Dublin

Staying at the Gibson hotel in Dublin, excellent hotel, tram starts from outside the front door right to the centre of Dublin in a few minutes much cheaper and quicker than buses or taxis.
 
If you would like to visit Dublin, I would suggest going in 1998 when the Tour De France was there and France just won the World Cup, it was electric.

And the drink was cheaper.
 
I went to Dublin last NYE for 3 nights, and it wasn't that expensive.

Around £4.50 a pint and food was reasonable too. We stayed in a hotel called blooms which is literally 50 yds from Temple Bar (main drinking zone) and the hotel for 3 nights for me and my wife was only about £350 all in. Flights were about £180 for the two of us.

We actually went with a group of friends, including Spie who used to own OcUK :) It is a very well recommended place to go if you like to celebrate in booze.

Not sure that Dublin has much in the way of culture etc, my suggestion if you want as break with culture is to go to Edinburgh instead in all honesty.
 
Ace Modder said:
I went to Dublin last NYE for 3 nights, and it wasn't that expensive.

Around £4.50 a pint and food was reasonable too.
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I've found exactly the same, even drinking in and around Temple Bar I wasn't paying more than 5 Euro a pint, I'm not sure how everyone else gets ripped off so badly.
 
Dimple said:
There's not much advise in here except beer & food related, what else is there to do during the day?
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Depends what floats your boat -

Firstly - get on the Dublin tour bus: http://www.dublinsightseeing.ie/citytour.aspx

It will take you most of the touristy places in about an hour and a half. Sit on it for the full trip and make a note of the places you want to see more of. Then you can hop on and off. The drivers narrate the journey and are usually great craic.

Usual tourist fare - Guinness Factory/Storehouse, Jameson Distillery, Molly Malone, the GPO, Temple Bar, Dublin Zoo (in Phoenix Park)

Scenery and "quiet joys" - Howth, Powerscourt, Powerscourt waterfall (beautiful picnic area), St Stephens Green (Park), Phoenix Park, Glendalough Heritage site (picnics, walks, area of beauty etc.)

Shopping - Grafton Street, O'Connell Street, Henry Street - quite similar to UK shopping though. Arnotts is a large dept store on Henry Street and Brown Thomas is the Irish version of Harrods - on Grafton Street.

Most of these places are on the bus tour route except for Howth and Powerscourt which you can get coaches or public transport to. Howth is more of a half day visit, and Glendalough/Powerscourt can probably be done together in a day as part of a tour package.
 
[TW]Fox;26805808 said:
There isn't a standard Marriott in Dublin - only a property from the Renaissance brand at £hilarious per night.

If you want a Marriott-like experience you'd have more luck with Hilton in Dublin - there are two Hilton's and a couple of Doubletree's as well. We stayed at the Hilton Dublin Kilmainham and it was absolutely fine. This was also over Christmas, about 2 years ago. Had a nice time.
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This, I have stay in the Hilton there and it was great. Breakfast was epic too.

Good bar there is the "Morgan", its below a hotel of the same name I believe.

As for the drinks price comments, I haven't found it any worse than any other UK city really
 
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