Drogheda and Newgrange, Ireland
As part of my Dublin trip we went to Bru Na Boyne, which is near the town of Drogheda. You MUST go to passage Tombs of Newgrange and Knowth which is in Bru Na Boyne. This is literally one of th emost amazing neolithic sites on the planet. You can get a bus here (about 60 km from Dublin). Or they do a package tours from your Dublin hotel. Or if you have a car you can drive and stay overnight in Drogeha.
The tombs are only accessible by guided tours from the visitors center. It is close enough to do a day trip there but arrive early as the number of visitors per day is limited. They actually run a remarkably effiicent operation here where you are given specific times to board buses at the visitor center to to see each of the tombs, are given a guide, and a set amounbt of time at each tomb. When you go make sure to check out BOTH tombs and the museum ( i.e. pay the full price). If these ancient wonders which pre-date Stone henge (circa 3200 BC) don’t knock your socks off, then you aren’t wearing socks or you don’t have a pulse. This place is truly amazing and makes stone henge seem quaint. I would reccomend bringing a flashlight unless you are lucky to be there on the solstic. Make sure to check out the tomb reconstruction in museum as well, you can only reach it through the museum’s theatre (after the short movie you leave through the shaft tomb reconstruction). They also have an excellent cafeteria in the museum with lots of veggie fare to choose from.
If you are going to stay overnight the nearest big city is Drogheda. This is not that attractive of a town (it is a Dublin outskirts economic expansion boom town), so I reccomend just the one night, itis pretty dull actually. There was an excellent indian restaurant here, however, where we had a vegetarian feast, called Bengal Spice on Stockwell street, a block or two up from the river crossing. We ended up ordering about 5 of the side dishes (these were actually the traditional fare and purely veg) and much cheaper than the mains. Excellent food and excellent service!
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