The cottage is located just a couple blocks from Guinness and Teeling Whiskey. It's also within 15-20 minutes walking to just about all the other site seeing to be done in the city center. My boyfriend and I stayed for about 1 week and having a kitchen to use was great! There's a couple grocery stores within walking distance as well as other convenience stores. Multiple pubs in the area, we found The Clock to be a fun place where they have bingo a couple nights a week and Arthur's has live music and good food. The cottage is located in the liberties, one of the oldest areas in Dublin that you'll learn a lot about if you've booked any tours or know anything about the history of Ireland. We got very lucky with the weather during our stay, it was in the 70's (F) and sunny which is warmer than normal for early June. The only trouble with that was due to there being no A/C or fans it got quite warm inside. There is a skylight in the bedroom that Joanna had informed us prior to check-in that had broken, this did contribute to the warmth inside. We kept the living room window open as well as opening the kitchen area door when we were there during the day to help the air flow. At night we just had the window open which seemed to help since it does get cooler in the evenings. She also provided eye masks to combat the light that came in from the skylight in the morning (it was fairly light outside until almost 11 pm and the sun was back out very early, seemingly at 4-5 am). Our flight in was earlier than check in but Joanna was very helpful in sending a link to a BagBnB which was nearby and very affordable. There are plenty of ways to get around; bus, taxi, bike and walking. We ended up doing a tour of Jameson and Guinness while waiting to check in which worked out great since we were so close at the end of the Guinness tour. Although we weren't greeted in person due to the timing, it was very simple and we were able to get in easily with Joanna's instructions. The cottage is on the inner circle so you'll go in between the houses through the opening across from the small park/ lawn area. It is on the smaller side but it was perfect for the 2 of us. All in all we were very pleased with our stay and would recommend to others looking for a nice local place to stay/explore.