How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Dublin, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Dublin, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Dublin are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Dublin. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Dublins Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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OConnell Street
Dublins grand boulevard, studded with monuments and statues, and the iconic General Post Office. For more information, .
Top Attraction #2
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Kilmainham Gaol
Learn about life behind bars and what brought prisoners here. For more information, .
Top Attraction #3
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The Guinness Storehouse tour
Find out all about brewing and sample the freshest pint in town. For more information, .
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The Custom House
One of Dublins most elegant landmarks dominates the north bank of the Liffey. For more information, .
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Trinity College
Dublins University has a string of famous alumni and owns treasures such as The Book of Kells . For more information, .
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Phoenix Park
The biggest urban park in Europe, with gardens, woods, monuments and a zoo. For more information, .
Top Attraction #7
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National Gallery
Home to a collection of works from the 14th to the 20th century. For more information, .
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Temple Bar
A network of narrow cobbled streets with lively bars and interesting markets. For more information, .
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Christ Church
One of the citys two major cathedrals. for more information, .
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Dublin Castle
The centre of English rule in Ireland for seven centuries. For more information, .
A Perfect Day In Dublin
8.30am
Breakfast
Make a healthy start at Cornucopia (19 Wicklow Street) and delve into its fresh fruit platters, porridge and muesli, pancakes and homemade hash browns, with lashings of organic tea and coffee.
9.30am
Illuminated manuscript
Turn left out of Cornucopia and cross Grafton Street, to the railings across the road. Follow these left (north) to Trinity College. By arriving here early you should avoid the crowds that flock to see the magnificent library and its illuminated manuscript, The Book of Kells .
11.30am
Oriental Caf
Walk back up Grafton Street and relax over a coffee at Bewleys, surrounded by the stained-glass windows of the art-deco icon.
12 noon
Exploration
From Trinity, browse the Grafton Street shops as you proceed towards St Stephens Green. After a stroll on the green, head along the north side, perhaps investigating The Little Museum of Dublin, then passing the celebrated Shelbourne Hotel before exploring the Georgian architecture and fine museums on Merrion Square and Kildare Street. There are plenty of options for lunch in the vicinity: pubs, cafs and fine restaurants.