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Rick Steves Ireland 2017 Paperback – December 27, 2016

by Rick Steves (Author), Pat O'Connor (Author)

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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Ireland.

With this guide, you can explore lively Dublin, quaint Kilkenny, and the moss-draped ruins of the Ring of Kerry. Navigate meandering back roads that lead to windswept crags on the dramatic Dingle Peninsula. Explore Ireland’s revered past by following St. Patrick’s footsteps to the Rock of Cashel. Marvel at Newgrange, the mysterious mound older than the pyramids; then connect with today’s Irish culture by grabbing a pint at the local pub, enjoying the fiddle music, and jumping into conversations that buzz with brogue.

Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He’ll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You’ll get up-to-date recommendations on what is worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.

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Since 1973, Rick has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 20,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of a hardworking, well-traveled staff of 100 at Rick Steves’ Europe in Edmonds, Washington, near Seattle. When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his partner Trish, son Andy, and daughter Jackie.

Irish-American Pat O'Connor first journeyed to Ireland in 1981, and was hooked by the history and passion of the feisty Irish culture. Frequent return visits led to his partnership with Rick Steves and his work as a tour guide and coauthor of this book. Pat loves all things Hibernian (except the black pudding) and thrives on the adventures that occur as he annually slogs the bogs in search of new Irish travel discoveries.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avalon Travel Publishing; 2017th edition (December 27, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 616 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1631214411
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1631214417
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 1 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,246,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America's most respected authority on European travel. Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. As an 18-year-old, Rick began traveling on his own, funding his trips by teaching piano lessons. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves' Europe, which has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a staff of 100 full-time, well-travelled employees at his headquarters in Washington state. There he produces more than 50 guidebooks on European travel, America's most popular travel series on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, a weekly syndicated column, and free travel information available through his travel center and ricksteves.com. Rick Steves' Europe also runs a successful European tour program. Rick Steves lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington. His office window overlooks his old junior high school.

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Patrick Morgan

The Essential Guide to Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2017

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Just back from 2-week do-it-yourself driving tour of Ireland. Could not overestimate tha value of this book in maximizing our time in country. The level of detail was unbelievable and anticipated all our questions and led us to some amazing deals and friendships that we would not have experienced otherwise. Thanks you, thank you, thank you! Although Mr Steves' disclaimer of not covering everyone's favorite place is perfectly understandable, one of our main destination objectives (since my name is Patrick) was Downpatrick in Northern Ireland which is not even mentioned, and contained a myriad of religious/historical sights integral to Irish history and two of the better (multi-media) museums (St Patrick's Centre and the County Down Museum) we encountered on our trip. As an added attraction we stayed in an amazing 1642 (!) inn, Denvir's Hotel, where we were immediately "adopted" by the locals in the restaurant/pub and had a LOT of fun savoring the local cuisine and brews.

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Jarred

Great Travel Book for All of Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2017

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This guide was excellent and helpful for planning a trip to Ireland. It was also helpful once we arrived in Ireland. This book is especially useful because you are likely to spend time outside of Dublin. So, it is worth getting a book that covers more than Dublin. As usual Rick Steves does a great job of outlining the best tourist spots for those on a shortened timeline, this is even valuable for those with more than 5 days in Ireland. Just as helpful is Rick Steves warnings about what is not worth seeing.
This book is a must for those planning their own trips to Ireland. I would also recommend it for those that are doing tours because it will help you to determine which tours are worth considering.
Overall, I highly recommend this book.

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Jules

Great Book - Very Educational

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017

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I recently took a trip to Ireland and this book really helped me to get to know some of the things to expect when I got to Ireland. Like about Customs, ATM versus credit cards, exchanging money for Euros, tipping (though I still tipped the entire time), hotels and the amenities (such as the toiletries, temp. control, etc.), restaurants, things to see, etc. It really was a very educational book and I would recommend it to anyone travelling to Ireland. I was on a guided trip so I have to say I didn't use this book to the best extent it could be used. Someone travelling there without a guided tour would get a lot more use out of this terrific book.

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rballron

Very good resource but...

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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I found this book extremely useful to plan a 10 day trip to Ireland knowing we wanted to fly into Shannon and end the trip in Dingle for a destination wedding. We used it for numerous hotels and attractions and it was very useful for navigating the Ring of Kerry with minimal bus encounters. Reason I did not give it 5 stars is that it was very weak in handicapped accessibility. For example, Kinsale has sidewalks that narrow to a foot wide, with no curb cuts to move a wheelchair. If we knew that, we would not have included it in our itinerary. Also, the Rock of Cashel allows people with a handicapped sticker to drive up to the gate on the top and park on the grounds, which we found out from a local, rather than the book.

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kassy jane

Great Travel Guide!

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2017

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I'm using this to plan a two-week trip to Ireland. It's my first Rick Steeves travel guide. I've really enjoyed the information and the humor in the personal accounts the author leaves. The recommendations so far have been awesome and have helped me pinpoint some key attractions and lodging that I can't miss on our trip. The book is so packed full of information I've been reading it front-to-back like a novel so I don't miss anything. One pro/con (in my opinion) is that while I really like the textbook-like black and white pages for adding notes, I do miss the glossy color pictures that I've found in other travel guides.

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Jason O

another great book by Rick Steve's

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016

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I am not a big travel book fan in general anymore because I think the world changes faster than printed books. BUT for those that appreciate a travel book I think Rick Steve's books are the gold standard. They find interesting places that aren't run of the mill, break down costs well, and provide a ton of great travel tips.

His 2017 Ireland book will be useful as my 70+ year old parents and I sit down to plan our next adventure. They trust his opinions, and his Midwestern, no-nonsense approach to travel.

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kristen anderson

This book was awesome for my first trip to Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017

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This book was awesome for my first trip to Ireland. I read it ahead of time and highlighted the areas that we wanted to see and we were able to follow along perfectly when we got to Ireland. The map inserted was Very helpful also. Highly recommend this book for your trip to Ireland. It's a smaller size and fits in your backpack very easy

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Windber, PA

Best book ever about visiting Germany

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2017

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Rick Steves has never left me down yet. This book was very informative about the different cities to visit and the highlights that he feels are worth mentioning. I also downloaded his app and while we were driving up the Rhine we watched for the mile markers and played the audio to get
some history of the castle that we was seeing at that time. What a wonderful tool.

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E_Shopper

annother good Steves travel book.

Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2017

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Great book, ranks the sights, gives an idea of how long to visit each, offers tour routes. Gives candid information on best cities and sights. Provides detailed maps of major stops.