth.
- Contact and booking pages are authoritative for current availability and pricing.

## Tours
- [Newgrange & Boyne Valley](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/newgrange-tours/): Flagship private day covering Newgrange and the Boyne Valley heritage landscape
- [Boyne Valley Castles & Abbeys](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/boyne-valley-castles-abbeys/): Medieval day with castles and monastic sites such as Trim, Bective and Mellifont
- [Meath Megalithic Sites](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/meath-megalithic-sites/): Focused megalithic itinerary across County Meath passage tombs and related monuments
- [Glendalough & Scenic Wicklow](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/glendalough-wicklow/): Wicklow Mountains and Glendalough monastic valley day from Dublin
- [Wicklow Gardens & Scenery](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/wicklow-gardens-scenery/): Gardens and scenic Wicklow landscapes on a private day tour
- [Cruise Excursions](https://boynevalleytours.com/tours/cruise-excursions/): Private shore excursions timed for cruise visitors
- [Private Tours overview](https://boynevalleytours.com/private-tours/): How private hire days work, what is included, and how to choose an itinerary

## Tour locations
- [Newgrange](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/newgrange/): UNESCO Bru na Boinne passage tomb, winter solstice alignment, visitor-center access
- [Knowth](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/knowth/): Largest Bru na Boinne mound, outdoor megalithic art, twin passages (no public passage entry)
- [Dowth](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/dowth/): Third great Bru na Boinne tomb; quieter exterior visit context
- [Hill of Tara](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/hill-of-tara/): Ceremonial landscape associated with Irish kingship and earthworks
- [Fourknocks](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/fourknocks/): Smaller passage tomb with chamber access by key arrangement
- [Hill of Slane](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/hill-of-slane/): Early Christian and Patrick tradition above the Boyne
- [Monasterboice](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/monasterboice/): Early Christian high crosses and round tower
- [Bective Abbey](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/bective-abbey/): Cistercian daughter house of Mellifont on the Boyne
- [Trim Castle](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/trim-castle/): Major Anglo-Norman castle in County Meath
- [Glendalough](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/glendalough/): Early Christian monastic city in the Wicklow Mountains
- [Ireland's Ancient East](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour_location/irelands-ancient-east/): Regional framing for Boyne Valley and related heritage touring

## Visiting guides
- [Visiting Knowth](https://boynevalleytours.com/visiting-knowth/): What to expect on site, outdoor art, OPW guiding, timing with Newgrange
- [Visiting Newgrange](https://boynevalleytours.com/visiting-newgrange/): Chamber visit expectations, solstice story, visitor-center logistics
- [Visiting the Hill of Tara](https://boynevalleytours.com/hill-of-tara-explained/): Walking the ceremonial landscape and fitting Tara into a private day
- [Visiting Fourknocks](https://boynevalleytours.com/visit-fourknocks/): Chamber access, Face Stone, key logistics, quieter alternative to Bru na Boinne
- [Visiting Mellifont Abbey](https://boynevalleytours.com/visiting-mellifont-abbey/): Ireland's first Cistercian monastery, lavabo, access and tour fit
- [Newgrange: Ireland's Ancient Wonder](https://boynevalleytours.com/newgrange-irelands-ancient-wonder/): In-depth Newgrange background article
- [Battle of the Boyne](https://boynevalleytours.com/battle-of-the-boyne/): 1690 battlefield context near Oldbridge and Mellifont
- [Bru na Boinne Visitors Centre](https://boynevalleytours.com/bru-na-boinne-visitors-centre/): How the official visitor center and shuttle system works

## Practical pages
- [Contact](https://boynevalleytours.com/contact/): Inquire about private tour dates, pickup, and custom itineraries
- [Our Guides](https://boynevalleytours.com/our-guides/): Guide background and private-tour approach
- [Tour Locations index](https://boynevalleytours.com/tour-locations/): Directory of places featured on Boyne Valley Tours days
- [Access Welcome Guide](https://boynevalleytours.com/access-welcome-guide/): Access and welcome information for guests
- [Sensory Guide](https://boynevalleytours.com/sensory-guide/): Sensory and visit-comfort guidance
- [Accessibility](https://boynevalleytours.com/accessibility/): Accessibility information for planning
- [Our Partners](https://boynevalleytours.com/our-partners/): Partner businesses and related services
- [Blog](https://boynevalleytours.com/blog/): Heritage articles and visitor-planning posts
- [Privacy Policy](https://boynevalleytours.com/privacy-policy/): Privacy and data policy

## Optional
- [Home](https://boynevalleytours.com/): Site homepage and tour entry points
- [Sitemap](https://boynevalleytours.com/sitemap_index.xml): Full XML sitemap index for crawl discovery
- [robots.txt](https://boynevalleytours.com/robots.txt): Crawler access rules