What’s the best city in Ireland to visit without renting a car? Any of them, really. First of all, Dublin, but none of Ireland’s twenty largest cities and towns doesn’t really need you to bring your own wheels. Either to reach them or to move in them. Below is a breakdown of the top 10 cities in Ireland that do not require a car rental.
Dublin
- How to get there: You can get to Dublin by plane (plus a bus trip), by ferry (plus a bus trip), by train or by bus. Not everything can be easy and convenient, depending on where you started from, but you don’t need to come by car.
- Getting Around: Dublin has a good public transport system with buses, trams and trains. Add to that the small size of the city center and the wide variety of tours on offer, and you don’t need a car to get around.
- Verdict: No car needed at all!
Belfast
- How to get there: Once again, you can travel to Belfast by plane, ferry, train or bus.
- Getting Around: Belfast has a very good public transport system, consisting mainly of buses and trains. And the city center is small enough to be explored on foot. Yes, it is also safe enough.
- Verdict: No car needed!
cork
- How to get there: Cork can be reached by plane, train or bus.
- Getting Around: Cork has a public transport system comprising buses and trains, but you can easily explore the city on foot.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Limerick comic
- How to get there: It is best to travel to Limerick by train or bus.
- Getting Around: Limerick has a public transport system, mainly buses, but the city is small enough to be easily explored on foot.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Derry
- How to get there: Derry can be reached by plane, train or bus.
- Getting Around: Unless you need a transfer from the airport to the city, you can do everything on foot.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Galway
- How to get there: You can travel to Galway by train or bus.
- Getting Around: Galway is small, a walk from one end of the city center to the other will take about ten minutes. Although you may want to take the bus if you are heading to Salthill.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Waterford
- Getting there: Waterford can be reached by train or bus.
How to get around: another small city, even the walk from the train station to the city center will take less than five minutes, in another five it will have traveled the latter.
Verdict: No car needed!
Drogheda
- How to get there: Drogheda is on the main route between Dublin and Belfast, so you can travel here by train or bus.
- Getting Around: Walking from the train station to the center is a burden (and back, even more, uphill), but the town itself is small enough to explore on foot.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Rebuznar
- How to get there: Bray is easily accessible by train or bus from Dublin.
- Getting Around: On foot is the only option, as the main attractions (like the boardwalk or the cliff walk to Greystones) are pedestrianized anyway.
- Verdict: No car needed!
Swords
- How to get there: From Dublin, travel to Swords by train or bus.
- Getting Around: Again, this small area is best explored on foot.
- Verdict: No car needed!
