Dublin - Share your top recommendations! 📣

Calling all Dublin enthusiasts! We want you to share your top recommendations in the city and beyond. 📣

We want to hear about it all! Share your best tips for must-visit places or hidden gems in Dublin and its surroundings. It could be anything from historical landmarks and museums to offbeat shops, trad pubs, quiet parks, or even lesser-known coastal villages right outside the city.

Help future visitors uncover the hidden gems that make this city special! 

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For me, one fascinating aspect of Ireland is its culture; its music, dancing and singing! 

So if you are looking for a place in Dublin to tell your friends "The craic was mighty last night," then head to O'Donoghue's. This establishment is where the famous Irish folk group The Dubliners started in the early 1960s. And up to this day, there is live traditional Irish music, the whole pub is decorated with drawings and photographs of some of Ireland's finest musicians. I also found everyone extremely friendly. If you enjoy live music like I do, then this might be a nice place to start exploring Dublin's trad music pubs.

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I personally got to explore Dublin and its surroundings for about a week and two experiences stuck with me. 

- Finding a low-key spot for a full Irish breakfast: the obvious choice would be your hotel, or maybe the busy Temple Bar or O'Connell Street, but I chose to walk a bit further and ended up at a small breakfast spot known as Oh'Rourke's. It had older folks, friendly staff, no fuss and a hearty full Irish breakfast worthy of its name!

- Hiking the Howth Cliff Path: if you don't have much time in Ireland and want to experience the great outdoors and high cliffs right outside Dublin and without renting a car, that's the hike for you. Hop on the Dart train from Dublin Connolly/Tara Street and 30 min later you'll be in the village. The start of the hike is just 10 minutes from the station, and you can stop at the port on the way (and maybe spot a few seals). For the record, I actually missed the Dart train back to Dublin since I stayed for the sunset, but I managed to catch a bus (all for "free" thanks to the Leap Visitor Card I purchased upon arrival)