Castles, Guinness, Vikings, Temple Bar, Trinity College and so much more. I have added our full itinerary to the description here, as well as websites we used to research Dublin before we went. As I mentioned we enjoyed a 2 hour walking tour, spent a few hours at the Guinness Storehouse and we really loved this!! Plus we toured the Dublin Castle and Trinity College.
Dublin Ireland, full of HISTORY, but besides history tours, there’s a dozen different pub crawls, I mean you are in Dublin, with 750 plus pubs…. Plus you have a choice of themes when it comes to the pub crawls.
But no worries, if you miss one of those tours, just head to Temple Bar Area, you will find several places offering live music, most every night of the week, And talk about live music, have you ever heard of Eurovision? Well if not, do yourself a favor and watch the movie with Will Ferrellyou can thank me later!!! At any rate, EUROVISION is a huge competition that Ireland has set records for winning, yep little old Ireland is full of all kinds of surprises, they have taken home the title 7 times and are the only country to win it three years in a row.
Sitting in this pub enjoying live music you have to wonder how many artist start off in these pubs.
When you have a moment look up Johnny Logan, he won Eurovision twice as a solo singer, and yep you guessed it, he sang in pubs while doing his apprenticeship to be an electrician
We also ate here at the Storehouse Pub, now you will hear some of the local tell you to eat elsewhere, then go to the Temple Bar to drink, but we had their Fish-n-Chips, it was really good, and a huge portion! Below is our complete Itinerary to help you plan your trip to Dublin.Drove to Koln Germany // Booked R/T with Ryanair // Reserved Park and Fly through Ryanair
Shuttled to the Airport by Park and Fly (54 Euro for 5 days) //Landed in Dublin—Taxi to Hotel (25 Euro or so with a tip) // Airlink Bus available, cheaper // Hotel “Trinity City Hotel” 5 nights, w/ Breakfast $900ish (Hotel.com) // Breakfast was WONDERFUL!!! However, avoid their BUSY time! Room Service @ the Hotel, also very good! Four Star Hotel (highly recommend this Hotel) Location, Location, Location. Easy walk to most attractions. They have a Bar and Restaurant on site. Both were Busy; Reservation for Dinner a Must! Dinner in Temple Bar Area Frist Night (Sunday) Lots to choose from, most everything was opened. Monday- Breakfast @ Hotel, Walking Tour Scheduled @ 1100. Lunch at the Bank Restaurant and Bar on College Green. Fish and Chips (amazing) .Walked to Guinness Storehouse (booked tickets online for 1530) Taxis waiting outside Guinness, so Taxi back to the Hotel. Back down to Temple Bar Area for Dinner. Tuesday – Breakfast @ Hotel, Dublin Castle @ 1100. Free Tickets to the Castle online. Spent the afternoon walking all around Dublin. Back to Temple Bar for a late lunch/Early Dinner. (Fish and Chips!! So GOOD). Had a Pub Crawl Tour scheduled @ 1930. Having too much fun @ the Storehouse Pub. With Live Music, missed our Pub Crawl. Wednesday – Breakfast @ Hotel, Bus Tour All Day. 0800- Kilkenny Castle, Wicklow Mountains, Glendaough, Sheep Dog Trials. Lunch next to the Castle, Seafood Chowder (amazing). Dinner: Got Back so Late, we order Room Service @ the Hotel Thursday—0615 took a taxi to the location our tour was departing from. Bus Tour to Northern Ireland Giants Gauseway, Dunluce Castle (photo Stop) Dark Hedges from Game of Thrones. And some time in Belfest city center (Huge Beautiful Mall there, we ate at 5 guys- YUM!). Got back late (full Day Tour) and then we walked to our hotel, enjoying the lights and nightlife along the way, felt very safe bumping around the streets of Dublin in the evening hours. Friday--- we slept in--- needed it--- Breakfast at the Hotel, packed up, checked out at 1200, stored our luggage, then actually hung out at the lovely hotel for a few hours in the bar area, then taxi to Airport. We ate at the Airport since our flight was delayed, guess what we had?? Hahaha. Fish and Chips, and for Airport Food, they were pretty good. Flew home, called the number for Park and Fly when we landed, didn’t wait long for our shuttle to show up, there is a McDonalds close to Park and Fly, so we grab Micky D’s before driving home. I also added all the websites to the end of the Video to help you research Ireland.