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The Tourist Information Office is in a beautiful converted church on Andrew's Street, parallel to Dame Street. It has brochures
and details for Dublin and the rest of Ireland.
Here are some of my own personal favourites:
Dublin City:
Trinity College is one of the world's oldest and most famous universities equal to Oxford and Cambridge. There is lots
to do and see there, including the Book of Kells. Guided tours leave from Front Gate regularly.
Grafton Street is just beside Trinity and is Dublin's nicest shopping area. It has the famous Bewleys Café and there are
many performers along this pedestrianised street.
Saint Stephen's Green is at the end of Grafton Street. It is Europe's largest city park. Like Central Park in New York,
it has many pathways taking you through its gardens, fountains and lakes.
Dawson Street, parallel to Grafton Street, is where you can find large bookshops, stylish café-bars and fancy restaurants.
The George's Street - Dame Street area is best for good food at more reasonable prices.
The Temple Bar Quarter is between Dame Street and the river. It has many bars, restaurants, cafés and galleries. Most
Dubliners hardly ever go there, to be honest. But it is the main tourist area and one of the few places in the city you are
sure to find live traditional music in the bars, and restaurants serving simple Irish food such as stew, salmon and seafood.
The Boardwalk along the River Liffey is one of the nicest ways to walk through the city centre.
Dublin's Cultural Life is rich and varied. There are many museums, theatres, concert halls etc such as The Chester Beatty
in Dublin Castle, Dublin Writers' Museum on Parnell Square, Irish Film Institute on Eustace Street and the world-famous Abbey,
Peacock and Gate Theatres.
Outside the City Centre:
Kilmainham Gaol and the nearby Irish Museum of Modern Art make very important statements about Ireland's past and present.
The DART Train goes along the coastline of Dublin Bay and is a beautiful way to enjoy nature. You can take it to such
places as Howth Peninsula, Dun Laoire Pier, Dalkey Village, and Killiney Beach. You can buy a day ticket and catch the DART
in the city at Tara station near O'Connell Bridge, on the south side.
One Hour from Dublin:
Glendaloch is a secluded valley in the Wicklow Mountains. There are two lakes side-by-side where you can see the most
magnificent Early Christian monastic retreat. The natural majesty of this environment plus more than 1000 years of meditation
and prayer combine to make this magical place a must-see.
New Grange is situated in the River Boyne Valley. It is a large underground megalithic tomb surrounded by celtic stone
circles. This is the oldest building in the world[!], hundreds of years older than the pyramids in Egypt. New Grange, Tara
and the whole Boyne Valley was perhaps the first place human beings settled in Ireland and really is unmissable.
The rest of Ireland:
Here is a very small list of incredible places to visit. You won't find experiences like these anywhere else in the world:
The Beara Peninsula [West Cork], The Ring of Kerry and the Dingle Peninsula [County Kerry], The Burren and Connemara Coast
[near Galway], The Donegal Coast, and A Cruise on the River Shannon [through the very heart of Ireland's midlands].
There's no time like the present! Enjoy! Love, Bruno.
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