Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Day One
Start with a stroll through the grounds of
Trinity College
, visiting the
Book of
Kells
and the
Long Room
before ambling up
Grafton St
to
St Stephen's Green
.
For more beautiful books and artefacts, drop into the
Chester Beatty Library
.
On your way, you can do a spot of retailing in
Powerscourt Townhouse Shopping Centre
or the many boutiques west of Grafton St.
Lunch
The two-course lunch special at Coppinger Row (
Click here
) is a steal.
Pick your heavyweight institution, or visit all three: the
National Museum of Ire-
land - Archaeology
(if only for the Ardagh Chalice and Tara Brooch), the
Na-
tional Gallery
(be sure to check out the Jack B Yeats room) and the
National Mu-
seum of Ireland - Natural History
, which the kids will surely enjoy.
Dinner
Fade Street Social (
Click here
) serves up gourmet tapas.
Dublin's one-time party zone still likes to have a good time, and is definitely at its
most animated in the evenings, where you have the choice of a
traditional music
session
, some decent clubbing at
Mother
(Saturdays only) or just straight up
drinking at any of the district's many
pubs
.
