City Guide Cork, Ireland

Town for Foodies

We saw a lot of what the city had to offer in about a day and a half in terms of architecture and museums. Outside of that, we were able to really dive into a lot of the restaurants and enjoy that side of Cork. Every restaurant we ate at had great food including Indigo and The Market Lane so when eating out allow yourself some time to sit back and enjoy the meal.

Insider Tip:The Butter Museum was small and quick and it costs 4 euro/pp. Only go to this attraction if you care about economic history as it's basically the story of how Ireland's economy stabilized itself on butter throughout the 20th century.

Cork city & the sun

If you do a trip to ireland Cork is one of the city you shouldn't miss. Whit it's small/tight streets and colourful houses, the many churches and the river lee. A nice modern city. The city center with a lot shops and cafes e.g. english market is awesome! You realy can walk through the city in approx. 2h. From Cork you can use the train to get to cobh in approx. 45min.

Insider Tip:- university, beautiful buildings - from Richmond Hill you have a nice view over Cork

2 Days in Cork is not quite enough

We stayed in Cork for two days and I wish we had one or two more. It is a convenient base point for Ring of Kerry or Cliffs of Moher day trips. We booked through PaddyWagon and I had the best tour guide I could imagine (no bathrooms on the bus though) Skip Cobh unless you really want to see the cathedral or the Titanic museum (which was a little disappointing). Thomonds has great breakfast and there are a ton of late night pubs around town.

Insider Tip:Really get into the "Rebel County" vibe. It may have been a fluke, but I definitely noticed the locals were more fiery then the locals up in Dublin.

Lovely Little City

Dont go there and expect warmth and sunshine, but do expect a lovely city with great food, pubs, and environment. The best part of my visit to cork was the short bus trip to blarney, which was out of this world gorgeous!!

Insider Tip:have a coffee at cork coffee roasters, eat lunch at the quay coop (amazing and inepensive veganorganic meals!!), and GO TO BLARNEY. early in the morning before the tour buses get there and there are a thousand old people milling about in the castle, and the line for kissing the stone gets ridiculous.

Just there for a night

Be ready to walk or buy a day pass for the city bus system which is worth the price. There are a number of things within walking distance if you are up for some hiking. There are some surprising little gems such as the observatory in the castle and the Shandon Bell Tower. Have a great time.