Originally Posted by
Raffles
... which is a thread I started.
Frankly, Dublin is a dump. No decent shopping (compared to a 'proper' capital city), very high prices because of the Euro (at least versus the £), terrible weather, no cultural sights of significance worth seeing, and the joy of having to get a bus from the airport as the trams and trains avoid it.
If you have SPG points, the Westin is a good value redemption for 10,000 points compared to the cash prices. Very convenient location as well.
I tend to agree but fortunately the OP is arriving in the evening when a few scoops in the pub and some dinner will soften the impact.
A tourist-must visit to the Guinness storehouse the following morning or maybe a tour round the Dublin prison where we Brits were uncommonly beastly to the leaders of the 1916 Rebellion ( okay, so we executed them ) followed by a nice lunch then back to the airport will spare them from seeing how sh!tty Dublin really is.
Night-time is definitely the best time to see this city.
www.guinness-storehouse.com
http://www.tourist-information-dubli...inham-jail.htm