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Cork
3 days · 5 things to do
Best time to go: May to September
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Welcome
Cork, in a few days
The second city of the Republic of Ireland and its food capital, rebel Cork has the English Market, Blarney Castle and its stone of eloquence, and the colourful harbour town of Cobh, the Titanic's last port of call. It makes a good base for the whole south.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The English Market free · about 1 hA covered food market trading since 1788, with butchers, fishmongers, bakers and cheesemongers under one roof in the city centre.
- Afternoon · Blarney Castle · half a dayA 15th-century tower house outside Cork where visitors lean backwards over the battlements to kiss the Blarney Stone, said to grant eloquence.
🛏️ Where to sleep · The Metropole Hotel€150 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Cobh, the Titanic's last port · 1 to 2 hThe harbour town, then called Queenstown, where the Titanic made its final stop in April 1912, with colourful terraces below its cathedral.
- Afternoon · Shandon · about 1 hThe hillside quarter north of the river, below the tower of St Anne's Church, where you can climb up and ring the Shandon bells.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Cork International Hotel€120 a night
D3
Day 3
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · St Fin Barre's Cathedral · about 1 h 30A Gothic Revival cathedral by William Burges, built in the 1860s and 1870s where Cork's founding saint is said to have built his church.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Vienna Woods Hotel€140 a night
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Irish stew: lamb, potato and onion, cooked slowly and seasoned lightly.
- Soda bread: raised with bicarbonate instead of yeast, baked that same morning.
- Atlantic seafood, and Galway oysters before anything else.
- The full Irish breakfast, which doubles as lunch if you time it right.
- Guinness, and Irish whiskey after it.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Driving is on the left, and the lanes are narrow, wet and walled.
- Drinking in pubs is expensive: a pint in Dublin runs well over six euro.
- Book early along the Wild Atlantic Way, above all in July and August.
- Dress in layers: four seasons in a day is a description, not a joke.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyEuro (EUR, €)
BudgetAbout €100 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMay to September
PlugG (prise UK) · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink
TippingOptional, around 10%
Emergency112 / 999
EntryIreland sits outside Schengen: EU citizens need only an ID card, UK citizens travel freely under the Common Travel Area, and US, Canadian and Australian passports get 90 days visa-free.
HealthNo specific vaccination needed. Check that tetanus, polio and MMR are up to date.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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