Isaac's, Cork

Advantages: Good restaurants, tea and coffee in the room
Disadvantages: Everything apart of the advantages

...were in the region. FOTA Wildlife Park and Cobh are two other places we could not see. The English market is nice, but smaller than we thought. Similar markets, although usually bigger, are found all around Europe. Cork city itself is smaller than one would think looking at maps. The main streets are Patrick and Grand Parade with a few smaller ones where there are restaurants and pubs serving mainly Italian, Chinese and Indian cuisines. There is not much to do in Cork city except eating out and have some pints at the pubs. We recommend the Isaacs Restaurant and the pub Scotts, both keeping a standard which is slightly higher than the average for Cork city. If you think about visiting Dublin or Cork, definitely visit Dublin first. We were in Dublin last year and you cannot even compare the two. There are some superficial similarities... Read review

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Advantages: Quieter, and cheaper than Dublin. Some good restaurants to be found
Disadvantages: Very little tourism in winter time, fewer 'sights' open, smaller than Dublin

...I've heard that people have said that Cork is a somewhat similar place to Dublin, being Eire's second city and all that.. so after a particularly enjoyable trip to Dublin in November, myself and the other half decided that we would take ourselves off to Cork as a treat and to see what it had to offer people like us (in our 20's and who found Dublin a little expensive). We arrived early on a Saturday morning, into the tiny Cork Airport (which we later learned is undergoing a complete renovation with a new terminal scheduled to be built), and waited outside for the Bus Eireann service from the airport to the centre. This is a big coach which - at weekends - runs on the hour, and on the 1/2hr in the week. The service was prompt, courteous and cheaper than a taxi into the centre (€5.50 - about £4 - per person for a month-long return... Read review

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Advantages: Good restaurants, tea and coffee in the room
Disadvantages: Everything apart of the advantages

...were in the region. FOTA Wildlife Park and Cobh are two other places we could not see. The English market is nice, but smaller than we thought. Similar markets, although usually bigger, are found all around Europe. Cork city itself is smaller than one would think looking at maps. The main streets are Patrick and Grand Parade with a few smaller ones where there are restaurants and pubs serving mainly Italian, Chinese and Indian cuisines. There is not much to do in Cork city except eating out and have some pints at the pubs. We recommend the Isaacs Restaurant and the pub Scotts, both keeping a standard which is slightly higher than the average for Cork city. If you think about visiting Dublin or Cork, definitely visit Dublin first. We were in Dublin last year and you cannot even compare the two. There are some superficial similarities... Read review

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

...AM I QUALIFIED TO TELL YOU ABOUT CORK CITY? From the years 1996 to 2000, I attended UCC in Cork (the big university there) and have gone back every year for varying amounts of time from weekend break to ‘using up holiday time’ week long holidays. Presuming you have a week or so to spare, some cash to spend and are curious to visit the city which will be the European city of Culture in 2005, here is a 'week-filling guide' for that city..... Each of the days can be taken as a whole or part of the others, if you are only there for a weekend, just look at the weekend section etc. CURRENCY CONVERSION: 10.00 Euros = 6.77 UK £'s 10.00 Euros = 12.06 US $'s HOW TO GET THERE... *Fly directly into Cork airport **Train from Heuston Station Dublin into Kent Street station Cork. Warning - the evening trains (post 4.30) are PACKED beyond... Read review

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