| When touring Ireland, you have several options to | | | | highways run smack dab in center of towns. |
| choose from: tour via walking, cycling, paying a | | | | However, taking the train around Ireland will limit |
| taxi or a driver, taking a bus, boarding the train, | | | | you as their are many places such as Newgrange, |
| or renting a car and driving. Here are some ways | | | | Ring of Dingle, The Giants Causeway, and many |
| to tour Ireland: | | | | rural areas in Ireland that the train cannot get you |
| Touring Ireland by Driving | | | | to. Many people combine train travel with bus and |
| Should renting a car and doing your own driving | | | | or ferry. Touring Ireland by Bus |
| strike your fancy. Here are a few things to know. | | | | Touring by bus is very affordable. There is a huge |
| The drivers in Ireland are typically polite and the | | | | variety of escorted bus tours with different |
| traffic is more on the lighter side than being | | | | themes and locations. Here are just a few: a |
| heavy. Like the rest of Britain, you drive on the | | | | "taste of Ireland" type tour where you get a |
| left side of the road. The Irish roads tend to be | | | | tidbit of this area and that area including the foods |
| very narrow but well maintained. They're | | | | of that location, an Irish heritage type of tour |
| stonewalled lined or lined by hedges and with | | | | where you get to experience the deep traditions |
| slower speed limits, you'll feel like you're zooming | | | | of Ireland the way it was, and a bus tour that |
| by everything. Many times, you'll have to stop to | | | | focuses on the Irish legends and traditions. |
| let the traffic that's oncoming pass you. Be sure | | | | Touring Ireland by Walking and/or Biking |
| to check for convex mirrors that have been | | | | There's no truer way to experience an area than |
| placed in the bushes and hedges so that you can | | | | to delve right into it and walking and/or biking will |
| check for cross traffic. Do keep in mind that | | | | grant you this. Riding in a car, bus, or train seems |
| sometimes taking a car is slower than you would | | | | to be more like watching the country through a |
| think as many highways run directly through the | | | | glass window until you step out into it during |
| middle of towns. | | | | stops. However, walking and biking gives you a |
| Touring Ireland by Train | | | | true sense of everything from the atmosphere |
| Traveling by train is a good way to see the | | | | around you to the bumps and turns of the the |
| major villages including Waterford, Galway, and | | | | landscaping beneath you. Along with meeting |
| Cork. Those who backpack and bike may find | | | | people and stopping and starting at your own |
| taking the train useful. If you're trying to go from | | | | pace as well as getting some serious exercise, |
| the west side of Ireland to Dublin, then traveling | | | | touring Ireland in these ways can be great fun. |
| by train by be your quickest bet as even divided | | | | |