Silly traveller in Cork

mulberries

Hi guys,

Thanks again for all the advice in my previous post!

As the topic suggests, i'll be travelling to Cork later this week in an impromptu trip and i'll be staying in the city for four days.

I do not have any itinerary planned yet, but i'd love to see and do what the locals do - any recommendations on where to go/see/eat/drink?

i'm also a sucker for farm visits - are there farms near cork city that's accessible by public bus or train?

thanks in advance!

Outkast_IRE

mulberries wrote: »

Hi guys,

Thanks again for all the advice in my previous post!

As the topic suggests, i'll be travelling to Cork later this week in an impromptu trip and i'll be staying in the city for four days.

I do not have any itinerary planned yet, but i'd love to see and do what the locals do - any recommendations on where to go/see/eat/drink?

i'm also a sucker for farm visits - are there farms near cork city that's accessible by public bus or train?

thanks in advance!

Its not a farm but fota wildlife park is accessable by train and i would highly reccomend it, it has great wide open spaces for alot of the animals and is a great place to spend a few hours, and next door are the gardens and fota House
http://www.fotawildlife.ie/
http://www.fotahouse.com/display.php

While in the city, depending on funds i would reccomend market lane
http://www.marketlane.ie/ for some top notch grub using local ingredients.

And i would call into the Crane lane for a drink , they have a huge selection of craft beers on draught and bottled and they have live music events on constantly free of charge
http://www.cranelanetheatre.ie/

Best of luck.

ABajaninCork

Oh yes!! I love all three. The Market Lane is our fave restaurant. Good food, reasonable prices. The Early Bird Menu's E20 before 7.30.

Not been to Fota yet, (only been here for four years ) but I hear good things about it.

I'd also recommend the Chateau on Patrick St for a drink. Nice place, quite old-fashioned, but I like going for a drink there on occasion.

Enjoy the trip!

mr bungle.

i think fota is closed this time of the year.well it used to shut down for times years ago.not positive if they still do.there is nice pub by the English market is it mutton lane?

deRanged

mr bungle. wrote: »

i think fota is closed this time of the year.well it used to shut down for times years ago.not positive if they still do

Fota is open.

Outkast_IRE

mr bungle. wrote: »

i think fota is closed this time of the year.well it used to shut down for times years ago.not positive if they still do.there is nice pub by the English market is it mutton lane?

Ya fota stays open year round now.

Lisha

deRanged wrote: »

Fota is open.

And op you can get train direct to rear entrance to fota wildlife park

pwurple

Fota is open every day all year round except christmas day. The gardens and arboretum are lovely this time of year.

In the city, go into the english market in the center for a wander around. There are loads of entrances. Off grand parade, oliver plunkett street, patrick street and princes street I think? You can go upstairs to the farmgate cafe, read a paper, get tea, a piece of nice cake, and people watch from above. Lunch is very good there too. http://www.englishmarket.ie/

The crawford gallery is free, and has a great mix of contempory and historic cork art. http://www.crawfordartgallery.ie/ Nice cafe there too.

Bit of a quirky one is the Butter Museum. I don't think you will find anything like it in the world. It actually is a museum about butter trading in Cork, so maybe with an interest in farming it might be your thing? http://corkbutter.museum/
Great views from up there too over the whole city, and you can ring the shandon bells up there in St Anne's Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Anne_(Shandon)

There are loads of restaurants recommended on the restaurant recommendation thread in this forum too.

For farms, there are a few open farms around, but you need a car for them. Leahy's. rumleys.

kingtut

pwurple wrote: »

In the city, go into the english market in the center for a wander around. There are loads of entrances. Off grand parade, oliver plunkett street, patrick street and princes street I think? You can go upstairs to the farmgate cafe, read a paper, get tea, a piece of nice cake, and people watch from above. Lunch is very good there too. http://www.englishmarket.ie/

The English Market is great, closed on Sundays though

ResearchWill

A sandwich in the Long Valley, a pint in the Hi-B just across the road. Then for really old world charm like stepping into the 50's over to Mary in the Castle on North Main Street.

http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/ireland/county-cork/cork/27369/the-long-valley/nightlife-detail.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ireland/county-cork/cork-city/entertainment-nightlife/pub/hi-b

http://www.munsterpubs.com/2004/12/the-castle-inn/

Also latitude 51 near city hall if you want that wine bar and posh nibbles bit

http://www.latitude51.ie/index.php/venue?page=menu6


Was going to say leahys farm but its closed till Easter.

http://www.leahysopenfarm.ie/

If you are going to Fotal the Fota Island Resort Hotel is lovely for afternoon tea or even a nights stay.

http://www.fotaisland.ie/

Nervosa

Anybody else expecting a different thread to this from the title? I am disappoint.

Xantia

Yes original poster - the term 'silly traveller' means something different in these parts....
You should maybe use 'Misguided Tourist' or something like that

When going to Fota go onwards to Cobh to checkout the views and the Cobh/Queenstown heritage center

mulberries

oh dear, isn't "silly" a universal word for... err, being silly? haha!

anyway, thank you all for all the advice! if you see a skinny asian chick wandering around cork city looking lost, say hi, it might be me

Ludo

Traveller is the word that means something else. Don't describe yourself as a traveller here :-)

mulberries

ah ha, i just remembered reading something about irish travellers recently, reckon you guys are referring to that.

my bad!

cornbb

mulberries wrote: »

i'm also a sucker for farm visits - are there farms near cork city that's accessible by public bus or train?

thanks in advance!

http://www.rumleysfarm.ie

I haven't been here but a colleague recommended it to me. Its a few kms from the city and I doubt that any buses will drop you nearby but maybe you'll feel its worth the price of a taxi. Have fun!

Trend Setter in Training

Nervosa wrote: »

Anybody else expecting a different thread to this from the title? I am disappoint.

+1

Very disapointed...