Apartment was fab for what we needed. About a 20-25 minute walk from Trinity College in the City Centre (Approx €7 in a taxi, depending on where you are being dropped and traffic!) Spar around the corner that sells all food stuffs you could need. Laura met us with the keys and showed us around the apartment and left us milk, cereal and chocolate....lovely touch!
Top tips for Dublin...
- 747 Airlink bus from the airport €7 each way, quick and drops you into the city centre, much cheaper than a taxi and not a hassle at all.
- We went to a concert at Phoenix Park and had heard it was difficult to get into the Park and was a long walk so booked the Marathon Travel Coach service €15 return, 120 million % worth the money, pick up from Custom House straight into the middle of the park and then back again. So well organised! Thought it would be chaos coming out of the concert at the end but it all worked so well, very organised and we only queued for about 2 minutes!!
- Trinity College Book of Kells exhibition, we hadn't booked tickets and on arrival there was a very long queue. But we should outside booked tickets online and then walked straight in skipping the massive queue.
- Pearse Lyons, we got a tour of this small working distillery included with our City Explorer Hop on Hop Off tickets (deluxe €35 for 72hrs). It was a lovely distillery in a converted church. Staff were fab, tour was really good and included a tasting!
- Guinness tour, we bought tickets at the tourism office (opposite Trinity College) whilst buying our City Explorer Bus tickets meant we skipped all the queues on arrival. We arrived about midday, wasn't too busy at that time...as we were leaving a few hours later the tours were a lot busier. The Academy is fun, getting to pour your own pint and then enjoying your drink in the Gravity Bar is recommended...panoramic views of Dublin.
- Bach 61 - 16 Bachelor's Walk. Gorgeous little tapas restaurant, staff were friendly and helpful, the food and wine was yummy. Highly recommended!
All in all a fab weekend in Dublin, thank you Laura!