Ibis Cork East, Cork

Advantages: You need never have a boring moment...
Disadvantages: I'm not there to show you around

...of Gloucester and weigh over 6 tonnes. The clocks were made by Mangans of Cork, and are affectionately known as the four-faced liar, since the east and west facings tell slightly different times. The panoramic view over the city is well worth the climb. THE BUTTER EXCHANGE Once you get your breath back, cross the lane from the church and you will be in front of the Cork Butter Exchange. It was open for business as a trading post for butter between 1770 and 1924. In the nineteenth century it exported 500,000 casks of butter and brought in revenue of £1.5 million. Today it houses the Shandon Craft Centre. Thirteen craftspeople work there exercising their trade. It is a great place to go if you want to stock up on Blarney Irish Crystal, hand painted tableware, ceramics, jewellery, and textiles or just a mooch to watch the makers at work. PUB... Read review

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Advantages: Everything!
Disadvantages: It's too hard to leave!

...Well I don't really know where to start when it comes to this brilliant place! I've only been to Cork city centre a few times as when we go every year we stay in Youghal, a small seaside resort on the east coast of Cork county. Cork is the second biggest city in Southern Ireland, only behind the country's capital Dublin. There are 127, 253 people in Cork city and 283,116 in the county. The shopping is great, there is some really great scenery and the nightlife is brilliant! What more could you want? I think this is the city for everyone! I'll start with the shopping, there are some well known shops like Boots, Tesco, Argos, Laura Ashley and Marks and Spencers. There's also about 10 shopping centres or malls around the city. There in an English market in Cork which sells local and exotic food. This is a good place to visit... Read review

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Advantages: fantastic area to visit
Disadvantages: none

...At Easter we holidayed in Andalucia inland not on the coast. We had a hired car and did drive a bit and we also went for walks. Andalusia's mountainous and some of the area still had snow in Early April. Where ever we were it was not far away from a cork oak tree .A lot of Andalucia has man managed cork oak forests. These forests were quite dense not much light getting through the canopy. These woods not as dark as pine forest though The cork forests we went into seemed to be well managed and some have Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, which recognizes that their forests are managed to the highest international social and environmental standards. The cork oak tree quercus suber is a deciduous tree the leaves lobed and it produces acorns. An individual oak grows 9=12 meters tall. A cork tree can live to about 200... Read review

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