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http://www.halvemaan.be/en/home
I think this is the only brewery still operating in Bruges. I have not done the brewery tour, but I have enjoyed its best known beer, the Brugse Zot (Bruges fool). During five, wet, January days in Bruges some years back, we made Bierbrasserie Cambrinus our home from home.
http://www.cambrinus.eu/english.htm
It is situated just off the Grote Markt and as well as over four hundred beers, the book which lists them all is a substantial tome, it also serves hearty Flemish food.
Dermot
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Hi, on the same theme, which station is the best to use for just a general wander round Dublin City. I am disabled and will be using sticks, so we just want a gentle wander, with stops for a coffee etc. (and my husband says a Guinness too)😏.
So we planning on getting the Dart as we think that's the best way.
Many thanks,
Sue
Hi Sue,
The DART train operates from Dun Laoghaire, not Dublin Port, so I take it that is where your ship is berthing. The best place for you to get off the train is Pearse Station. This is a short distance from the National Gallery, National Museum, National Library, Trinity College, and the Grafton Street shopping area. There are lots of pubs and restaurants in the vicinity. It takes around five minutes for a mobile person to walk to these locations from the station. The train journey takes around twenty minutes. If you have any other queries, please let me know.
Dermot
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Tara Street is the nearest DART station to O'Connell Street where the green HoHo bus tour starts from outside the Dublin Bus office. From the station to the Dublin Bus office is a five minute walk.
Dermot
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Yes, shops are open on a Sunday from either 10am or 11am. Offhand, the only major store that is not open on a Sunday is Weir and Son of Grafton Street, Dublin's finest jewellers.
Dermot
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We dined at Restaurant Greetje a few years back and enjoyed the occasion. My dining companion went back there last year and again had a good time.
http://www.restaurantgreetje.nl/en/
The reviews on TripAdvisor are generally favourable.
Peperstraat is a short distance from Centraal Station off Prins Hendrikkade. Google Maps showed us where to go. The area around the station is full of eating places of the Argentinian steak house variety and it can be difficult for the visitor to find somewhere a bit better.
Enjoy your time in Amsterdam.
Dermot
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The closest station to trinity college ( city center ) is Pearce Station which involves a lot of walking...is there any bus which takes us from the port to Trinity College
It all depends on what you mean by 'a lot of walking', to paraphrase Professor Joad. Pearse Station is a five minute walk from Trinity College. The number 46A bus goes from Dun Laoghaire railway station to Dublin city centre. It takes a circuitous route through suburban south Dublin, is consequently much slower than the train, especially in the morning rush hour, and only leaves you marginally nearer to the university.
Dermot
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Hi Mary,
Here is the rail timetable from Dublin to Kilkenny.
http://www.irishrail.ie/media/04-dublinwaterford250920131.pdf?v=gc3ukca
It is the Waterford train and it takes 90 minutes approximately to reach Kilkenny. The train departs from Dublin Heuston station which is a ten minute bus journey from the city centre. For the cheapest fare book online on the Irish Rail website. Online reservations open sixty days before date of travel. If you require further information, please let me know.
Dermot
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Hi,
If you do not hire a car, your options are (obviously) flying, train or bus. Aer Lingus Regional fly from Dublin to Kerry airport. Picking a few dates at random, there appears to be two flights daily at 11:10 and 19:00. Flight time is fifty five minutes and there will be extra charges for your luggage. Kerry airport is situated at Farranfore which is thirty miles from Kenmare. A taxi from Farranfore to Kenmare will be expensive, but getting a bus will involve changing at Killarney.
There are up to seven trains a day from Dublin Heuston station to Killarney. Reservations open sixty days before date of travel and the earlier you book the cheaper the fare. The Dublin Bus number 747 goes from the airport to Heuston station. The journey time to Heuston station is 45/60 minutes, depending on the traffic as the bus goes a circuitous route through the city centre. The bus ticket costs €6 or a taxi will cost around €30. Killarney is twenty miles from Kenmare, so you would have to take a taxi or a bus there.
Depending on your arrival time in Dublin, it might be possible to get a Bus Eireann bus from the airport to Kenmare. This would involve two changes, in Limerick and Killarney, and the total journey time would be around eight hours.
What are you intending to do in Kenmare without a car? The scenery is magnificent but, unless you are fit, in full health and planning to hike, you will require a car to see it. If you need further information about any of the above please ask.
Dermot
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Hi,
I live in Ireland and my friend lives in the Netherlands. Last year, to celebrate her birthday, we visited Cologne. I flew to Dusseldorf airport and took a local train to Cologne. My friend took the IC train from Amsterdam to Cologne. This is a similar train to the one that you would be taking.
Firstly, you will have no language problems. English is spoken at all European airports and major train stations. You are not quite correct when you state that 'both train stations are at the airports, so no intermediate transportation would be necessary'. If you fly to Dusseldorf, you will have to take the S-Bahn or local urban train from Dusseldorf airport to Duisburg or Dusseldorf central stations. The journey time is only about ten minutes. However, there are direct trains from Frankfurt airport to Amsterdam.
http://www.dus.com/en/arrival-and-departure/bus-and-train/arriving-by-train
My friend was highly impressed with the IC train to Amsterdam. She has travelled frequently on the high-speed Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris and preferred the IC train. She travelled first class and feels that the supplement for so doing is well worth it. Reservations open three months in advance of date of travel and the earlier you book the cheaper the fare. I have never felt any safety concerns on trains in Germany and the Netherlands. If you have a specific query about the IC train let me know and I will try to find the answer for you.
