Kinsale (Ireland)

Advantages: Great place to relax and chill out
Disadvantages: Out of the way to travel to for most

...THERE From Cork City, Kinsale is around 17 miles by car taking around half an hour – the roads are pretty basic windy country roads so please beware! From Belfast l traveled to Dublin via the Enterprise train taking usually 3 hours – it was as usual late (this ALWAYS happens) and it was nearer 4 hours by the time l entered Dublin’s Connolly station. I met Paul outside the railway station (he was working in Dublin!) and we then ...
...is on the road to Kinsale and carriers such as aerlingus; fly be; bmi baby; ryan air and ba all make the trip from various regional UK airports and indeed a few European airports too. The closest ferry port to Kinsale which is a 35 minutes drive is that of Ringaskiddy (don’t ya just love Irish place names!) or that of Cork Harbour is close by too. Finally at Cork International Airport the usual car hire people – Avis, Budget or Hertz ... Read review

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

...://www.corkcinemas.com/ The cinema has full disabled access, wide lifts and suitable WC's. DAY 4: Thursday DAY-TRIP We are leaving the city today and going on a trip. There are 3 places all within an hours journey from the bus station in Parnell Street that I recommend. You choose which one suits your personality best: Kinsale A fishing town busting with gourmet restaurants, cobbled streets, a colourful mixture of shops reflecting the centuries of Europeans who came in through the port and settled there. Also a number of small museums and gift shops. Good for: Foodies, art-beavers, history-beavers and sight-see-ers. Bad for: People who hate tourist traps Ballycotton A small fishing town as wild and untamed as Kinsale is touristy. It is located on the southern coast of Ireland and is a sleepy spot with whitewashed houses, a few shops, a pub (which only opens... Read review

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

...also bought a sandwich for the flight home the following day (because we did not want to be ripped off on the plane) and also a smoothie which was tasty. We found out at the tourist information office at the Grand Parade that Paul street is the equivalent of Temple Bar in Dublin, but at a much smaller scale, which is certainly true. We also got another map of the city from there. We also saw on the Jazz trail map that there are many pubs in and near Washington street. The best one is probably Rearden's where they played live music which we enjoyed listening to. Opposite it is a noisy pub with a rather young clientele. An almost incomprehensible Santa-looking taxi driver with long reddish beard was the only one who welcomed us to Ireland while we sat in his car and were on the way to our B&B from Cork city to Cloghore. He recommended two... Read review

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