Leinster
Travel Guide
Visit Leinster
Where to stay in Leinster
City Centre Dublin
Grafton Street and Croke Park are a few top attractions in City Centre Dublin. Hop around the city on the metro at Jervis Station or Dominick Tram Stop and check out the area's fantastic nightlife, fascinating museums, and great live music.
Temple Bar
Dublin's cultural hub boasts institutions like the Irish Film Institute and Temple Bar Gallery, while offering vibrant nightlife with various nightclubs, pubs, and restaurants. Explore Meetinghouse Square and Temple Bar Square during your stay.
Ballsbridge
Many diplomatic residences are located in this affluent Dublin area. The neighborhood offers Herbert Park for leisure and iconic sights like the cylindrical U.S. embassy. Accessible by bus routes and DART train stations.
Kilkenny City Centre
Kilkenny City Centre is popular for its lively bars, and if you're looking for more to see and do, you might think about a trip to Smithwick's Brewery Tour or Black Abbey.
The Liberties
While you're in The Liberties, take in top sights like Guinness Storehouse and jump on the metro at Heuston Tram Stop to see more of the city.
Dublin 8
Historic postal district, Dublin 8 boasts hipster cafes, cocktail bars, and family-friendly restaurants amidst notable buildings like Christ Church Cathedral and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport
Hotel is a perfect location for airport access. They do free yet very professional service to and from the airport. The hotel it self is very clean and definately would stay again.
Reviewed on Apr 13, 2026
Ruby Molly Hotel Dublin
Excellent location. Nice modern hotel. We booked the lovely room and was perfect for a short stay. 10min walk from Temple area and bus. Staff all welcoming and hassle free check in and out. If I had one niggle it would be coffee/tea facilities in room rather than the galley set up.
Reviewed on Apr 13, 2026
Marlin Hotel Stephens Green
Great Hotel, helpful and friendly staff, great clean room and Hotel and wonderful breakfast and dinner.
Reviewed on Apr 13, 2026
Zanzibar Locke
Clean modern and stylish, everything in the room you would need. There was building work going on next door to the hotel, so unfortunately noisy and it may have been better for the staff to mention. Check in staff were lovely but the cafe and bar staff were not warm, welcoming or participating friendly, ...
Reviewed on Apr 13, 2026
Staycity Aparthotels, Dublin Castle
Staycity Aparthotels, Dublin, Saint Augustine Street
Great location. Staff members were very nice. They allowed us to check in a couple hours early, and we were very lucky to get a free upgrade to a two bedroom unit without asking. The rooms were clean and spacious. The unit was equipped with a washer/drier. We only spent one night there and didn’t ...
Reviewed on Mar 31, 2026
Popular places to visit
Trinity College
Walk the cobbled lanes of Ireland’s oldest university, alma mater to literary greats and home of the precious Book of Kells.
St. Stephen's Green
Take a break in Dublin’s most popular public park with green lawns and flower beds, a stone bridge and statues, a swan-filled lake and a playground.
Guinness Storehouse
A tour of this pint-shaped hall in a historic brewery provides an intoxicating journey through the making of Ireland’s signature drink.
Croke Park
Croke Park in Dublin is so much more than an impressive sports stadium. “Croker”, as it is locally known, is in many ways is a bastion of Irish identity that protects the spirit of Gaelic games from forces seeking to dislodge it. If this all sounds a bit dramatic you should take the fantastic Croke Park Experience tour to get a very real sense of just how important and deeply ingrained the GAA and Gaelic games are to Ireland’s sense of itself.
Aviva Stadium
Watch a game of rugby or soccer and take a tour of the changing rooms and players’ tunnel to peek behind the curtain.
Grafton Street
Watch the talented street performers as you search the boutiques in this shopping haven for something special to take home.
- Trinity College
- St. Stephen's Green
- Guinness Storehouse
- Croke Park
- Aviva Stadium
- Grafton Street
- Dublin Port
- O'Connell Street
- Dublin Castle
- Malahide Castle
- Phoenix Park
- St. Patrick's Cathedral
- Marlay Park
- Liffey Valley Shopping Centre
- Wicklow Mountains National Park
- Slane Castle
- Christ Church Cathedral
- Jameson Distillery Bow St.