Good luck whatever way you decide to travel,
Dermot
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Hi,
If there is a shuttle bus to the city centre, it will probably leave you at the entrance to Trinity College. From there, the quickest way to Kilmainham Gaol is by Dublin Bus number 69 or 79. These go from Aston Quay which is a 5 minute walk from Trinity College (Aston Quay faces the river Liffey beside O'Connell Bridge). The journey time by bus to the Gaol is 10/15 minutes and the fare is €2.35 one way. Please note that no change is given on Dublin Bus.
Both of the HoHo buses, green and red, stop at the Gaol. But the journey time will be much longer as the buses previously visit St Patrick's Cathedral, Guinness Storehouse and the Royal Hospital. A taxi from the cruise terminal to Kilmainham will probably cost around €25.
The Gaol opens at 09:30, so if you head directly there you should be able to gain admission at least some time in the morning.The tour lasts 60 minutes, and if you have to wait for a slot you could cross the road to the Kilmainham Hilton Hotel for a morning coffee.
Dermot
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On what day of the week are you in Dublin? Bus Eireann, the Irish national bus company, runs a day tour to Newgrange from Dublin. But it only operates on Thursdays and Saturdays.
https://ecommerce.buseireann.ie/asp/TourDetailView.asp?TOUR_CODE=CD02%2D14&SEASON_ID=548
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The Celebrity Infinity is scheduled to berth at Ocean Pier 33, Alexandra Quay, on 30 August. All large cruise ships berth at Alexandra Quay.
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It is a fifteen minute walk from Kilkenny railway station to the Castle. When I was last there, two weeks ago on a Thursday, the traffic was bumper to bumper all the way. I arrived at the Castle quicker on foot than if I had been in a car. The train back to Dublin was twenty five minutes late leaving Kilkenny, so to be safe I would advise getting the 16:40 train to Waterford.
I recommend Ristorante Rinuccini for lunch. It is situated across the road from the Castle.
Dermot
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After hearing you all talk about this Marais bistro I am ready to take our group there mid September...but the web site is in French and I don't see how to make reservations via email. I am wondering how far ahead to make reservations....anyone have any tips? Thanks cruisy Susy
The chef/patron, Thierry, has worked in London, Canada and the US and speaks excellent English. I sent an email to make a reservation in French and Thierry replied in English. As the restaurant is tiny, a reservation is essential.
I have dined at L'Ange 20 twice. The food was excellent and very reasonably priced. Seating is cramped and you will be shoulder to shoulder with other diners. If you need to go to the loo a lot, then sit on the outside. The conviviality, or otherwise, of your neighbours will determine the evening's atmosphere. On the first occasion, my companion and I were seated between two American couples and the conversation, as well as the wine, flowed. It was a wonderful evening.
Last year, we were next to a young Chinese couple who only drank water. The atmosphere was consequently subdued and, although the food was still great, it was a far less memorable occasion than previously.
Dermot
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I cannot help with the name of a four or five star hotel, but a good basic hotel is the Ibis, on the Rue du Marche aux Herbes.
http://www.ibis.com/gb/hotel-1046-ibis-brussels-off-grand-place/index.shtml
It is a five minute walk from central station and just three minutes from the Grand Place. I have stayed there several times and found it fine. Although, as a tea drinker, it was a disappointment that the bedrooms did not have an electric kettle.
Dermot
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A taxi from the rank at Dublin airport to the Davenport Hotel would cost around €25/30.
If you could manage a five minute walk with your luggage from Kildare Street to the hotel, the Aircoach costs €7 per person, one way. There would also be about a 100 yard walk to the Aircoach departure point at the airport.
http://www.davenporthotel.ie/location-en.html
Dermot
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Thank you, Cole. You have restored my confidence in Viator. I will call them with my concerns. I really need to stop reading the one-star reviews. I definately want to take the rail/flight tour from Dublin to the Aran Islands. ;)
If this is the tour you are planning to take,
http://www.railtoursireland.com/train-tour/Aran-Islands/dh11/
Railtours Ireland are a well-established and, without having dealt with them myself, apparently reputable company. I regularly see carriages reserved for their use on Irish trains. Of course, please note their proviso regarding weather conditions possibly curtailing the flight to the islands.
The HoHo bus you have booked is operated by Dublin Bus which is state owned and is therefore reputable.
Dermot
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The Ballsbridge Hotel, still known to many Dubliners as the old Jury's Hotel, is the closest if you walk there. It is about a 20 minute walk from Irishtown Road and the hotel is situated beside Lansdowne Road where the rugby stadium is located. Or you could take the bus into the city centre and pick up the tour bus in O'Connell Street.
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What is the best way to get from the gaol back to Guinness. It is the wrong direction for the HOHO bus. Is a cab the best way? Is it walkable?
