Travelling to Ireland?

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Rossie

there are plenty of quaint little places near dublin in county wicklow but for the best scenery head to the west coast to counties donegal, sligo, mayo, galway, clare and kerry

Belfast is a big city not a huge amount of quaint things to see there.

my advice go to places like connemara, achill island, northwest donegal, west clare, dingle peninsula and the ring of kerry; that should keep you busy for at least 2 weeks

the train is good for connecting between the large towns and cities i.e. galway to dublin, cork to dublin, dublin to belfast etc, however i would recommend renting a car to reach places like achill, cliffs of moher, connemara etc

prepare yourself for very narrow and windy roads in the west of the country and lack of roadsigns, asking the locals for directions is half the fun!!!

enjoy your holiday

cinderella

it depends on the sort of things u like to see county tyrone has some wonderfull views belfast is a lovly place to go anywere in north ireland is safe and the comon curancy is the irish punt this may help you http://www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk/currency.htm .... av fun may see you
EDIT: best to hire a car public transport is quite bad in ireland .....bad as in not much of it u could b waitin a wile lolxx

JOHN F

rent a car. the public transport in Ireland is not to good, unless you want to go city to city by coach or train. -www.buseirann.ie
i have family living in a village in ireland- they have one bus a week
theres load to see, depends what you want to do. you have the delights of Dublin, or visit the "marble city"- Kilkenny, or visit the Ring of Kerry, or the Japanese Gardens near Kildare. the Aran islands, of the West Coast of Ireland, i could go on.
if you plan to rent a car in Dublin, but to drive to Northern Ireland, inform your car hire company, as you might not be covered to drive the car in Northern ireland. yes go to Belfast its a great city, or visit Londonderry / derry, the walls, still go around the city and of course you have the Gaints causeway near Portrush

what ever you decide to do, your have a great time, the people of ireland are friendly.

Diogenes

Hi, I've just come back from Kinsale, which is just south of Cork. Really pretty harbour town, with LOADS of really good restaurants, shops and beautiful scenery. People were lovely too. I would rent a car if I were you, gives you more scope to get out and about, particularly if the weather's bad.

Hope you have a great trip, wherever you decide to go!

sunflower

hi ,there is many great scenic places in Ireland
galway is a great place has a bit of everything scenic routes traditional Irish music good Irish cooking bars cliffs salthill also Connemara is very beautiful ,there is islands you can go to that are very popular with the tourists called the Aaron islands , u can take a ferry there not expensive for a day crossing,,
also Tipperary cashel and Shannon are all great places
i would recommend you hire a car you would see more
iv never been to Belfast but i here its beautiful
have a good holiday,,,

AnteK

aye dublin is terrible don't go there

rent a car yes

and go to Athlone. we now have the biggest shopping centre outside of dublin and many great facilities and things to do. i can;t list them all you'll just have to see for yourself

bucky7ie

north is safe derry/giants causway a must one good tip if you want to go to one of the islands of the coast go to clare island
hard to get to so few tourists but will probably never want to leave/galway/clare/kerry/ all west is best enjoy

Why shouldn't you go to Belfast?

I don't know where you are from, but remember Belfast is not in the Republic, it is in Northern Ireland, part of the UK, so if you are from outside the EU, you will have entered another nation and the legal currency there is the Â£, not the â‚¬.

EDIT - just read your edit. Belfast, and the whole of Northern Ireland, is putting its troubled political past behind it, and moving forward peacefully. Belfast is one of the UK's up and coming cities, and Northern Ireland is enjoying a spell of prosperity because of it. How can you not go to Northern Ireland and see the magnificent Giant's Causeway, one of the true wonders of the world? This honeycomb of coastal flood basalt is a sight to rival any other place of outstanding natural beauty. Go north of the border. Go south of the border, then cross the Irish Sea and come to the British mainland. You will love both countries and will be welcomed everywhere.

PS Ireland public transport isn't ideal. Trains are ok, Dublin buses suffer because of heavy traffic, though the new tunnel to the motorway has helped relieve this somewhat.

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