Rick Steves' Snapshot Dublin

by Rick Steves, Pat O'Connor

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Dublin.

In this 92-page compact guide, Rick Steves and Pat O'Connor team up to cover the best of Dublin, including tips on arrival, orientation, and transportation. Embark on a traditional pub crawl, tour the Kilmainham Gaol, or view the Book of Kells in the Trinity Old Library. You'll get firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleeping, and nightlife, and the maps and self-guided tours will ensure you make the most of your experience. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves Snapshot guide is a tour guide in your pocket.

Rick Steves' Snapshot guides consist of excerpted chapters from Rick Steves' European country guidebooks. Snapshot guides are a great choice for travelers visiting a specific city or region, rather than multiple European destinations. These slim guides offer all of Rick's up-to-date advice on what sights are worth your time and money. They include good-value hotel and restaurant recommendations, with no introductory information (such as overall trip planning, when to go, and travel practicalities).

Genres: Travel, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published November 20, 2009

About the author

Rick Steves is an American travel writer, television personality, and activist known for encouraging meaningful travel that emphasizes cultural immersion and thoughtful global citizenship. Born in California and raised in Edmonds, Washington, he began traveling in his teens, inspired by a family trip to Europe. After graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in European history and business, Steves started teaching travel classes, which led to his first guidebook, Europe Through the Back Door, self-published in 1980.
Steves built his Edmonds-based travel company on the idea that travelers should explore less-touristy areas and engage with local cultures. He gained national prominence as host and producer of Rick Steves' Europe, which has aired on public television since 2000. He also hosts a weekly public radio show, Travel with Rick Steves, and has authored dozens of popular guidebooks, including bestselling titles on Italy and Europe at large.
Beyond travel, Steves is an outspoken advocate for drug policy reform, environmental sustainability, and social justice. He supports marijuana legalization and chairs the board of NORML. He has funded housing for homeless families and donates to anti-hunger and arts organizations. In 2019, he pledged $1 million annually to offset the carbon emissions of his tour groups.
Steves is a practicing Lutheran with Norwegian ancestry and continues to live in Edmonds. He has two adult children and is in a relationship with Reverend Shelley Bryan Wee. Despite health challenges, including a prostate cancer diagnosis in 2024, Steves remains committed to his mission of helping Americans travel with greater purpose, empathy, and understanding of the world. His work reflects a belief that travel, done right, can be both transformative and a force for peace.

Reviews

[Erik]

A handy slender volume that doesn’t take up much space or add much weight to your pack, Dublin was a great resource when I was out and about in Ireland’s capital city. Some highlights that were dead-on included: the National Museum, Trinity College Tour, the Books of Kells in the Trinity College Library, and Dublin Castle. And Rick wasn’t kidding when he warns about the obnoxious crowds in and around the Temple Bar area. Although Dublin is really only worth about two or three days at most, I would definitely recommend a day-trip out of the city. In my case when I was there in early August, I took up Rick’s recommendation to go on a tour of the Neolithic burial mounds of the Valley of the Boyne. Although this blew my mind, any of the day-trips would more than make a trip to Dublin an even better experience.

[Dave M. Puhrmann]

Love Rick Steves!

[Jillian]

While in Dublin, I used this book to get a better grip of where to go and what to do in the city. Very helpful!

[Michelle]

This was the best book on Dublin I've read yet. Gave me the most valuable info and great itineraries to follow in an easy to read format. He also gave some tips I haven't seen in the eyewitness travel book or other ebook I read. I felt like a local Irishman wrote me a book and shared his secrets with me. Thanks Rick Steve!

[Lisa]

It was an Okay guide book but that could have been because I'm not as interested in Dublin as I am in other areas of Ireland.

[Gina]

there must be more to do in Dublin! Dull according to this book. no tidbits or hidden gems.