Frommer's EasyGuide to Ireland 2015 (Easy Guides)
Jack Jewers
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN: 1628871067
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Televisions are banned in the hotel to enable guests to get maximum benefit from the peace and tranquility of the surroundings. Even if you can’t stretch the cost of a night here, consider booking a table in the superb restaurant, Gregan’s Castle (see listing below). Chef David Hurley’s modern Irish cooking is superlative. Check the website for some attractive dinner, bed and breakfast packages, and midweek deals. Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. www.gregans.ie. 065/707-7005. 22 units. €255–€330. Free
rich with free attractions. The excellent Ulster Museum (p. 217) displays artifacts from across 9,000 years of Irish history. Exhibitions also explore Belfast and the capital’s more recent industrial past. Right next door is the Belfast Botanic Gardens & Palm House (p. 214) that’s also a short walk from the campus of Queen’s University (p. 216). Belfast City Hall (p. 215) runs free guided tours. Another exceptional Victorian landmark, Belfast Cathedral (p. 212), is also free, and Cave Hill
center to the suburbs from midnight to 4am. Buses operate every 30 minutes for most runs; schedules are posted on revolving notice boards at bus stops. Inner-city fares are based on distances traveled. Daytime journeys that take place entirely within the designated “City Centre Zone” cost €0.65. This stretches from Parnell Square in the north, Connolly Station and Merrion Square in the east, St. Stephen’s Green in the south, and Ormond Quay in the west. Longer journeys cost up to €4.50 if you’re
Out from Cork & Kinsale Further afield from the county’s two most visited hubs, the brawny, verdant County Cork countryside is a place of natural beauty—yet many of its most impressive sites are little known outside Ireland. Beauty spots such as Gougane Barra and Mizen Head have a real sense of drama, as do ancient sites such as the Drombeg Stone Circle. Meanwhile, a more recent past can be explored in the bittersweet museum at Cobh— which once was the main point of departure for Irish people
to Stay in Killarney County Kerry Where to Stay 7 Aghadoe Heights This seductive retreat just north of Killarney is worth the splurge; luxurious and welcoming, it’s one of the best spas in Ireland. The large guest rooms are decorated in soothing tones of white, gray, and oatmeal. Beds are extremely comfortable and bathrooms impeccably modern. It’s worth spending a little extra to get a room at the front to appreciate the stunning views of the Lower Lake in Killarney National Park. There is