Dublin: One (€99), Two or Three Night City Break For Two With Executive Room and Bubbly at the Grand Canal Hotel (Up to 65% Off)

Where the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal happen upon a quixotic rendezvous, lovers of the Gaelic tongue wax lyric about Dubh Linn’s romantic sojourn of shopping, sightseeing and heart-fluttering history. Buoyant in the black pool of Dublin Bay and encompassed by the River Liffey, the town of the hurdled ford was originally a Viking settlement, but today its people, parks, landmarks and monuments make it the vibrant capital attracting many more types of visitor. The historical and contemporary cultural centre of the country, Dublin is handsomely fortified with fine Georgian mansions and outstanding public buildings that impart a timeless class to the city's wide streets and spacious squares. Whilst the domestic architecture of the 18th century domineers, the red brick pedestrianized walkway of the shopping district on Grafton Street is lined with townhouses of old and peppered with colourfully painted doorways. Here visitors can peruse a pick and mix of modern merchandise and antique gifts while buskers, poets and mime artists perform to the crowds. Beyond the bustle and bars, Dublin also offers a tranquil side, with hillside tuffs, vivid cloudscapes and glorious stretches of coast, perfect for wind and kite surfing.

Choose from the following options with today's Groupon from the Grand Canal Hotel:

• €99 for a one night stay in Dublin for two (Up to €280 value)
Executive room with a bottle of Prosecco wine

• €198 for two night stay in Dublin for two (Up to €560 value)
Executive room with a bottle of Prosecco wine

• €297 for three night stay in Dublin for two (Up to €840 value)
Executive room with a bottle of Prosecco wine



The Hotel
The Grand Canal Hotel is an acutely modern, comfortable and spacious Dublin dwelling that’s within easy walking distance of Grafton Street’s shops and museums. Somnolent feet can tuck in to crisp clean Egyptian cotton sheets and spend evenings perusing free in-room movies and games on the LCD flat screen TV, while sipping on a complimentary bottle of Prosecco wine. All executive rooms also have coffee docks, free Wi-Fi, CD players, bathrobes and laptop safes, to name a just a few perquisites, whilst the hotel boasts a brand new gym well-appointed with the latest cardio and weights equipment. After a day perambulating around the urban sites, pairs may choose to dine at the on-site Gasworks Bar & Restaurant or enjoy its traditional Irish music, salsa dancing, karaoke and pull your own pint tables. Alternatively, the Epic Restaurant serves up contemporary and diverse menus that please all palates, with anything from an appetizer to a four course meal.

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Historical points of interest include the Chester Beatty Library, named European Museum of the year 2002 and boasting a wide selection of early books and manuscripts, including sacred texts. Tip-toing over into the twenty first century, one of Dublin's most recent monuments is the Spire of Dublin, a 121.2 metre steel conical that peers down on the passing pedestrians of O'Connell Street. Phoenix Park is a little west of the city centre and is one of the largest walled city parks in Europe with a 16 km perimeter wall sheltering its 707 hectares of grassland, tree-lined avenues and herd of wild fallow deer. Popular with musicians, the park is also home to concerts, the Dublin Zoo, the official residence of the President of Ireland and Ashtown Castle. For shopping, one must take to the red bricks of Grafton Street where statues and street entertainers are in abundance, dropping by the Grand Canal Theatre at dusk to admire the beautiful city lights on display.



Local Amenities
In the Southside, the main port of call is Grafton Street, a smart shopping area with high street shops, food outlets, boutiques and antiques, located between Trinity College and St Stephen's Green. Other principal shopping streets in the area include Wicklow Street, Dawson Street, and South Great George's Street. For health matters, St Vincent’s Hospital is in the nearby D4 district of Dublin.

Weather and Climate
Oct-February 3°C-14°C Winter weather can be changeable but is generally mild with occasional bespattering of mizzle and less occasional snowflake flurries.

Transport
Flights: Selected flights available from Donegal and Cork.
Train: Take the train using routes departing Sligo, Galway, Mayo, Limerick, Cork, Belfast and Waterford

Groupon Top Tip:
Be prepared with no-nonsense footwear as most rural attractions and even some urban areas can be described as rugged terrain

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