jueves, 7 de agosto de 2014

Dublin

One of my favorite places in Dublin was Temple Bar. It is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is promoted as "Dublin's cultural quarter" and has a busy nightlife full of tourists.





Others amazing places could be the Trinity College, Dublin Castle, Aviva Stadium ... Dublin Castle is the heart of historic Dublin.

Some places that we visited in Dublin:


  • Guinness Storehouse
  • Jameson Destilary
  • Dublinia
  • Christ Church Cathedral
  • Kilmainham Gaol
  • Temple Bar
  • Wax Museum
  • National Museum
  • Trinity College
  • Saint Patrick's Cathedral
  • Dublin Castle
  • O'Connell Street
  • Aviva Stadium
Our first day in the capital of Ireland was a rainy day, so we decided to spend the afternoon in the Guinness factory.






This is the Gravity bar in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, where we received our complimentary pint of GUINNESS® beer. We enjoyed the uninterrupted panoramic views across Dublin City. 


Everything was great but the weather. St James’s Gate Brewery, the most important Guinness factory, from Gravity bar. In this factory are produced 3 million pints each day.


This is the most popular pub in Temple Bar, it's always overcrowded.




Trinity College, which was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the oldest university in Ireland. 
The college retains some of its ancient seclusion of cobbled squares, gardens and parks.





The belfry, which its 30m high, is located in the heart of this huge college of Dublin, near its famous ancient library.




A view of the Liffey river in Dublin with some of its many pedestrian bridges



Jameson Destilary


We saw Irish Whiskey making, learn about the Angels Share, Triple Distillation and above all the smooth taste of Jameson Irish Whiskey



taste of different whiskies.




Kilmainham Gaol


Is a former prison located in Kilmainham, which is now a museum. It has been run since the mid-1980s by the Office of Public Works (OPW). Kilmainham Gaol played an important part in Irish history, as many leaders of Irish rebellions were imprisoned and some executed in the prison by the British and in 1923 by the Irish Free State.





National Wax Museum


The National Wax Museum is a privately owned waxworks museum in Dublin. On 7 October, 2009, the museum officially re-opened (although it had been open to the public a number of weeks prior) following extensive renovation at its new location in the left flank of the Irish Houses of Parliament, at Foster Place.








Saint Patrick's Cathedral



Dublin Castle


Dublin Castle is the heart of historic Dublin. At present, this castle is used to official ceremonies, such as presidential inaugurations. In front of the main building, we can seen 3 huge sand sculptures.

O'Connell Street




O'Connell Street was the preferred residential street of dubliners. Currently, this important avenue is the most crowed shopping area of Dublin, with Grafton Street. Here can be seen the Spire, The Monument of Light, familiarly known as Spike. The Spire is a steel needle 120 meters high




This building was designed as a Custom House. However, nine years after being finished, all of issues of customs and taxes were transferred to London. At present, this building houses administration offices



Temple Bar




On the left is the Temple Bar Square. Temple bar cobbled streets were always as crowed as it can be seen in this picture






Aviva Stadium

The Aviva Stadium is a sports stadium, with a capacity for 51,700 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and replacing it as home to its chief tenants: the Irish rugby union team and the Republic of Ireland football team.





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