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Merrion Square's Georgian doorways, lunch upstairs at the Winding Stair, and the DART out to Howth for the coast.
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Where you might stay
- BudgetKilronan Housebreakfast included
- Mid-rangeTrinity City Hotelcourtyard restaurant, garden, bar, and lounge
- A treatThe Alexrestaurant, café, and outdoor dining space
Two places to eat alone
- Chequer Lane by Jamie OliverBar seating suits a table for one.
- CornucopiaSelf-service counters keep a solo meal simple.
SAMPLE
Why Dublin
Dublin is a small city that behaves like a large one. The center you will actually use is about two miles across, with a dozen bridges over the river, yet it holds a national gallery, a national museum, a national theater, a national concert hall and two medieval cathedrals. You can walk from the oldest structure in the city to the newest in twenty minutes.
That is the case for Dublin as a solo trip. You can go out, look at one thing properly, come back, put your feet up and go out again at six, with no car, schedule or companion to agree with you.
The second argument is language. Ireland speaks English, which removes a tier of low-grade effort: reading a menu, asking a bus driver a question, understanding what the pharmacist is telling you about your prescription.
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PRACTICAL SAMPLE
What to Eat
The pint. The two-stage pour is standard practice, not slow service: the glass is filled most of the way, left to settle, then topped. Wait for it.
If stout is not for you, Ireland’s small breweries have expanded enormously and most pubs carry something local on tap. Ask what they have; the question is welcome.
Breakfast. The full Irish breakfast is an institution and worth having once, but the everyday Dublin breakfast is smaller: brown bread and butter, porridge, eggs, and very good coffee or a pot of tea. Cafés open early and are used to one person with a newspaper.
If your accommodation includes breakfast in a guesthouse, take it: it is often a serious meal, made to order. If your hotel charges separately for a buffet, walk to a café instead.
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Inside this book
- Dublin Awaits
- A City Shaped by History
- Planning Your Escape
- The Solo Woman’s Dublin
- Where to Stay
- Neighborhood by Neighborhood
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- Dublin Awaits
- A City Shaped by History
- Planning Your Escape
- The Solo Woman’s Dublin
- Where to Stay
- Neighborhood by Neighborhood
- Days in Dublin
- Art, Culture & Creativity
- The Pleasures of the Table
- Evening & After Dark
- Retail Therapy
- Beyond the City, Day Trips
- Conversation Notes
- Practical Matters
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