Cork City is over eight hundred years old and is definitely an artistic city home to the Cork Opera Home and several galleries and theatres. Snug bars hosting impromptu trad music sessions neighbour chic restaurants serving Atlantic catch and racks of Kerry lamb. Begin your day with a bombardment of the senses and take a leisurely stroll through the paradise that is the English Marketplace. Stalls upon stalls are packed in the market promoting every type of tasty delicacy.
Grab a little bit of everything and head for Bishop Lucey Park for a delicious picnic. With full belly head for Cork Town Gaol, a fantastic audio tour guides you around the cells relating grim tales from the 19th century penal program, be warned this is not for the faint-hearted! Wile away the afternoon by wandering via the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery which offers an excellent insight into Cork’s cultural transition.Grab an outside table at one of the numerous fine restaurants in the Huguenot Quarter, eat nicely and watch the Corkonians gearing up for the night ahead. Join them and pop your head into a lock of taverns sampling a couple of Murphys Stouts as you go.
Commence your 2nd day by waking up the entire city by ringing the bells at St. Anne’s whose Shandon Tower presides over the north bank of the River Lee. Pop into nearby Linehan’s, the last loved ones confectioner within the town and boost your energies with an assortment of sweets.
Jump on one of the bus tours of the city which heads out to Blarney Castle, tackle the spiral staircases towards the Blarney Stone, perched at the summit of this fifteenth century structure, kiss it and obtain the gift of the gab. Head back to the town and dine in fine surroundingsbefore heading for an evening theatre show.