Berlitz Pocket Guide Dublin (Travel Guide eBook)

By Berlitz

Find the craic in Dublin with this Berlitz Pocket Guide, a concise, full-colour guide to Ireland's fast-paced capital. It tells you everything you need to know about the best places to visit in the city, from the party district Temple Bar, to the grand boulevard O'Connell Street and the ever-popular Guinness Storehouse. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text.
The guide is full of ideas for enjoying this friendly and vibrant city, with our 10 top attractions in Dublin, such as the world famous Book of Kells, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day in the city. The What to Do chapter is a selection of what's on offer in Dublin, including pubs and nightlife, shopping, entertainment, sports and activities for children.
The book provides all the essential background on Dublin's culture, including a brief history of Dublin and an Eating Out chapter covering the city's superb range of cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels and restaurants and an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Release date: Oct 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781780049892

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Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Dublin, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Dublin, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Dublin are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Dublin. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Berlitz Pocket Guides

The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

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Table of Contents

How To Use This E-Book

Dublin’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Day In Dublin

Introduction

City on the Liffey

Enjoying Dublin

City and Countryside

A Brief History

Christianity and a Mission to Europe

The Vikings Arrive

English Rule Begins

Beyond the Pale

From Cromwell to the Boyne

Grattan and Wolfe Tone

The Union and O’Connell

Famine and Home Rule

The Fight for Freedom

Independence and After

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

Around Grafton Street

Trinity College

Dawson and Kildare Streets

St Stephen’s Green

Old Dublin

Temple Bar

Dublin Castle

Christ Church Cathedral and Environs

Guinness Brewery and Beyond

The Liberties

St Patrick’s Cathedral

Georgian Dublin

Merrion Square

Fitzwilliam Square and Beyond

North of the River

Along the Quays

O’Connell Street

Parnell Square

Phoenix Park

Excursions

South of the City

James Joyce Museum

Avoca

Glendalough

Mount Usher Gardens

Powerscourt

Russborough House § [map]

West of the City

Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens

North of the City

National Botanic Gardens

Casino Marino

Malahide Castle

Newbridge House and Traditional Farm

Newgrange

Tara

What To Do

Pubs

Shopping

Shopping Centres

Markets

What to Buy

Entertainment

Theatre

Comedy

Classical Music and Opera

Rock, Folk and Jazz

Dance

Film

Nightclubs

Sports

Golf

Fishing

Spectator Sports

Watersports/Beaches

Dublin for Children

Festivals and Events

Eating Out

Meals and Meal Times

Where to Eat

Cafés and Tearooms

What to Eat

Starters and Main Courses

Bread, Pastries and Desserts

Drinks

Restaurants

City Centre South

Old Town/Liberties

Temple Bar

City Centre North

South Suburbs

Outside Dublin

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation (See also Youth Hostels)

Airports

B

Bicycle Rental

Budgeting for Your Trip

C

Car Hire (See also Driving)

Climate

Clothing

Crime and Safety (See also Emergencies)

D

Driving

E

Electricity

Embassies and Consulates

Emergencies (See also Health and Medical Care and Police)

G

Gay and Lesbian Travellers

Getting There (See also Airports)

Guided Tours

H

Health and Medical Care

Holidays

L

Language

M

Maps

Media

Money

O

Opening Hours

P

Police

Post Offices

Public Transport

R

Religion

T

Telephones

Time Zones

Tipping

Toilets

Tourist Information

Travellers with Disabilities

V

Visas

W

Websites and Internet Access

Y

Youth Hostels

Recommended Hotels

City Centre

North of the Centre

South of the Centre

South Coast

Dublin’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

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O’Connell Street

Dublin’s grand boulevard, studded with monuments and statues, and the iconic General Post Office. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #2

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Kilmainham Gaol

Learn about life behind bars and what brought prisoners here. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #3

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The Guinness Storehouse tour

Find out all about brewing and sample the freshest pint in town. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #4

Dreamstime

The Custom House

One of Dublin’s most elegant landmarks dominates the north bank of the Liffey. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #5

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Trinity College

Dublin’s University has a string of famous alumni and owns treasures such as The Book of Kells. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #6

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Phoenix Park

The biggest urban park in Europe, with landscaped gardens, woods, pastures, various monuments and the zoo. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #7

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National Gallery

Home to a fine collection of works from the 14th to the 20th century. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #8

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Temple Bar

A network of narrow cobbled streets with lively bars and interesting markets. For more information, click here.

Top Attraction #9

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Christ Church

One of the city’s two major cathedrals (for more information, click here); the other is St Patrick’s (for more information, click here).

Top Attraction #10

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Dublin Castle

The centre of English rule in Ireland for seven centuries. For more information, click here.

A Perfect Day In Dublin

8.30am

Breakfast

Make a healthy start at Cornucopia (19 Wicklow Street) and delve into its fresh fruit platters, porridge and muesli, pancakes and homemade hash browns, with lashings of organic tea and coffee.

9.30am

Illuminated manuscript

Turn left out of Cornucopia and cross Grafton Street, to the railings across the road. Follow these left (north) to Trinity College. By arriving here early you should avoid the crowds that flock to see the magnificent library and its illuminated manuscript, The Book of Kells.

11.30am

Oriental Café

Walk back up Grafton Street and relax over a coffee at Bewley’s, surrounded by the stained-glass windows of the art-deco icon.

12 noon

Exploration

From Trinity, browse the Grafton Street shops as you proceed towards St Stephen’s Green. After a stroll on the green, head along the north side, perhaps investigating The Little Museum of Dublin, then passing the celebrated Shelbourne Hotel before exploring the Georgian architecture and fine museums on Merrion Square and Kildare Street. There are plenty of options for lunch in the vicinity: pubs, cafés and fine restaurants.

2.30pm

To the river

From St Stephen’s Green take Dawson Street. Turn left at the bottom and veer right back around the front of Trinity College onto Westmoreland Street. At the end turn left to take a stroll along the River Liffey, pausing to glance at the charming Ha’Penny Bridge. Continue and turn left up Winetavern Street just beyond the Civic Offices.

3.30pm

Major landmarks

At the top of the street is Christ Church Cathedral, well worth a visit along with the adjacent Dublinia interactive exhibition. Then make your way via Christchurch Place and Lord Edward Street for a peek at Dublin Castle.

5.00pm

Pit-stop

Cross the road from the castle and go back up the hill. Turn into Cow’s Lane with its craft shops and the Queen of Tarts, the perfect pit stop for tea and home-baked treats.

7.30pm

Fine dining

After freshening up at your hotel return to Dame Street and JULES (No. 74 – next door to the Olympia Theatre) for first-class French cuisine in a relaxed, typically Dublin setting.

9.30pm

On the town

Turn left out of the restaurant and take the second left into Eustace Street. This takes you into the heart of Temple Bar where the streets come alive after dark and Irish music fills the air of its legendary traditional pubs.

Introduction

Dublin is a fast-paced city, hopping with lively pubs, yet still grounded in its long and literary history. The city has always been on the move, its character infused with both Irish charm and European chic. The amalgamation of old and new, Irish and international, is celebrated in Dublin’s spectacular modern buildings,