Dublin Travel Guide

The Hippo's guide to Dublin, Ireland's welcoming city of culture and fun

Dublin is a cultural party city where it’s like St Patricks day every day. For the warmest of welcomes and an exciting short break Dublin is the place to visit.

Dublin has some fantastic architecture to take in, with mainly Georgian influenced architecture. For a truly historical experience you can visit the castle, or many of Dublin's other cultural attractions such as the Writers museum, Trinity College or James Joyce Centre. For a slightly different cultural experience why not go whiskey tasting at the Jamesons whisky tour. After a hard days shopping why not pop into the world famous Bewley’s coffee shop to rest and recuperate.

One of the best ways to see Dublin is from the river, and you can take advantage of one of Dublins many riverboat cruises to see the sights.

If you like a little shopping then Dublin is your kind of place, the city is easily walk able around the city with some of the best shopping in Europe just visit Grafton and O’Connell street for some of the most stylish bargains around in town.

Dublins nightlife is all about having a good time, with live music in most of the cities bars its great to loosen up with local Guiness, traditional whiskys or Irish creams. There are excellent restaurants and lively nightclubs and no trip is complete without visiting the ultra trendy temple bar area on the cities south bank.

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