City Guide Cork, Ireland

Cork Review

The city of Cork is not that big but its nice and has a lot of shops and funny streets to visit. Take a tour to the Blarney Castle which is just 7km away and enjoy the visit to the castle and blarney house and spend some time on the beautiful gardens.

Insider Tip:To walk around Cork you can go a self guided walking tour. You have information on panels all over the city and it explaind the most important places. To start the tour go to the square at the end of gread parade and look for the information panel.

Not called the Culture Capital for nothing!

2005's European Culture Capital, Cork is a smaller city than Dublin and feels more Irish than European. Bring your raincoat and make sure to visit Blarney Castle and try your luck kissing the Blarney Stone.

Cork

Has a nice town feel to the place. From the viewpoint of a tourist, its a decent place to relax for a couple of days. Nice colourful buildings along the river Lee as well as a bright but small town centre. Oliver Plunkett St and the English Market definately worth checking out. Not a bad place to live either. Cost of living is relatively cheap but expenses quickly add up as food and entertainment is in the pricey side. Lots of eastern europeans, esp Polish here as well which is surprising as instead of the Irish charm and accent, you often come across the broken english that they speak. But hey, I dont mind the Polish but it takes away the feel of the town to a degree.

Insider Tip:Make sure you are outside when blue skies are abound as the weather is topsy turvy on this side of the world.

Ireland in general I think is way more expensive than it should be. It was a lot cheaper to go to Tescoe and get food there. I would have liked to have seen more but everything was closed for St. Patrick´s day. The shopping was good, there are a lot of cool stores in the city center. The town seemed so small that you can walk everywhere and the airport is only a few minutes outside the city by bus.

The Peoples Republic??

Cork is a great city where you will always have a great laugh. The people are incredibly friendly and really open to conversation or a quick hello, including staff in many places. Pity it is so hard to understand them some of the time. The city is a nightmare to drive around unless you know it but all in all it is a place I would recommend people to see. Make sure you head out west while you are down