Who but Rick Steves can tell travellers the best way to see the Dingle Peninsula, Kilkenny, Dublin, Galway, Belfast, the Antrim Coast, and Portrush? With "Rick Steves' Ireland 2008", travellers can experience the best of everything the Emerald Isle has to offer - economically and hassle-free.Completely revised and updated, this guide includes, ...
Filled with useful information for the traveler, this guide includes three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, detailed neighborhood maps with a street-finder index, and even historical timelines.
Who but Rick Steves can tell travellers how to promenade down Edinburgh's Royal Mile or visit the ancient home of the Holy Grail? With "Rick Steves' Great Britain 2008", travellers can experience Rick's favourite destinations in London, Bath, York, the Cotswolds, the Lake District, Edinburgh, and North Wales - economically and hassle-free ...
"Frommer's Driving Tours" are packed with detailed, color-coded maps and stunning full-color photographs. Each guide outlines dozens of driving tour options, and then helps you plan your route with exact directions, distances, and driving times. You'll see all the top sights, and then, have the flexibility to discover the hidden pleasures of each ...
Relatively tiny Ireland (32,600 sq. miles) packs great attractions into a small area. You can pack a lot of diverse experiences into your trip with this book as your guide. Climb the cliffs. Kiss the blarney stone. Have a bowl of Irish stew and a pint of Guinness in a local pub. Pay homage to literary giants W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, or Frank ...
Spectacular scenery, ancient ruins, unspoiled villages, friendly pubs - the Emerald Isle has it all. Whether you're diving the waters off the western coast or diving into the clubs of Dublin, this indispensable guide is packed with everything you need to know.
In this wonderful compendium, Christopher Winn gives a tour of the four provinces of Ireland---Connacht, Leinster, Munster, and Ulster. Find out where dreams were inspired, ideas were born, and where the unforgettable heroes of Ireland's past now slumber. A treasure trove of fascinating stories, "I Never Knew That About Ireland" is packed full of ...
'Today, West Cork is a glamorous destination, a haven for upmarket tourists, but in the 1950s it was the arse end of the back of beyond - and that may be talking it up'. Pete McCarthy was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as ...
"The Wild Places" is both an intellectual and a physical journey, and Macfarlane travels in time as well as space. Guided by monks, questers, scientists, philosophers, poets and artists, both living and dead, he explores our changing ideas of the wild. From the cliffs of Cape Wrath, to the holloways of Dorset, the storm-beaches of Norfolk, the ...
A spur of the moment decision brings Eric Newby and his wife Wanda to traverse the roads of Ireland by bicycle--beginning in December. This account of their months on two wheels is full of local lore, personal encounters, and vivid description.
In 1979, Kevin O'Hara, an American Vietnam vet, took a walk around the Irish coast and paid his way by storytelling. A quarter of a century later, he has written about the experience, reporting on his adventures both good and bad, and concluding with many warm words about the hospitality of the Irish people.
Dutifully obeying the Eighth Rule of Travel--"never pass a bar that has your name on it"--Pete McCarthy, expat and Guinness enthusiast, takes to the Irish highway and comes off with a handful of hangovers and anecdotes from all the McCarthy's Bars from Cork to Donegal.
This is America's number 1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, "Frommer's Complete Guides" help travelers experience places the way locals do. It includes more annually updated guides than any other series. It includes a 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides. It offers ...
From the craggy coast of Kerry to the unearthly burren of Clare, from neolithic dolmens in Sligo to the hills of Tara in Meath, from a massive castle in Wexford to an awe-inspiring church in Dublin, Spectacular Ireland takes readers on an extraordinary armchair tour of the Emerald Isle. Showcasing the work of Ireland's finest photographers, this ...
"There are only two kinds of people in the world," according to the old saying, "The Irish - and those who wish they were!" And after reading this evocative book you'll likely agree with such sentiments. Despite Ireland's newfound prosperity as "The Celtic Tiger" - Europe's most affluent nation - there still exists that other enduring and ...
In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with "The Playboy of the Western World". "The Aran Islands", published in the same year, records his visits to the islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy" and his other major dramas. Yet this book is much more than a ...
This is the second in Warren Rovetch's "Creaky Traveler" series of entertaining and informative travelogues that include tips for "the mobile but not agile". This time, Rovetch goes to the Irish counties of Clare, Kerry, and West Cork, staying in charming B&Bs but also getting to know the locals. He mixes history and culture with sightseeing to ...
Determined to discover what makes a pint of Guinness so legendary, McHugh travels Ireland to find that each pub says the best pint can be found . . . somewhere else. In this comedic and sentimental journey, the author meets many unforgettable characters along the way.
This work presents images and impressions of numerous villages in Ireland which as well as being beautiful are working, living communities. The book follows the divisions of ancient provinces - Ulster, Leinster, Connacht, and Muster - and uncovers various rural beauty spots - some well-known, others less so. Places featured include the coastal ...
Packed with travel information, including listings, deals, and insider tips: CANDID LISTINGS of hundreds of place to eat, sleep, drink, and feel like a local. RELIABLE MAPS to get you around cities, towns, and countryside. The inside scoop on IRELAND'S ISLANDS and how to reach them. The best NIGHTLIFE, from beer gardens to rock clubs, with the pub ...
The author of MCCARTHY'S BAR travels the world in search of more McCarthys, and makes his way to such unpromising locales as Morocco, Tasmania, and Alaska. He finds that, indeed, there are McCarthys everywhere!
Updated from Ireland's Official Mapping Agencies, OSI and OSNI, the "AA Road Atlas Ireland" includes AA approved camping sites and AA recommended golf courses, car parks, picnic sites, port plans and ferry routes plus motorway strip maps including the M1 Toll Drogheda bypass. There are 11 detailed city and town plans: Belfast, Cork, Londonderry, ...
Northern Ireland has made headlines around the world for three decades. The province has become synonymous with conflict, terrorism and tortuous efforts to forge peace. But what is life there really like? In this enchanting and highly original book Martin Fletcher presents a portrait of Northern Ireland utterly at odds with its dire international ...
A first-hand account of the life of travel writer Dervla Murphy in which she tells of her early life in Lismore, Co. Waterford, in her rather unusual household. Her father was the county librarian and her mother a chronic invalid. An only child, Dervla was allowed from the age of seven to freely roam on her own. At ten, she cycled ten miles to a ...
An avid sea kayaker writes about Irish history and culture, which presents an opportunity for self-reflection and soul searching. Chris Duff has traveled thousands of miles by sea kayak, including the three-month journey around the British Isles he describes here.
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