Ireland has always been a hit with families who are interested in staying in holiday cottages and farmhouses rentals. A number of tourists come to the country for its world renowned Guinness. Moreover, the Irish people are also famous for their friendliness.

A number of tourists keep returning to Ireland year after year because of the beauty of this country.

In fact, it is commonly seen that many tourists use their holiday homes as a base to explore the whole country of Ireland. Many regular visitors are simply enchanted by the coastal villages and rolling hills of the land. Some of the popular locations where families come to stay at their holiday homes are the Emerald Isle, Dublin, Cork and Belfast.

The capital city of Dublin is extremely popular amongst the tourists. Most tourists visiting this place come for long weekend breaks.

A number of couples come here for romantic breakaways and prefer to say in a holiday cottages which are available for rent. Another popular holiday home destination is Cork which is famous for its charming country cottages.

If you come to the city of Belfast, then you must go to its major attractions, such as the Donegall Square and the City Hall. The famous Ulster Museum featuress remnants from the major Armada shipwreck and other Irish antiquities.

The Linen Hall Library showcases an Irish collection of about 20,000 volumes. Tourists visiting the city can find accommodation in large country farm houses or the beautiful holiday cottages present here. The local pubs in the city are quite famous. The most popular pub in Belfast is the Crown Liquor Saloon.

Other attractions in the country are:

    * The Grand Opera House
    * The Palm House
    * The Tropical Ravine
    * St. Anne's Cathedral
    * Golden Mile
    * Culturlann Macadam O'Fiaich

The Belfast Zoo showcases forty endangered species and is also a popular place to visit. One can also have a comprehensive view of the city from the Belfast Castle. Ireland also features more than four hundred golf courses and golfing is popular in the sporting culture in Ireland.


The Irish coastline extends over 3,000 miles and gives a lot of fishing opportunity. In fact, the riverbank of the country is 7,000 miles and the countryside features hundreds of bogs and lakes. Fishing is an extremely popular activity because of the low levels of pollution and moderate climate of the country.