Cruising for just an hour or two on the Grand Canal, you’ll travel through 250 years of history: through locks, bridges and aqueduct, through tales of great engineers and merchants plying their trade. The landed gentry, poor folk escaping the Great Famine, heavy horses pulling their cargoes – all have left their legacies here. Beginning in Sallins, our skippered traditional canal bargetrips through beautiful Kildare countryside stir so many stories to life.
We offer 3 cruise options on a restored traditional canal barge and is licensed for 12 passengers. There are outdoor seats on the open decks at the bow and stern and it has a very comfortable interior with ample seating, toilet facilities, wood burning stove and a bar severing a selection of local craft beers and wines. Scheduled Cruises operate from March to October and advance booking is essential.

Local

Eat and Drink

• The Five Rooms - Naas (2.1 miles) - New world Tapas & wine bar Open Wed-Sat 6-10pm Sun 5-9pm Wednesdays 555: Tapas €5.55 Mojitos €5....
• The Blessington Bookstore & Coffeeshop - Blessington (7.7 miles) - The Blessington Bookstore is an independent bookstore providing new releases, local interest books a...
• Stone Haven Restaurant - Mill St, Maynooth (9.6 miles) - The Stone Haven Restaurant is a family run restaurant which provides a stylish and relaxing dining e...
• Picaderos Restaurant - Maynooth (9.6 miles) - Picaderos is a restaurant devoted exclusively to of Spanish & Latin cuisines with a mix of Spanish, ...
• Irish National Stud & Gardens - Kildare (12.1 miles) - From horses to horticulture the Irish National Stud & Gardens is one of Ireland’s true treasures. T...

See and Do

• bargetrip.ie Sallins (0.0 miles) - Cruising for just an hour or two on the Grand Canal, you’ll travel through 250 years of history: t...
• Naas Racecourse Tipper West (2.2 miles) - Naas Racecourse is located in the heart of the Thoroughbred County of Kildare, just 18 miles from Du...
• Mondello Park Naas (3.5 miles) - Mondello Park is the home of motorsport in Ireland. As Irelands only internationally recognised raci...
• Celtic Rider, Motorcycle Rental Ireland Limited Kill (3.8 miles) - Fáilte go Celtic Rider, Motorcycle Rental & Tours Ireland! Welcome to Celtic Rider, Ireland's f...
• The Newbridge Silverware Visitor Centre Newbridge (7.4 miles) - About Newbridge Silverware History, heritage and craft have been synonymous with Newbridge Silverware...

Shopping

• Jameson Distillery Bow St. - Dublin City (17.5 miles) - Since John Jameson’s brave first steps into this building in 1780, we’ve been focused on his amb...
• Fallon & Byrne - Dublin (17.8 miles) - Fallon & Byrne opened its doors on Exchequer Street, Dublin 2 in 2006 and within months had establis...
• Cleo Ltd - Dublin 2 (18.0 miles) - We specialise in Irish clothing made from natural fibres. We sell handknit sweaters in a variety of ...
• Designyard - Dublin 2 (18.0 miles) - DesignYard opened its doors in 1994 in Dublin, Ireland. Since then we have worked hard to become Ire...