A welcoming city, full of parks and modern flare, here, you’ll find notable buildings, modern architecture and quaint pubs co-existing in a place where history melds with everyday life. Split in two by the River Liffey, Dublin is a fully-fledged European city with modern buildings, offices, major brand names and Grafton Street – a high street with a touch of glamour.

You’ll cross paths with a number of famous characters while walking through town, including Oscar Wilde and James Joyce, as well as a series of monuments and museums that shed light on the millennial history of this Irish capital, which was initially founded by the Vikings and was once a centre of the slave trade.

Dublin is a green city. It’s full of parks for the nature lovers among you. But it also offers lots of entertainment by way of the Temple Bar district, where you’ll find pubs with live music, street artists and young people full of life. This capital is a buzzing, open-minded, youthful and frequently trendy place, which is perhaps why it has become such an up-and-coming destination, capable of bouncing between extremes, from the sacred to the profane, and from entertainment to tradition.

Dublin is a brave place, proud of its history while making sure to appreciate its previous trials and tribulations. It transforms this awareness into local culture, which you’ll find on practically every street corner: in its parks, gardens, pubs and perhaps even at a hurling match – a national sport of Gaelic Irish origin. Read on to find out more about this city’s must-visit attractions.

St Patrick’s Cathedral
Temple Bar
Guinness Storehouse
Trinity College
St Stephen's Green
Dublin Castle
Christ Church Cathedral
O'Connel Street
Merrion Square
The River Liffey
Phoenix Park
County Wicklow
Glendalough Monastery
Powerscourt Gardens
Malahide Castle
Leinster House
The National Gallery
Grafton Street
Old Jameson Distillery
Ha’Penny Bridge