This location: >> Cork.

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Nearest rental car locations for Cork are:

Cork City | Cork Airport, To rent a car in Cork please click here.

Cork: The largest county in Ireland is also home to many of Ireland's most famous attractions. The city of Cork was named the European city of culture for 2003 of which a huge modernisation and redevelopment project was completed.
The city itself is relatively small and pretty easy to navigate around. The county of Cork is home to one of Ireland's most premier tourist attractions the famed “Blarney stone” located at Blarney castle to where hundreds of visitors each day come to kiss the stone in the hope of acquiring the gift of eloquence!. The location itself is beautiful and the castle is a well preserved 15th century building and well worth any visit and photographic opportunity.

Cork city centre stands on an island on the River Lee which creates a compact city centre and a pleasing townscape of elequent bridges, quaysides all bathed in a soft reflected light of the River Lee.

Places to visit in the city centre include; the “Coal Quay Market” where browsing for bargains can be a useful experience during the day, or a visit to the Cork Butter Exchange can also be a useful experience. Cork city Gaol is a real must visit in the city where an imaginative taped guided tour will guide you through the routine horrors of life in the victorian penitentiary where real life figures and evocative sound effects make the experience all the more compelling!.

TIP: If you plan on visiting as much as possible, we would highly recommend you rent a car, simply because many locations around the country can be stopped over en-route to other higher priority locations where this would not be possible if using public transport.
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Places of interest in or around Cork city and County:

Glanmire: Located approx 4 miles NE of Cork off the N8 road.
Visited usually for Dunkathel House which was built in 1790 it is usually open May - October where antiques are also for sale and has a pleasent tea room.
We would recommend approx: >> A quick stop over en route.

Fota Island (Wildlife park): Located approx 10 miles E of Cork on the R264. The wildlife park is well worth any visit with the park having intention of breeding endangered animals, Wildlife can include; Birds, Apes, Cheetahs, Red Pandas, Ring tailed Lemurs and Giraffes amoungst others which roam the landscape acres of Fota house estate again providing yet another great photo opportunity.
We would recommend approx: >> Full day stay.

Cobh: Located approx 12 miles E of Cork on the R624 road.
Cobh is an absolute delight and should definatley not be missed. This beautiful harbour town is a photographic opportunity on it's own, at St Coleman's Cathedral you can see that it has a spire containing Ireland's biggest carillion 47 bells covering four octaves with the deep bass bell weighing an incredible 7584 lbs!. Despite having one of the finest natural harbours in the world, the village of Cobh was largely unknown upto the early 1800's, although Sir Francis Drake did take a temporary refuge here when his ships were outnumbered by the Spanish armada.
A dramatic history story of Cobh is told in the Queenstown story - A multi-media exhibition housed in Cobh's victorian railway station.
We would recommend approx: >> Full day stay.

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