The apartment is about a 15-20 min walk from the river liffey and city centre but it is still close to plenty of other fun things to do. Also not being so close, there is an ability to leave the noise behind when you're ready to call it a night. Either way the walk is manageable and every night we walked up and back either to city centre or to Camden street which is even closer than city centre. Overall a great place to spend a few nights in Dublin.