“Surprisedly dissapointed”
Although the agent at the desk was not as cheerful and friendly as we had experienced elsewhere in Ireland, we chalked it up to Dublin being a city. The bed was broken in the first room we occupied and the desk agent came up to check it. One side was fine, and when we got in the other side, you almost hit the floor.
He gave us another room. On checkout another desk agent stamped our parking ticket but neglected to tell us that the twenty euros had to be paid at the machine, before we could get the car out. My husband had to walk back to the hotel to get some smaller bills so that we could get out. The hotel itself is very nice, and the location is very good, but the people at desk should spend some time in the Irish countryside to get an idea of why Ireland is regarded as one of the friendliest countries to visit. We will not stay at this hotel in the future.
Area recommendations
The area we stayed in - Mirriam Square and the Trinity College area was very convenient to historical places, parks, restaurants, pubs -(we listened to some fine music there), shopping & buses. We would stay in this area again.
When to go
August is a wonderful time to go, although it is Holiday to the entire European community, so is a little more crowded When compared to the US, it is still not so crowded. The weather was pleasant for most of our stay. It only rained two days out of 14. The flowers were absolutely gorgeous,l and the parks were clean and beautiful. The area has quite a bit of history to it, and we learned much that we did not know. Ireland is a beautiful country. We will definitely return.
Getting around
The hop on, hop off buses make it very easy to get around the city and see the sights,, then hop back on and go to another area. It is a good way to get your bearings and choose the sites you would like to see.
