| So, imagine you arrived in Dublin. You won't have | | | | which is often followed by a glass of whiskey. Other |
| problems with accommodation: luxury hotels, cosy | | | | brands of beer popular with the Irish are: Smithwicks, |
| guesthouses with an individual approach, hostels... One | | | | Harp and Kilkenny. |
| of the city's most prestigious hotels is Conrad | | | | In order to keep the participants of the excursion in |
| International Dublin. Other five-star hotels are: The | | | | due spirits, each stop is finished with a quiz, and the |
| Shelbourne where William Thackeray liked to spend | | | | winner gets a bottle of cream Irish liquor. The tour |
| his time, Berkeley Court and Clarence. Don't forget to | | | | comes to an end at The Old Stend pub. By this time |
| book rooms in advance since there are lots of | | | | drunk participants are ready to meet the literature |
| cultural events held here which make the city very | | | | phantoms of the past. |
| popular with travelers. | | | | For the Irish, a pub is not just a place where one can |
| Dublin is a unique place, especially if you are fond of | | | | spend their time with friends and drink beer. A pub is |
| classic literature. The city is the motherland for three | | | | an essential attribute of the Irish way of life, |
| Nobel Prize laureates: George Bernard Shaw, Samuel | | | | something they can't do without. Whenever you are |
| Beckett and William Butler Yeats. The list of writers | | | | in Ireland, independently on what city you are in, you |
| whose life was connected with Dublin also includes | | | | will always find a pub. Dublin is not that big, but they |
| Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift and Bram | | | | say there are about 700 of them here, and all of |
| Stocker. But local people are good not only at | | | | them are different. The Brazen Head, the city's |
| reading, but also at drinking. To check this, make an | | | | oldest pub, was founded in 1198. Baggot Inn is |
| excursion around the capital pubs, which were often | | | | famous for the best Irish rock music - for instance, |
| visited by famous writers. The excursion is called | | | | U2 and Thin Lizzy organised their concerts here. Long |
| Literary Pub Crawl and tourists are guided by actors, | | | | Hall has the longest bar in the city. Some pubs even |
| who tell stories, anecdotes and read passages from | | | | have their breweries. The most known of such is |
| famous novels. | | | | Porter House. Also don't forget to drop into the |
| The excursion starts from Duke pub and then goes | | | | Guinness museum, dedicated to the largest brewery |
| to Davy Byrne's and The Byrnes, which got fame | | | | in the world. |
| thanks the world-known Joyce's novel, Ulysses. Of | | | | Each respectful pub offers folk music performed live, |
| course, this merry excursion will be entailed by | | | | which is often accompanied by national dance - Irish |
| tasting of the true Irish symbol - 'Guinness' stout, | | | | stepdance. The Irish are very fond of music! |
