Overall

In response to the string of bad reviews here. Dublin, is not your typical European city with grand boulevards or intricately paved piazzas, and if this is what you are looking for then you are in the wrong place. The essence of Dublin cannot be found at the surface and if it is purely aesthetic beauty which you seek then you should book a trip to some nice, safe little German town which will serve you nice, safe bratwurst and beer with a view of the alps. Besides if it is purely aesthetic beauty for which you are travelling then you do not understand the duty or purpose of the traveller and perhaps should not be allowed to comment at all. Delhi is littered and diseased. That place practically attacks you upon arrival, however, who that has been there would say it did not change their perspective on the world. Is this not the purpose of travel, to see other ways of life and take what we can from it? If you do not intend to achieve something from visiting places then just be up early to put your towel on your sunbed in Lanzarote and don't bother us with your presence. To understand Dublin, you must immerse yourself in Dublin. Vomit on the streets? Yes. Rubbish and junkies in doorways? I can't deny it, but there is so much more to Dublin than short break comfort travellers. The locals are not nice? Why should they be? Is everyone in your country nice. That's a ridiculous statement to make. Not everybody in the world is a nice person. Generalisation is quite dangerous. For the most part, I can offer that Irish people are some of the friendliest people I've met. Then again I have met some awful Irish people.

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Great for: History/Culture, Theatre/Music, Nightlife

Last Visit: August 2008

20 October 2008 | A Yahoo! User

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