Fish and horses, lions and dragons, swords and stars and hidden miniature bicycles.  Temple Bar is packed with an extraordinary, often overlooked  world of decorative detail. The best way to explore  and discover it is to search the objects out yourself, armed with just a list of clues and a map.  Oh yes, That’s right: a Treasure Hunt!

Our first-ever  Dublin Decoded Temple Bar Treasure Hunt for adults was Tuesday November 1st and it went down a storm.  Our first kids’ version of the treasure hunt ran on Sunday 20th (for a private trial group of family and friends).   But these were just the trial runs.  The good news is that over the Christmas & New Year festival period. we are running both grown ups, and kids versions,  four times times in total, once each at 11.30AM (for kids) and again 2.30 (for grown ups) on both Friday 30th December and on Saturday 31st December (2016)  We hope you’ll find the time to join us.

But the offer gets even better, because these events have been commissioned by and subsidized by the wonderful Dublin New Years Festival, an annual celebration of culture, history and music in Ireland capital at the turning of the year. Accordingly, tickets are just a €6 for grown ups and only €3 for children,  an unbeatable offer, strictly for these 4 special dates only.

You can find information about the kids’ version of the Treasure Hunt, at 11.30AM on both Friday 30th and on Saturday 31st December on the festival website here.   Or if you’ve read enough you can go direct to the tickets  (including key information and ticket sales)  for the kids version 11.30AM Friday 30th and/ or Saturday 31st December (for family with children 6-13 only)  here.   Please note tickets are non- refundable, and non-transferable across the 2 dates. (Fri/Sat).   So please select your correct ticket type (family/kids/parents 11.30)  or grown up (at 2.30pm) and please check the date (Friday or Sat) before you book and pay.  Many thanks.   More information about the adults grown -up  version of the Anybody without children can take part in the grown-up Treasure Hunt, 2.30PM  (to approx 4pm) both Friday 30th and Saturday 31st December.  You can find all the grown up information here.  Or go direct to tickets  (including info and ticket sales) for the grown up version directly  here.     This page is for the grown up version only, but both dates (Fri & Sat) are available for selection via this page.

These December/New Year Treasure Hunt events are sponsored by the New Year Festival of Dublin and Failte Ireland so tickets are subsidized, at just a remarkable €3 or €6 each. Places limited and must be booked in advance.

We look forward to seeing some of you there!  And please feel free to spread the word about this unique new event. Sharing buttons are just below.

From mid- January 2017 it will be possible to book the Treasure Hunt as a private event for private groups, including team building, corporate or client entertainment event.  There will also be a number of Treasure Hunts for the public each year.  Inquiries for private events to dublindecoded@gmail.com  please.  Please note we often can not answer email queries about public events.  A free monthly ezine goes out most months with notification of all walks, talks, treasure hunts and events, with dates and ticket links.  To join the mailing list and receive the monthly email newsletter, with all our great Dublin Decoded events, please sign up  via this link.