Dublin was not always the popular, trendy European city that’s chock full of activities as it is today. Just a few decades back, Dublin was a gray, economically depressed provincial city on the verge of becoming decrepit. Ireland's accession to the European Union has brought benefits to Dublin that are incalculable and your travel agent can book you right in the heart of this amazingly vigorous and vibrant city, the world-famous Temple Bar.

From a small city on the edge of Europe it has become today one of Europe’s major entertainment, business and sports centers. Continental-class sporting events are now a daily occurrence. People from all over the world have swarmed to Dublin to profit from their own harnessing of the Celtic Tiger and these newly-rich people now crowd Temple Bar until the wee hours of the morning in search of a craic-ing good time. Your travel agent can show you the best ways to experience all of the wonders of the exciting Irish capital.

Temple Bar Pub Crawls are legendary and by tradition you must stop for a drink at the Dublin's Left Bank Bar, Farringtons, Fitzgeralds, Fitzsimons Bar & Nightclub, The Auld Dubliner, The Foggy Dew, The Morgan Bar, The Octagon Bar, The Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Palace Bar, The Porterhouse, The Purty Kitchen & Nightclub, The Quays Bar, and of course The Temple Bar. After you drink at each of these bars you will understand why they call it a Crawl!

You can follow the example of Joyce and Yeats as you take in the rich Irish culture as it mixes and mingles with the modern international world. Famed Irish acts U2, the Corrs, and Westlife have nothing on the common Irish musicians at the numerous pubs where you can enjoy the phenomenal Celtic music and also to take pleasure in sampling the famed black stuff that’s brewed by the River Liffey just a few blocks away and tastes perfect only in Dublin.

Take a stroll to help get the Guinness out of your system in the alluring Phoenix which is Europe's largest city park. You actually won't even have to leave Temple Bar to visit the Irish Film Institute, the Irish Photography Centre, the Ark Children's Cultural Centre, the Temple Bar Music Centre, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, the Project Arts Centre, the Gaiety School of Acting, and even the Irish Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Ireland. Of course, no trip is complete without visiting a great museum or two and Dublin features the astounding National Museum of Ireland and the world-renowned National Gallery of Ireland where you can gaze upon dazzling Celtic gold jewelry that dates back well over one thousand years.

Your travel agents can inform you on how to best experience Dublin's Temple Bar, which very well may be the party capital of Europe. It certainly is an area rich in tradition, fine ales and some of the most heavenly music ever heard on Earth!