A charming, opinionated, comprehensive guide. | Ireland (Country Guide)

This and a Map Book got us through the whole country | Ireland (Country Guide) | Fionn Davenport, Ryan Ver Berkmoes

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	• Ireland (Country Guide) Fionn Davenport, Ryan Ver Berkmoes Lonely Planet, 2008 - 764 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Incredible amount of information, best guide for chosing restaurants

For sheer breadth of information, it is hard to beat the Lonely Planet. They not only cover each location in incredible detail, but the history, food and culture each get extensive coverage that I found very useful. The walking tours were also very detailed and informative and could be used in the absence of a tour guide.

What I found to be one of the key strengths of this guide over others were the number of accommodation options and restaurants. For each location they generally picked a favorite which was almost always worth checking out (although sometimes pricey).

The Lonely Planet guide is also among the best for budget travelers and those looking to travel green.

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A charming, opinionated, comprehensive guide.

"Lonely Planet Ireland" was my introduction to the Lonely Planet series of travel books, and my experience with that volume will definitely lead me to seek out Lonely Planet books on other countries. Lonely Planet's team of writers and researchers writes in a breezy, engaging style that addresses readers as equals (too many travel writers, such as the late Temple Fielding, have talked down to readers). The book is exhaustively comprehensive, covering just about every town, village and point of interest throughout Ireland, and the writers aren't shy in giving their honest, at times bristling opinions when they think something is a tourist trap (i.e. referring to Dublin's popular Temple Bar area as "Temple Barf"). In any case, their descriptions of the places I visited and the hotels I stayed in were absolutely dead-on, and I give the guide high marks for steering me correctly in every instance. (Note to Lonely Planet, if you're reading this: I have a terrific restaurant recommendation in Galway--Cookes Restaurant in Abbeygate Street. Marvelously cozy 17th-century building, nice people, excellent wine list, wonderful food such as the salmon in lemon-dill beurre blanc and the goat cheese and crispy potato skin appetizers.)

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This and a Map Book got us through the whole country

In a once in a lifetime trip, my father and I went to the old country, Ireland, for an extended period and went everywhere. We rented a car at the Dublin airport and drove into Dublin. That was my first time driving on the left side of the road and with the steering wheel on the right-hand side, and after the long flight. Well, some things you learn by being thrown into the deep end.

The Lonely Planet guide was very helpful in locating everything once we arrived in every city. It explained many things about all our surroundings and that helped get us started. Even though I gave the maximum stars, one of the problems in this and every guide is that the writers list the places they went and not all the places. Not only that, but they tend to list the places where only tourists go. But all these books do that so one must take the good and look for themselves when they arrive at their destination.

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Can't travel without Lonley Planet

As always, Lonely Planet provides the best and most up to date information. Fail proof. Fool safe.

A first-class choice for planning day trips, extended weekends, summer vacations, and more!

Ireland is a land of beauty, diversity, history, adventure, and opportunity. Packed with detailed information from cover to cover, "Ireland" includes not only comprehensive yet succinct descriptions of where to go, what to see, and ideas for things to do, it also includes interviews with celebrity chefs, mural artists, musicians, suggestions for getting started, tips for itineraries, notations about the environment, regional maps, notes on language, and a glossary. Organized by counties, the cities, towns and villages are all accessible for the casual tourist or the purpose oriented business traveler. This compact, easily portable, 764-page compendium of superbly organized, readily accessible, 'user friendly' information makes "Ireland" a first-class choice for planning day trips, extended weekends, summer vacations, and more!

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Discover Ireland

Hear nothing but wind over stone walls as you walk the edge of the continent on Inisheer.
Taste Ireland's natural bounty as you feast on local produce in Kinsale.
Trade banter with your driver on a black-taxi tour of the political murals of West Belfast.
Tap your toes and raise your glass to a traditional music session in Doolin and Kilfenora.

In This Guide:

Seven authors, over 200 days of research, countless gallons of the black stuff consumed.
Interviews with celebrity chefs, mural artists and fiddlers.

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