Bewley’s Grafton Street official tour with Pat Liddy’s Tours
Bewley’s breakfast, tea or coffee and a bun for two people included
Valued at €50, save €12
Rewarding Times are delighted to team up with Bewley’s Grafton Street to celebrate their newly launched weekly tours every Saturday morning at 9am, 10am and 11am. Offer also includes a Bewley’s breakfast, a bun and your choice of non-alcoholic tea or coffee.
Take a walk through Bewley’s Grafton Street and discover the stories and heritage that fills one of Dublin’s most well-known landmarks on the newly launched Pat Liddy Walking Tour. Pat Liddy’s renowned walking tours have been exploring the striking sights of Dublin for over a decade and will now offer visitors and Dubliners alike the chance to discover the fascinating heritage of Bewley’s Grafton Street in a one of kind experience.
The Weekend Just Got More Interesting with Official Tours of Bewley’s Grafton Street
Discover Bewley’s, discover your Dublin in the heart of Grafton Street.
Bewley’s is a family owned Irish company with a long and fascinating history, spanning over 175 years of Dublin. Bewley’s are pioneers in coffee sourcing and roasting. Today Bewley’s roast all their coffees and blend teas in North Dublin for the Irish market, with roasting facilities in the U.K. and U.S that serve markets locally in these parts of the world.
Bewley’s Grafton Street has long been considered the home of the Bewley’s brand. Your tour of this beautiful historic café will begin in 1840 when Joshua Bewley chartered the Hellas, a clipper ship that took a high-risk round trip to China. The Hellas was the first ship ever to sail directly from China to Ireland and arrived at Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) harbour filled with 2,099 chests, containing the first Chinese tea leaves to enter Ireland. You will learn that this was one of many firsts that Bewley’s delivered.
Following a recent three-year refurbishment, there are many unique elements of the original café have been fully restored including the iconic Harry Clarke windows and ten open fireplaces. The Egyptian-motif façades on Grafton Street were inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by British explorers. The café is an art lovers dream, with Pauline Bewick, Jim Fitzpatrick, Paddy Campbell, Eamonn Ceannt and Graham Knuttel only some of the artists whose works are on display. Bewley’s Café Theatre, located on the second floor, is another cultural delight offered at Bewley’s with shows on daily (Monday to Saturday) at 1pm.
At the core of Bewley’s is a never-ending desire to provide the best. Bewley’s Grafton Street was built to rival the finest tea-rooms in Europe and to this day it is one of Dublin’s most iconic and celebrated landmarks. Located in the heart of Dublin, unlock your senses and escape in this bustling café that offers crackling coffee log fires in winter and a bright, airy garden atrium complete with a balcony overlooking Grafton Street for the summer months. What visit to Bewley’s would be complete without a world-famous tea or coffee complemented with a heritage bun, freshly baked in the craft kitchen in Bewley’s Grafton Street? Our guides will leave you to enjoy this café experience with a famous Bewley’s Breakfast at the end of your tour.
Highlights include:
- Stained Glass windows by Harry Clarke, Jim Fitzpatrick and Pauline Bewick.
- Sculptures by Paddy Campbell, Eamonn Ceannt, Graham Knuttel and more.
- Irish writers at Bewley’s, Samuel Whyte’s Academy and the Café Theatre.
- 180 years of Bewley’s, 180 years of Dublin!