Start from 82 curated places around Dublin, IE, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Chapter One by Mickael Viljanen
Dublin's most celebrated fine-dining room, in a Georgian basement on Parnell Square, where the chef turns Irish produce into precise modern tasting menus. It's the city's destination splurge for a serious, multi-hour dinner.
Variety Jones
A Liberties restaurant cooking inventive, fire-driven Irish food on Thomas Street that earned a Michelin star without losing its warmth. The open hearth and the family-style courses make it feel personal rather than fussy.
Trails & outdoors
Howth Cliff Path Loop
A dramatic coastal loop around the Howth headland, thirty minutes by train from the centre, with sea-cliff views over Dublin Bay and the Irish Sea. The well-marked loops range from gentle to moderate, ending in a fishing village full of seafood.
Bray to Greystones Cliff Walk
A flat, well-paved coastal path south of the city skirting Bray Head between two seaside towns, with constant sea views. It's the easiest scenic cliff walk near Dublin, doable by anyone and reachable by train.
Things to do
National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology
The country's flagship archaeology museum on Kildare Street, home to Iron Age bog bodies, prehistoric gold, and early Christian treasures like the Tara Brooch. The bog bodies and the gold hoards are genuinely unforgettable.
Chester Beatty
A jewel of a museum in the Dublin Castle grounds displaying a collector's extraordinary trove of manuscripts, sacred texts, and art from across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It's repeatedly rated among Europe's best small museums.
Landmarks & sights
Trinity College & the Book of Kells
Ireland's oldest university, a cobbled Georgian campus in the heart of the city, home to the illuminated medieval Book of Kells and the breathtaking Long Room library. The Long Room's barrel-vaulted hall of old books is the unmissable sight.
Kilmainham Gaol
A former prison west of the centre where leaders of the 1916 Rising were held and executed, now a powerful museum of Irish independence. The guided tour through the echoing cell blocks is among the city's most moving experiences.