Dublin on the cheap?

AmM_3

Hi All,

I'm headed to Dublin at the end of the month. Does anyone have any deals on hotels etc or reccomendations about what I should do there?

Thanks!

Am

nomoneytoday

Save up if you fancy a pint - they're nearly as expensive as Paris apparently :eek:

whatmichaelsays

Dublin is no more expensive than most capital cities that use the Euro. Yes, if you're going purely to get ale'd up in the tourist traps, it won't be cheap (€5-6 is the going rate for a Guinness in Temple Bar - although getting a beer on Las Ramblas or on the banks of the Siene is hardly cheap) but then, other costs are cheaper than many other European cities. We found that eating out, getting there, entertaining ourselves and staying there can all be done relatively cheaply.

AmM_3

Yeah. I am meeting up with some locals there so hopefully they will know some cheap places to go. Temple Bar is a must see though right?

Pollycat

AmM wrote: »

Yeah. I am meeting up with some locals there so hopefully they will know some cheap places to go. Temple Bar is a must see though right?

Not in my opinion, it's just an area with lots of bars.

I suggest you pop to your local library and pick up a guide book which will tell you the 'top 10' or 'top 20' things to do in Dublin.

Or check out Tripadvisor, they have a helpful Dublin forum.

Off the top of my head:

City Tour on open-top bus
Guiness Storehouse
Jameson's Distillery
Dublinia/Viking World
National Museum
Botanical Gardens
Zoo
Dublin Castle
Trinity College & The Book of Kells
Christchurch Cathedral
St Patrick's Cathedral
Kilmainham Gaol - now THAT IS a 'must see' imho
Malahide Castle - out of the city
Howth - out of the city

Lots of great statues dotted around:
Molly Malone
Oscar Wilde
James Joyce
Famine figures
Hags with the Bags
Children of Lir
Phil Lynott

It's hard to recommend without knowing what sort of things you're interested in.