Dublin in 36 Hours

DUBLIN IN A DAY AND A HALF

General premise. If we want to visit a city, indeed a capital like in this case, from top to bottom, with "Baedeker" in hand, step by step, monument by monument, museum after museum... well then forget these four lines I've written and consult more important and demanding things on this same beautiful site! If, instead, these succinct fragments of 36 hours in Dublin are enough for you, then read on. Aer Lingus flight, an excellent flag carrier with excellent prices, even low fare (outbound 78 euros, return 15 euros). Dublin Airport is well connected to the city centre by the AirLink and AirCoach buses (5 or 7 euros the ticket). Landing formalities are very quick.

Accommodation in a hotel (Fitzsimon's Hotel) in the Temple Bar centre, to be in the heart of the city, both for visiting the main monuments (not many) and for shopping on Grafton Street and for drinking Guinness, Kilkenny and Harp. Less so for peace and quiet: until late at night — as is well known — our Irish brothers drink a lot and consequently there's commotion galore, singing and dancing, jokes and banter, people drunk on beer (with the usual consequences) everywhere.

For a 36-hour blitz, don't miss (and you can do it, because Dublin isn't big; you can easily walk around the institutional-tourist part): - Christ Church and St Patrick's, close to each other - Grafton Street, the shopping street - Merrion Square, the Georgian quarter and the statue of Oscar Wilde in the gardens on the corner (and the house opposite, though in my opinion it's not worth it) - of course the famous Dublin university, Trinity College, and above all the Book of Kells (an ancient manuscript of a Gospel), inside the Great Library, the Long Room, and outside, opposite, in College Green, the Bank of Ireland building - at least one central park like St Stephen's Green, and then, if you have time left over (I doubt it) and feel like taking a bus and then walking, the Phoenix Park, the largest city park in Europe - O'Connell Street Lwr and Upr, which you'll walk along anyway if you g

et off the number 747 or 748 AirLink shuttle bus at the stop of the same name - the Guinness brewery at St James's Gate, properly the "Guinness Storehouse", and here go up to the top of the tower with the panoramic bar, skybar, where they'll also offer you a pint of the legendary dark brew with the creamy head, which you'll have paid for anyway by buying the entrance ticket for the brewery tour (which is a more static than dynamic simulation, with mainly multimedia supports) - Temple Bar, the famous area of pubs, nightlife, art and entertainment, in the rectangle between the River Liffey and Dame Street. A picturesque area, perhaps a little less so at a certain hour of the weekend due to the presence of the after-effects (to use a euphemism) of the drinking, which for some are part of the show (sic!).

I have nothing more to tell you, except: always book everything online, flight and hotel or hostel; possibly through the links connected to the Aer Lingus website you'll save a lot! I paid 66 euros for the double room with breakfast, instead of 100 and more. Greetings and see you next time. fabrizio, Milan