With a history reaching all the way back to the Mesolithic period, 爱尔兰 has a wealth of fascinating landmarks to see and learn from. 亲吻巧言石, a limestone block that’s part of the medieval Blarney Castle, and find out if it really does give you the gift of gab. Step back in time at the Rock of Cashel, 五世纪时明斯特国王的故居, where it overlooks the pastoral countryside in County Tipperary. Meet the Benedictine nuns who live in Kylemore Castle, a 19th century private home transformed into an abbey after World War I, and walk through their Victorian gardens. 参观一下基尔梅纳姆监狱, 都柏林监狱是1916年爱尔兰复活节起义的领导人被监禁和处决的地方,也是战争期间许多支持独立的爱尔兰男女被关押的地方. 漫步在有着五千年历史的纽格兰奇墓地,那里是爱尔兰国王的长眠之地. 参观美丽的圣. 都柏林的帕特里克大教堂,18世纪作家乔纳森·斯威夫特曾担任院长.
在一个以翠绿而闻名的国家, 未遭破坏的景观, don’t be surprised if you want to spend as much time outside as your class schedule allows. Visit one of the sheep farms situated in 爱尔兰’s rolling green hills. 晚上去西科克的海恩湖划皮艇,让湖中的生物发光浮游植物用它们的光指引你. 近距离接触野生海豚Fungie,它几十年来一直在丁格尔湾欢迎游客. 参观著名的莫赫悬崖, dramatically rising almost four hundred feet above the Atlantic in County Clare. 如果你在都柏林的话, you don’t have to leave city limits to get your nature fix: Phoenix Park, the largest enclosed park in any European capital, features acres of fields where wild deer graze, 维多利亚时代的花园, 都柏林动物园. 为了更艰苦的冒险, 威克洛山脉邀请您徒步穿越其美丽的地形,进入格兰达洛山谷. 在沃特福德绿道骑车, a dedicated off-road track connecting Waterford and Dungarvan, and take in the lovely views of the Clonea Strand Beach. Roam Killarney National Park to bask in mossy green woodlands, 在湖边观看五彩缤纷的日落, 参观穆克罗斯宅邸, a pristinely preserved 19th century estate.
The Irish people have always prized the arts and their own big name contributors to music, 文学, 和电影. You don’t have to take a trip to continental Europe to see great art. Spend a whole day browsing the art collections at the National Gallery of 爱尔兰 in 都柏林, 大约15,000件作品展出, or hunt for the thought-provoking and gallery-worthy murals in the streets of 都柏林, 软木塞, 高威, 和利默里克. 对于一个小国来说, 爱尔兰 is brimming with independent bookstores, from the old and cozy to the modern and minimalist. 都柏林, named an UNESCO world heritage site for 文学, can keep you busy with the James Joyce Museum, 文学酒吧之旅, and a Writer’s Museum dedicated to an array of literary memorabilia. 这个国家诞生了布拉姆·斯托克, author of Dracula; Oscar Wilde, 19世纪臭名昭著的小说家, 诗人, and playwright; world-famous playwright Samuel Beckett; and the great 诗人s William Butler Yeats and Seamus Heaney unashamedly loves a good story and will give you plenty of your own to tell.