Ireland · Europe
Dublin
Literary pubs, Trinity College, and a launchpad for the Wild Atlantic Way.
Best time
May to September.
Stay
3 nights
From US
6h from NYC, 10h from LA
Lang / Cur
English (Irish on signage) · Euro (EUR)
Dublin is compact and pub-driven — Guinness at source, Trinity's Book of Kells, and easy trains to Galway, Belfast, and Howth's cliffs.
01
Highlights
- 01Trinity College Long Room + Book of Kells
- 02Guinness Storehouse Gravity Bar
- 03Temple Bar for music (not the pints — go elsewhere for those)
- 04DART train to Howth cliff walk
- 05Kilmainham Gaol tour
02
Where to stay
Temple BarGrafton St / Dawson StThe LibertiesHowth
03
3-day itinerary
- 01Old town
Trinity, Grafton Street, Guinness Storehouse.
- 02History
Kilmainham Gaol, EPIC Museum, Temple Bar trad session.
- 03Howth
DART to Howth, cliff walk, seafood lunch.
04
Local intelligence
- 01Book Book of Kells timed entry — walk-ups line up for hours.
- 02Best pints are outside Temple Bar: Kehoe's, John Kavanagh 'The Gravediggers'.
- 03Weather flips fast — always pack a rain layer.
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