As the ever avid traveller, I decided to visit Dublin, but this time with the family.
We headed to LHR but didn’t have the best start, a 1h30 delay!
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We eventually got on our way, and checked into our Hotel – Hilton near St Stephens Green, we wandered into town and explored the area before calling it a night.
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The next day we took a Big Bus Tour around Dublin to see the sights, we bought our ticket at 12, which gave us 24h until 12 the next day. (Kids were free with a paying adult)
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We hopped off at Dublin Zoo and spent over 2h there. Dublin Zoo had a great selection of animals and is really quite massive. Our legs were properly aching near the end!
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Leading Dublin Zoo, we headed back on the Big Bus to the Guiness storehouse for dinner (you have to pre-book). I recommend their Guinness ale stew which was great.
The next day we took the Big Bus again (using the same ticket) to head to some of the other sights
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We grabbed some food, then headed back to the Hotel to pick our bags and get a taxi back.
I travelled over a bank holiday, and Taxi’s charge evening rates on bank holidays, in hindsight I would book a pre-booked taxi next time. The zoo was great, and Dublin was a good place to explore as a family.
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