You can continue on the HoHo bus and get off at the next stop, stop 16, at Heuston railway station. From there it is a 10 minute walk to the Storehouse. Cross the road at Heuston station and follow the tram tracks up to James's Street.
It will take you 20/25 minutes to walk to the Storehouse from the gaol. The scenic route is to walk through the attractive grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, home of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the finest seventeenth-century building in Dublin, and then bear right up Bow Lane West to James's Street. The Royal Hospital has a fine formal garden, so you might be tempted to linger. If the weather is clement, this would be my choice. Have a look at Google Maps for details of the route.
If you want to take a Dublin bus from the gaol, then walk 200 yards to Emmet Road and get a number 13 or 40 bus heading into the city. The bus fare will be about €2.
There are normally taxis available outside the Hilton Kilmainham hotel which is just across the road from the gaol. The taxi fare should be about €10.
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Hi,
At what time does your ship berth in Dublin? The Guinness Storehouse opens at 09.30 and two hours should be ample to tour the building and enjoy your pint in the Gravity bar. After leaving the Storehouse, the HoHo buses go to Kilmainham Gaol and this is where there could be a lengthy queue on a Saturday in June.
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/dublin/kilmainhamgaol/
However, if the delay at Kilmainham is too long, just hop on the next HoHo bus and continue the Dublin tour.
Dermot
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BTW, I am thinking that Mairnealach is Gaelic. Is there a translation ? :confused:
Thanks again.
An Irish Princess :cool:
mairnéalach, m. (gs. & npl. -aigh, gpl. ~). Mariner, seaman, sailor. ~ cabhlaigh, seaman in navy, bluejacket. ~ trádála, merchant-seaman. ~ boird, deck-hand. ~ mullaigh, topman.
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Thanks, Guys.
I have been having hours of fun looking at all these websites. O.K. There is an Express Bus that picks up from the hotels to go to the Johnnie Fox's Pub for 10 Euros Return. So, which hotel is closest to my apartment at:
20 Summerfield, Irishtown Road, Ringsend, D4.
HOTEL LIST
Gresham Hotel on O'Connell Street
Opposite the Westin Hotel on Westmoreland Street
Shelbourne Hotel at 27 St Stephen's Green
Merrion Hotel on Upper Merrion Street
Burlington Hotel on Sussex Road
Radisson SAS Stillorgan on Stillorgan Road
Stillorgan Park Hotel on Stillorgan Road
Bewleys Hotel - Leopardstown, Central Park, Sandyford
Johnnie Fox's Pub, Glencullen Crossroads
The number 1 bus will take you from Irishtown Road to the city centre in a little under fifteen minutes. The bus goes up Pearse Street before turning into Westmoreland Street and then crossing the Liffey into O'Connell Street. So the Westin Hotel, Westmoreland Street would seem the handiest place to pick up the bus for Johnnie Fox's.
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Hi Donna,
There is a performance of the musical, Riverdance, every evening throughout the summer in the Gaiety Theatre which is beside Grafton Street/St. Stephen's Green.
http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/index.php/whats-on-buy-tickets/calendar/riverdance-20th-anniversary/529
If you want to hear genuine Irish traditional music, then I strongly recommend the Cobblestone pub in Smithfield. Smithfield is a fifteen minute walk from O'Connell Bridge. The Cobblestone's website is being redesigned at present, but this Facebook page will give you an idea what it is like.
https://www.facebook.com/thecobblestone
There is a session every evening and you will hear the real stuff there. The Temple Bar area is full of pubs playing, in my opinion, a debased and vulgarised version of Irish music and catering to tourists. If you require further assistance, please let me know.
Dermot
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Does the ship dock in town or will we need to catch a bus please?
Kristiansand is a very small town and cruise ships berth in its centre.
Dublin--Book of Kells & Pub
in British Isles/Western Europe
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Hi,
Is there any specific advice you require? Trinity College is in the centre of Dublin and pubs, shops, National Museum, and National Gallery are all within five minutes walking distance. You could start your shopping in the Kilkenny Shop, Nassau Street, which is across the street from the entrance to the college library.
http://www.kilkennyshop.com/
It stocks Irish designed goods, unlike the international brands on sale in most of the other stores. You say you want to have a pub lunch, but I would eat in the Kilkenny Shop café before repairing to a hostelry for drinks. There are always three hot food options as well as salads and quiches, the quality is good and the price reasonable.
However, if you want a pub lunch The Bailey or Davy Byrne's are two famous options. They are situated opposite each other in Duke Street, off Grafton Street. They are expensive, but if you manage to grab a pavement table, and the weather is clement, they are pleasant places to pass an hour while people watching.
http://www.baileybarcafe.com/home.htm
http://www.davybyrnes.com/
Grafton Street is Dublin's main shopping street and Brown Thomas is the city's most up-market department store.
http://www.brownthomas.com/
The area around Trinity College is the nicest part of the city and, unless you have a specific reason, I don't see any point in going further afield. I have limited my advice to eating, pubs and shopping, but if you seek information on anything else about Dublin do please ask.
Dermot