Top 10 Irish visitor attractions named for 2024 – ‘it’s touristy, but very well done'

“Even though it’s touristy, it’s very well done.”

“The whole design experience has been so well-thought-out,” readers said. The attraction combines “history”, “high standards” and “great visual effects” in an “old factory intertwined with modern design” to tell the Guinness story.

Why does it take 119.5 seconds to pour the perfect pint of Guinness?

Ireland’s Top 10 Visitor Attractions 2024

1. Guinness Storehouse, Dublin
2. Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare
3. Waterford Greenway
4. Dublin Zoo
5. Emerald Park, Co Meath
6. Killarney National Park, Co Kerry
7. Titanic Belfast
8. Giant’s Causeway, Co Antrim
9. Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
10. Spike Island, Co Cork

Source: Reader Travel Awards 2024

The Guinness Storehouse first opened as a tourist attraction in 2000, but has evolved enormously since, even adding a €20m extension to its iconic Gravity Bar.

Last year, it welcomed over 1.5m visitors from 165 countries, serving over 1,235,237 pints of Guinness in the process.

“It has something new every time,” readers said of the St James’s gate attraction — from gigs and summer “festival vibes” to ‘Stouties’ that allow visitors have selfies imprinted onto pints. Views from its 360-degree Gravity Bar were a highlight for many.

Both stout and tourism attraction are “the essence of Ireland” readers told us, amounting to an experience “no trip to Dublin is complete without”.

Perhaps the ultimate accolade?

“I don’t even like Guinness, but this visitor centre is epic and I always bring/send visitors here.”

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