Back after a very long absence! Cant believe I've only written one review in nearly 2 years! Anyway ...
Back after a very long absence! Cant believe I've only written one review in nearly 2 years! Anyway back now and hope to be reading, rating and writing lots!
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You've gotten to Dublin, found your way out of the airport with more twists and turns than the Crystal Maze, dumped your bags in the hotel and now you're ready to go! Although Dublin is a fairly small city some of the sights are a little hard to find and quite far apart, What to do?
To save on the old shoe leather there's only one way to see the sights in Dublin and that's on one of the tour buses which can be seen all over the place.
We went with the City Tour buses and the price for an all day ticket was only 10 euros (when am I going to get that symbol on my keyboard?). This allows you to travel non-stop around the whole city and get on and off at any of the stops.
This particular tour has 16 stops. These are:
1) McDonalds (the start of the tour) 9) Dublin Castle and City Hall 2) Writers Museum 10) St Patricks Cathedral 3) GPO/Henry St 11) Dublinia 4) Trinity College 12) Guinness Storehouse 5) Nassan Street 13) Museum of Modern Art 6) National Gallery 14) Dublin Zoo 7) St Stephens Green 15) National Museum 8) Tourism Centre 16) Old Jameson Distillery and The Chimney
This may seem to be only a few stops but most other sights can be seen from here, for example at stop number 2, there is also the National Wax Museum and the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art.
Along with you ticket you also get a really useful map of the area with all the historical landmarks on it, there's also descriptions of each place. It also displays opening times, prices, addresses and phone numbers. But most useful of all the guide has vouchers and details of money of prices al the attractions, you only have to show your bus tickets at the admission desk to take advantage of the discounts.
We had the most wonderful tour guide who sounded like your stereotypical Irishman, his knowledge of Dublin, historical events and local legends was fantastic, unfortunately his jokes were amongst the worse that I had ever heard! But he was really helpful, answering any question and making sure people knew where they were going. We even got a friendly little wink and he dropped us of at the Jamesons Whiskey Distillery after earlier dropping us off at the Guinness Storehouse. 'Twas a pity about the second who had a really thick accent and spoke so monotone and boringly I couldn't understand a word he said!
The buses are top-notch, they're clean and spotless, no vandalism whatsoever, no broken seats, etc.
10 euros (around £8) may seem a bit expensive but if you really want to see all the sights and hear all about Dublin's history this is the best way to go. Just make sure you get a funny guide and sit up on the top deck!
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Sep 9th, 2002
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