Dublin Weekend Break
Dublin Weekend Break is your guide to exploring, organising and making the most of a short break in the Irish capital city of Dublin. If you have never visited Ireland, then a Dublin weekend away is a great way to start. If you want to book a hotel room, or find out about prices and availability see this page Hotels
Dublin's popularity as a weekend break destination has soared over recent years as more and more people have
become aware of its varied appeal and richness of culture and atmosphere.
Although only a short plane or ferry trip from mainland Britain, Dublin really is "another world" and it can honestly stake a claim to being a city that has something for everyone - young and old.
"Dublin Weekend Break” will help you plan and arrange your short break in this wonderful city. To find out all about Dublin’s many and varied weekend break possibilities, use the menus to the left and at the top of the page.
Along with Paris, Dublin is the "foreign" destination that is most easily and universally reached from cities across the UK and, for that reason, it is ideal for a weekend break or short city break.
A Dublin weekend break can also be surprisingly inexpensive, even if you stay in a city centre hotel. On the outskirts of town you will also find hotels and guest houses offering genuine rustic charm and at very honest prices.
Dublin is also a great city in which to take a winter break with its unique atmosphere and active nightlife.
What makes a Dublin weekend break different
If you are thinking about taking a Dublin Weekend Break, you will probably know that Dublin is famed for its Public Houses (Pubs) of which there are over 970 and, when combined with its music and nightlife, they mix together to enable to you discover a city that is like no other.
Dublin has charm, exuberance and a unique pulse beating through it 24 hours a day. It is the perfect location for a weekend break.
The historic part of Dublin may be old, but it is full of energy and every kind of social entertainment that you can think of.
Many pubs offer music on a least one night of the week and the styles vary from modern pop and rock music to folk music, nearly always with the addition of the atmospheric Celtic sound for which Ireland is known.
Dublin has developed an enthusiastic (and well behaved) nightclub scene which fits the bill perfectly for those wanting to organize a stag or hen party – or better still a weekend stay over. Not surprisingly, Dublin is now one of the top city destinations for these celebratory events.
A Dublin Weekend Break is not just about pubs, night life and evening entertainment. Away from Dublin's famous pub scene, the city has charm, history, some exceptional monuments plus a great shopping district. Localities like Grafton Street and Henry Street have most of the city's top stores and there are many specialty shops too.
With its own city zoo, Dublin is unquestionably family friendly and must be one of the most welcoming cities you will ever encounter, and of course there is the Dubliner's hospitality to all of their visitors which is famous the world over.
If you want to find the best way of getting to Dublin check out our flights to Dublin page and our ferry to Dublin page.
A relaxing Dublin Weekend
Many of Dublin's younger visitors enjoy the city for its famous bars and pubs and then spend the early hours in one (or more) of the city's night clubs – there are plenty of them.
But Dublin has just as much to offer the weekend breaker looking for old world charm, museums, castles, galleries and unique shopping.
If you want to spend your Dublin Weekend Break enjoying culture, then Dublin has a wealth of historic sightseeing attractions ranging from the thirteenth century Dublin castle and the Joyce Tower, to the infamous Kilmainham Gaol prison. There are also galleries and museums and some massive shopping and entertainment centres.
For two totally different kinds of day out you can visit the Punchestown Racecourse, or the amazing 3,000 year old burial ground of Newgrange just outside of the city. Both offer completely different insights into the cultural evolution of the greater Dublin area.
There are also "Things to do" that appeal to all ages and interest like taking a tour of the Old Jameson Distillery or the Guinness Storehouse and then there are the city's theatres which cover almost every kind of performance genre imaginable. Filling a Dublin weekend break is never difficult.
The perfect city for a weekend break
Ultimately, Dublin is a city that delivers something for virtually everyone, irrespective of their age, interests, family or group size, and it does so in a way that is completely personal to Dublin and the Irish.
To explore Dublin's sights, pub scene, galleries, historic buildings, museums, shopping, dining and parks, and to find out how to get to and around the city - use the navigation links at the top and left hand side of all pages on Dublin Weekend Break.
We hope that you find this website useful and that it will offer ideas and information that will help you in your trip making plans to Dublin.