Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre Newgrange and Knowth

Excellent visitor center. There's a walkthrough of pictures with descriptions from the archeology dig & site. Videos of the site & surrounding area, recreation of the people during the time of the site. There is a bus service from the visitor center to the site. You'll meet a guide, who will give a brief talk & take a small group into the monument. A demonstration of the winter solstice is given. We were allowed to walk around the monument. Cafe has a good selection of food & drinks at reasonable prices. Gift shop with a variety of items. Staff & guides are excellent.

A brilliantly curated exhibition about a very underrated Unesco World Heritage site! This visitor's center takes you on an interactive guided tour of the history and origins of the ancient burial monument at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. With beautifully designed images, projections and videos, the experience is World class, and a guaranteed good time for all ages! Highly recommended 👌

A wonderful place, but if you want to gain the full experience you MUST purchase tickets online ahead of time. While we enjoyed our visit we were only able to walk around the outside since all the interior options were booked. There's also several options to choose from regarding which sites you can visit and length of stay. Suggest going to the website and review all options to avoid disappointment. Although we didn't go inside, the exterior experience was great value. Just note, they get you in and out pretty quick. They are all guided tours, you cannot just walk in and take your time. Important to know while there's some parking spaces near the site entrance, you must purchase tickets at the main welcome centre. Everyone will be brought in by bus and then you walk up to the site. If you just show up and park near the entrance, they will turn you away. Very last comment, the welcome centre has a terrific display to walk through and learn more about the area and the people who lived there. Well worth taking 30 minutes to walk through and read the information before you visit the site. Some terrific images on display and replicas of items found there. If you are hungry they have a reasonable cafe. It won't be the best food you have ever tasted, but it does the job and isn't unreasonably priced.

Just happened to be nearby for the winter solstice and took a chance of a visit. Despite getting there about and hour prior to the sun rising we had to park on the road and walk some distance to the centre. Then its a bit of a walk to the bus which stopped due to the number of visitors. It was a 40min walk on the bus route but luckily the clouds held of the sun just enough to get there to see the entrance lit up. A great experience and some beautiful views across the misty field and the River Boyne. Didn't have enough time to take in the visitor centre so we'll come back again.

This was such an amazing experience! I highly highly recommend booking tickets in advance and getting there early! I arrived a little late and they kindly arranged me in the next tour so I really appreciated that. There was ample free parking! The visitor center is handicap accessible but keep in mind the tour itself will involve muddy uneven ground. The guides were very knowledgeable!

What an amazing trip and worth every penny. It's not too expensive and I'd recommend more than anything that you experience the inside of Newgrange tomb. The tour guides are very good and taking the time to walk through the visitors centre before going around on the bus to see Knowth and Newgrange is a must. The visitors centre has excellent facilities, café etc. I have been going here since I was young and I'll certainly go again. Everyone I have ever taken here is amazed at this place. Thank you to all of the guides and workers that make it and keep it so special.

Well maintained, Bru na Boinne Newgrange is a very educational experience, book online if you wish to visit Newgrange Tomb not to be disappointed, decent coffee shop, toilets. The car park was gritted as there was frost on the ground.

Fantastic old passage tombs, a must see! Get there early! There’s lots to see at the visitor centre so allow some time for that. It’s a short walk from the visitor centre to where the bus loads. When you know what time your bus leaves get there early so you could get onto the bus first and get a good seat and get off the bus first so you see more! The bus tour is a couple of hours with the bus that takes you from the visitor centre to the both sites and back, I had a lovely sunny day. The bus stops at Knowth first with a walking guided tour around the outside of Knowth, there are many smaller hill tombs to see the outside of. The guide was very informative stick close to the guide and you will hear lots of good information and ask your questions while waiting for the crowd to catch up. You can’t go in Knowth but you can climb to the very top of it with the fantastic view of the area! Then the bus takes you to Newgrange. Here you could go inside with the guide, 15 people inside at a time, 30 people on a bus. Stay close to the guide and in the front of the line then you can go into Newgrange in the first group which gives you more time outside to walk around after the inside tour. Unfortunately, you can’t take pictures inside the tomb not allowed. I stuck close to the guide so I was first inside the tomb, something special about that to me! It’s a long passage to get inside and you have to stoop down the whole way. Inside I waited so I was the last out of the tomb. That’s my technique after taking many tours of different sites.😃