You’ll stumble upon lots of nice cafes to grab a snack in and just watch the Dubliners walk by. At the top of Grafton Street is St Stephen’s Green, which is a beautiful park, especially during the summer. You’ll probably wander through Trinity College too, which is gorgeous (I spent a fine 4 years studying there). Some of my favorite streets are Wicklow St, Clarendon St, S William St, George St, Chatham St, South Anne Street. Grafton Street can be your guide since it’s the main street but it’s got many of the chain stores you’ll see in any city, so it’s a lot better to wander the side streets off it where there are more local Irish shops. I’ve already advised to stay in a hotel on the south side of the city center, so come out of your hotel and wander around and get lost. You’ll be groggy from your flight, so spend some time walking around the streets of Dublin and take in the atmosphere of the city as it goes around its normal day. Here is my list and they are not in any order, just pick and choose whatever sounds interesting to you. If you plan on going outside of Dublin, just rent a car after you’re finished in Dublin. Your best transportation will be your feet, Dublin isn’t that big, so you’ll end up walking a lot, bring good shoes. You can get a bus/taxi from the airport to your hotel and from there you can get taxis, buses, DART or LUAS (both light rail). If you’re on a once in a lifetime trip, it’s worth doing to maximize your awake time and non jet lagged time on your trip.ĭon’t get a car while you’re in Dublin or you’ll be navigating a city with more one way streets than Charleston, lots of traffic and very expensive parking. It will likely mean paying for an extra night in a hotel since they won’t let you check in that early. It’s the best way to start getting on Irish time and over jetlag. I always get the flight that lands at 4:30am, so then I can go home and get a few hours sleep and be up at 10am fresh for the day ahead. Accommodation isn’t cheap and the rooms are small, just be prepared for this.įlights from the US tend to land in two waves in the morning, either 4:30-6am or 9-10am. I know I’ll get in trouble for saying this, but stay on the southside, there’s more to see, it’s nicer and it’s more secure (not that Dublin is a dangerous city). Dublin city is divided into the northside and the southside by the River Liffey. Stay in the city center, It just makes things convenient. My suggestions will bring you all over the city center itself, up to the mountains, out to the coast, through a market and some pubs of courseįor information on the rest of Ireland, visit, which is a social group that I founded and there are lots more suggestions written by people from the actual places You’ll learn a lot more about Ireland chatting to a local character while drinking a pint of Guinness in one of true Dublin pubs than you will walking around the Guinness Storehouse exhibition (where you don’t see any brewing). I’ve no interest in 9th century manuscripts (Book of Kells) or drinking in bars full of other tourists (Temple Bar) so you won’t see them on my list. You’ll see that many typical tourist spots aren’t on my list. I intentionally suggest places that aren’t on the typical tourist trail, I want you to see the real Dublin, the Dublin that Dubliners live every day. Here are my recommendations for what to do in Dublin during the day. I get asked all the time “what should I do in Ireland/Dublin” so I finally sat down and wrote some recommendations. I had the good fortune to grow up in Dublin, spent 22 years living there before moving to Charleston and even though Dublin has changed a lot since then, I’ve been going back at least 3 times a year and see as much of the city as I can when I’m home. DUBLIN BY DAY Visit Dublin like a local, not a tourist
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