Dublin: Audio Guided Walking Tour (3:45 - 20 audio reviews)

A bit scattered around the city, like here at the gates of Merrion Square Park, Georgian-style houses are commonplace in Ireland, and even more so in Dublin. Characterized by their simple brick appearance and white windows, these tall 18th century bourgeois homes provide a great source of Irish humor.

Whether in winter or summer, St Stephen's Green has no better seasons to be enjoyed. A place of pasture, until 1663, this peripheral zone began to metamorphose the following year, when the government fenced off the 9-hectare plot to make it a park.

An ideal sanctuary for any self-respecting shopper, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is an absolutely gigantic shopping center. Built on the site of the former Dandelion Market, where the band U2 gave their first concerts, this shopping mall opened its doors in 1988, with only 4 stores out of 78 operational, on its first day of activity.

A sublime example of Victorian architecture, with its characteristic red brick, George's Street Arcade has been a very popular place in Dublin since it opened in 1881. Like no other site in the city, this kind of covered market, with a commercial center trend, is the first of its kind to be built in the capital.

A jewel in the city center, Dublin Castle alone represents an important piece of Dublin's history. Built in 1204 on an ancient Viking fort, by King John of England, this ancient building was intended to symbolize British rule over Ireland, in other words the rule of the Anglo-Normans over the Irish people.

St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, as we see it today, was built in the place of an ancient place of worship dating back to the 5th century. Irish stories say that this is the very place where Saint Patrick is said to have baptized several of his followers in a well, gradually leading Ireland to evangelism.

Inevitable on your way, the Dublinia Museum is the perfect place to discover the city's medieval history. Very popular with tourists for its pleasant cultural offer, the site benefits from an old-fashioned neo-Gothic decor that immediately sets the tone.

An emblematic figure of the city's medieval heritage, Christ Church Cathedral is a monument that has become a must for history lovers. To set the scene, you must first know that the first wooden building was erected on the ground in 1038 by Sitric Silkenbeard, king of the Viking colony.

So popular and trendy in Dublin, the Temple Bar district is a must on our sightseeing itinerary. Very poorly known in the 1600s and occupied by artists and traders from 1800, the area became really prosperous in 1991, with the election of Dublin as European Capital of Culture.

Crossed by the popular Liffey River, Dublin offers no less than 23 bridges to take us from one bank to the other. It is true that this gives us choices, even a bit too much... Fortunately, the Ha'penny bridge is there to save the day.

Equivalent to the French Champs-Élysées, O'Connell Street is the main artery of Dublin. Moreover, no matter what time you approach it during the day, this shopping and tourist street is often full of people.

Neither overrun by crowds, nor especially massive, this memorial nevertheless counts enormously in the lives of Dubliners. Heavily affected by the Great Famine from 1845 to 1849, the Irish people experienced a climate of misery that was trying, but above all murderous.

Docked along the city's north wharf, this magnificent three-masted vessel is the Jeanie Johnston. Risk of ruining your enthusiasm prematurely, it is good to warn you that no cruise approaching this naval figure will be offered to you, but rather a paid educational visit to one of the country's history pages.

Stoic on the banks of the north bank of the Liffey, the Custom House is the most famous neoclassical building in the city. Designed by James Gandon, one of Dublin's most renowned architects, the building created a colossal construction site, requiring the participation of all available local workers.

More for its facades than for its certainly honorable services, the Bloom Hotel is a totally improvised stopping point in our itinerary. For those who did not know, Dublin is as inseparable from its Guinness beer as it is with its legends of Irish literature.

What would Dublin be without its prestigious Trinity College? Considered one of the best universities in Europe, and the oldest in the country, this place of education is a real institution.

Lost in the middle of passers-by since 1988, this statue from another era is the subject of an important urban legend for the Irish people. While some would gladly start telling his story in song, as the city's unofficial anthem says, we opted for a quieter and less lyrical version. Don't be mad at us!

A bit like a movie that you would need to watch several times, Dublin reveals its history and its particularities in successive touches. There are the obvious things we know about her, even before meeting her, like her ad collection and her beer empire.

Apart from being one of the first houses in the neighborhood, built in an obviously Georgian style, this house is better known as having belonged to the family of the famous Irish writer, Oscar Wilde.

If Dublin lists a collection of statues bearing the image of personalities who have marked its history, the one before you is particularly successful. As big in size as in the career he has built, Oscar Wilde is a man with a strong connection to the city.