Frommer's Ireland's Best-Loved Driving Tours [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2006 | Series: Best Loved Driving Tours (Book 20)

Everything You Need to See the Best of Ireland by Car!

Let Frommer's Take You To:

• Norman castles, ancient Celtic sites, and literary landmarks
• The picturesque Iveragh Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry
• The lush glens and gardens of the Wicklow hills
• The quaint coastal villages of Cork
• Stretches of untouched beaches, rugged hills, and gentle green pastures in historic Ulster
• Bustling Sligo and the extraordinary Benbulben Mountain
• And much, much more!

Inside You'll Find:

• 25 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
• Recommendations on the best hotels and restaurants along each route 
• Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
• All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
• Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
• Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps—plus a new atlas section

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From the Back Cover

Everything You Need to See the Best of Ireland by Car! Let Frommer's Take You To:

• Norman castles, ancient Celtic sites, and literary landmarks
• The picturesque Iveragh Peninsula and the Ring of Kerry
• The lush glens and gardens of the Wicklow hills
• The quaint coastal villages of Cork
• Stretches of untouched beaches, rugged hills, and gentle green pastures in historic Ulster
• Bustling Sligo and the extraordinary Benbulben Mountain
• And much, much more!

Inside You'll Find:

• 25 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
• Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
• All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
• Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
• Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps

Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Frommer's; 6th edition (March 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471776513
• ISBN-13: 978-0471776512
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert, spent the past 4 years seeking adventure, great food, and great accommodations throughout California while celebrating a delightfully wild 3-year stint in Hollywood. She is now full-time in San Francisco, where she is editor-in-chief of WineShopper.com. She also has a restaurant column in San Francisco Magazine, and hopes to find time to continue contributing to Los Angeles, InStyle, Travel & Leisure, and Bon Appétit. And yes, her Siamese cats are still along for the ride.

Customer Reviews

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great traveling companion!, April 19, 2001

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Erin A. OBrien "mother to 3 beautiful girls!" (Huntington, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Ireland's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

This book was a great resource during our weeklong driving adventure throughout Ireland. Not only did we use it in planning our trip, but it remained with us in the car as a daily reference and guide. A large map of the country is partitioned into numerous, individual driving tours. We would pick a destination, find the appropriate tour, and the book would suggest an itinerary as well as provide an informative reference to the landmarks, scenery, history, restaurants and accommodations in the area. We will definitely be using this again!

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty pictures, but not much information, December 11, 2001

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RM (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Frommer's Ireland's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

This book has some beautiful pictures to inspire you to visit Ireland (something that Lonely Planet, e.g., lacks), but has little else to recommend it. The information on where you should stop consists of about 5 sentences; not enough to help you decide if you want to stop or to assist you once you are there. We were in Ireland for 10 days; during that time, we found this guide useful for about 5 minutes, when we were trying to find Cliffs of Moher. Not a very good investment. For beautiful pictures at no cost, search the internet instead.

The two guide books I would recommend are Lonely Planet and the Blue Guide. (...) Finally, make sure you get a good map once in Ireland, if not before.e

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DEFINITELY Drive Ireland on Your Own, April 12, 2006

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Robert J. Ascoli (aurora, co USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Ireland's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

This Best Loved Driving Tours Travel Guide is one of the best, if not the best, guidebook to use for planning your Ireland trip before you leave. There is a tremendous amount of useful driving material, it has quite a bit of information,and a number of different driving tours, it is convenient to carry with you or keep in the car. I read about a lot of attractions here that I couldn't find in other reputable publications, and found more details as well. The best way to go...and I learned through experience and the hard way....you want to fly into Dublin and head south, then west and north....and leave out of Shannon...the experience of the City first, with the hustle and bustle is GREAT!!...and then the calming of the countryside and the politness, kindness and friendliness of the Irish people will definitely fill your heart...and leave you with a good feeling.