Where to stay in Dublin, what areas?

Question

Me and my sister are off to Dublin for 3 nights 4 days at the end of August, and we are trying to book a hotel. However every hotel we look at on the reviews people say it's miles away from the city centre.

We will be going out on the Friday and Saturday night, but only to bars not to clubs. We'd like to go shopping on the Saturday and Sunday day time, and also visit the Guinness Storehouse tour, the Jameson tour thing and Kilmainham Gaol. We would also like to visit Christ Church Cathedral and Dublin Castle, but if they are too far away then we will just leave that.

So, given what we'de like to do on the holiday, which area would you recommend staying in? Someplace with a good public transport system but also not too expensive in taxis for when we get back from a night out! :-) Don't mind spending to get to and from the airport as thats only 2 trips.

North city centre? South city centre? Temple bar area? Argh we don't have a clue! Help!

Thanks!

xx

Answer 1

http://www.goldenpages.ie/search.ds?enco...

Here is a list of hotels in Dublin city, some of them give links to their websites, pretty must flick through them see what you like.

Answer 2

first of all, dublin is a small city so you can see all those places you want to. provided you have an early start and your not to hung over !

as for hotels, temple bar is a very expensive area to stay, eat and drink. yeah it is nice to visit and have  a quick drink, but remember its the most expensive part of the city.

have you thought about staying in a b and b ? (bed and breakfast) dublin has 100 s of em.most are good for a few days.much cheaper than a hotel, and lots in the city center. try the ones on guardiner street. ive stayed there loads of times.

Answer 3

When looking for a hotel the area code for Dublin will give you the best clue for whats near the city centre and whats not.  ie Dublin 1 and 2 is the city centre. (Temple bar is Dublin 2) Dublin 24 is a good 10 miles. Co. Dublin is the outer area of Dublin.

Try Dublin 4 for hotels.Or a hotel thats near me, with great public transport, right by a shopping centre and a great pub is the Clarion by Liffey Valley.  It always get great reviews.

Answer 4

Stay in Temple Bar Area - very reasonable and no money needs to be paid for cabs only to and from the airport.  You'll have a blast! x

Answer 5

Temple Bar is noisy and very expensive, so don't bother. A good area is Ranelagh, it's on the LUAS, the new tram system, so you would be able to get into Stephen's Green very quickly.

However, if push comes to shove, I'd say go to Galway or Cork instead, as they are the real Ireland. Even Dubliners say that Dublin is very English in feel, for all that it's the capital of the Irish Republic!