Hey /trv, I will be in Ireland for 6 days in early may. Are there

No one?

>>1216039
Six days is tight.
Ideally you do one day and night in Dublin, pick up your rental car and hit up some villages, one or two a day, enjoying a pub night and some ruins or a museum, while you do the B&B which should be quite easy to wing it (except Fri/Sat nights in say Kilkenny where there could more no vacanies without some planning). Then, you fly out of Shannon. I would say you need 7 days to do 50% of the country, whether you go north or south on this trip is preference. I prefer the Southern half myself. Southern half has Midleton distillery tour (Jameson), and Dublin of course has Guinness.

>>1216126
Thank you! The flights are booked already, I arrive on the 3rd in the evening and leave on 9th noon.

I thought about doing a two or three day trip to surrounding areas and stay in the city for the rest of the week.

Can you recommend some nice places not too far away from Dublin? Maybe max. 5 hour ride by car or train.

>>1216039
No one recommends the trains. Self-drive cars allow you to go ooooh, look at that sign, let's stop at these ruins, veer off the path, take a cliff walk, see some old church, and then use your GPS to get back to the road.

I think if you look at Rick Steves, you'll find his guidebook miles better than any other Ireland guides. Peek at an itinerary and realize you're going to have to backtrack to Dublin to leave now. Take a look at this site that shows the problem of short visits and getting clear to the west coast for lovely dingle and other goodies. https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/ireland/itinerary

1) Dublin is only good for a night, max two. What you want to do is visit Guinness, visit Book of Kells, shop, hear live music, dine and drink in Temple Bar neighborhood. I recommend Boxty House for dinner. If you are a literary scholar type, you'd enjoy an organized pub crawl of author haunts, esp if alone.
2) The surrounding SE area is nice. You can visit the Powerscourt Estate (now a ritz carlton), which is an example of Ireland before deforested. Good for a garden walk and lunch or breakfast. In the Wicklow mountains, go to St. Kevins hermit cave and ruins of monastery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_of_Glendalough
3) Kilkenny is a medieval town. Has an abbey, townhouse, cathedral, castle, tall tower to climb, smithwicks brewery, and a lot of natural and other interests that could stretch into two or more days.

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>>1216039
Took my wife and kids a few years ago, got a car after two nights in Dublin and drove to Galway, ran out to the Aran islands, then up to Westport and Sligo, on to Donnegal, day-tripped into NI to see the Giants' Causeway and 'Derry, then back to Dublin with a stop at Slane for the ancient monuments and Tara. My memory is that was about 12-14 nights, so more time than you have got, but if you are headed to any of those areas there is a chance I can answer a question about it. Didnot see the SWern part of the island, but the w and NW and N were great. If you like bad taxidermy at all, spend an hour in "The Dead Zoo" in Dublin -- the Museum of Natural History

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>>1216176
>"The Dead Zoo" in Dublin -- the Museum of Natural History

The Happiest Dead Place on Earth.

>>1216039
G A L W A Y

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Thanks for all the input!

I made a provisional map with some of the landmarks and cities you recommended.

How many time should I plan for Glendalough and the cliffs of moher?

>>1216307
how many time. my english.exe didn't work.

>>1216307
I just checked some car rental websites, apparently I'm too young to rent a car. I got a license for nearly 6 years now, but I must be at least 25 years old. Are there any alternatives?

>>1216307
>How many time should I plan for Glendalough and the cliffs of moher?
I dont know about Glendalough but Cliffs of Mother shouldn't take that long, just enjoy the Wild Atlantic Way coming down from Galway to them

>>1216039
Northern Irlenad, I hope

>>1216495
Is there anything else to see than Belfast?

>>1216309
>Are there any alternatives?
Contact one of the companies, ask if they know of anybody who rents to people under 25. Unless it is a legal restriction, there is probably somebody filling that business niche, but their prices may be high.

Invite somebody 25 to join you.

Dat bus.

>>1216309
You can probably convince them to let you rent a lower car with additional fees

>>1216588
I contacted some of them. They can't give cars to people under 25. Do you know about other options, like motorbike or quad? I'd even use a 50ccm scooter if I have to.

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>>1216307

You are literally just driving though a pile of swamp there

Get a car and go to cork, fuck dublin, its just a big city. Go cork I recommend the city, blarney, clonakilty, and all the way to mizin head google that shit and see if you'ee into that sort of thing. Galway is a laugh and you could see conamara and stuff. 1 night dublin, 2-3 nights cork. 2-3 nihts galway. Done

>>1216307
A few hours for Glendalough. The actual place is pretty small, though you might want to take in some of the surrounding countryside while you're there