# Newgrange, the 5,000-year-old tomb with the solstice chamber

What to do en Newgrange and the Boyne Valley · Newgrange and the Boyne Valley

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/things-to-do/newgrange · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 10 € adult
- Duración: 2 h 30
- Temporada: All year; from 18 to 22 December, special solstice visits only
- Para quién: From age 8; low, narrow passage, not suitable if you are claustrophobic

Guided visit · 2–3 hours including the visitor centre · from €10 · you enter the passage and chamber · booking only, starting from the visitor centre

Newgrange is a round burial mound built about five thousand years ago, older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Giza, with a stone passage leading to a cross-shaped chamber. It is famous for its white façade, the carved spiral stones around it and, above all, the roof-box above the entrance, through which the sun of the winter solstice lights up the chamber. It is a World Heritage Site together with Knowth and Dowth, in a bend of the River Boyne.
How to visit. You cannot go straight to the monument: every visit starts at the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre, from where a shuttle bus takes you there with a guide. You walk into the passage and the chamber, which are low and narrow; photos are not allowed inside.
Tickets. You must book, and only on the Heritage Ireland website: the Office of Public Works warns that there are no authorised resellers. Tickets are released at midnight (Irish time) 30 days ahead from April to early November and 7 days ahead the rest of the year; cancellations go back on sale every morning from 8:30 to 9:30 and every afternoon from 15:00 to 16:00. Turning up without a booking means risking not getting in. Everyone needs a ticket, babies included, and under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Without a car, Newgrange Tours by Mary Gibbons runs a day trip from Dublin taking in Newgrange and the Hill of Tara for €80, with tickets and access to the chamber guaranteed.

Lo organiza: Newgrange Tours by Mary Gibbons, desde 80 € per person (https://www.newgrangetours.com/)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/bru-na-boinne-visitor-centre-newgrange-and-knowth/
- Coordenadas: 53.6947, -6.4755

## Cerca de aquí

- [Knowth, the mound with the largest collection of megalithic art](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/things-to-do/knowth), a 1.3 km
- [Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/things-to-do/bru-na-boinne-visitor-centre), a 1.9 km
- [Conyngham Arms Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/where-to-stay/conyngham-arms), a 4.8 km
- [Conyngham Arms Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/where-to-eat/conyngham-arms-restaurant), a 4.8 km
- [Battle of the Boyne Visitor Centre, at Oldbridge](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/things-to-do/battle-of-the-boyne), a 5.0 km
- [Mellifont Abbey, Ireland's first Cistercian monastery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/things-to-do/mellifont-abbey), a 5.4 km
- [Tankardstown House](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/where-to-stay/tankardstown-house), a 8.7 km
- [The Brabazon, at Tankardstown House](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne/where-to-eat/the-brabazon), a 8.7 km

Destino: [Newgrange and the Boyne Valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/bru-na-boinne.md)