Phoenix Park
Phoenix Park
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Beautiful urban park lined with running trails.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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- motorcar1Dublin, Ireland14,387 contributionsA Gem for locals and tourists alikeI regularly visit the park. Lots to go and see here. You can visit: Zoo, Farmleigh, Visitor Centre, Papal Cross, Peoples Gardens You can view: Aras an Uachtaráin American Ambassadors Residence Deer hereVisited November 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten November 2, 2023
- Tony McMahonLondon, United Kingdom393 contributionsGreat for a long walk and unwind - recommend!This is the largest park in Europe - very similar to Richmond Park, London in scale. If you have mobility issues, there isn't a problem because there are pavements and tarmac walkways plus car parks throughout the park, especially near landmarks like the Papal Cross and Zoo. But obviously the city council can't tarmac the entire park. The Papal Cross was not my favourite landmark - just preferred the scenery. And see if you can spot a small white gravel cross on the grass near the President of Ireland's residence which marks the spot where a double murder happened 140 years ago.Visited December 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten January 1, 2024
- CristianoNavan, Ireland37 contributionsHuge park in the urban heart of DublinPhoenix Park is a place not to be missed. It is an immense park in the heart of Dublin. It's said to be the largest park in a metropolitan area in all Europe. It hosts long roadsfor you to run, walk, ride a bike or drive (it's big enough even for a few minutes drive). You could sit down in the varied landscapes, you have sports pitches, huge lawns and trees. An absolute heart warming surprise is the deers living in the middle of the park. Avoid feeding and invading their life too much. They are lovely and are an example coexistence in the country's biggest city. Definitely recommended.Visited August 2023Traveled as a coupleWritten March 10, 2024
- Julie FNew Smyrna Beach, Florida403 contributionsA great place to visitLovely park in Dublin. A great place to walk or run not in the city streets. They do an excellent job of upkeep here. Neat things to discover here as you go around. Very safe also. Loved the feel and peaceful space here.Visited March 2024Traveled soloWritten March 18, 2024
- BraindamagedbaronNewark-on-Trent, United Kingdom1,473 contributionsThe green heart of DublinReally can't wait to get back to Phoenix Park whenever we visit Dublin, it's a gorgeous place for a stroll. A monument, A Papal cross, a zoo, a museum, what more could you want? Aside from the tranquility and gorgeous scenery. All of this and right in the heart of Dublin's fair city. Stunning place and you really are missing a gem if you don't go and wander through.Visited April 2023Traveled with familyWritten March 20, 2024
- Ben FBloomington, Indiana1,818 contributionsOh Deer, So Lovely!It was a chilly day to visit Phoenix Park, so I couldn’t bear to be outside longer than an hour or two…the park is enormous. You really need at least half a day (5-6 hours) to walk or bike the whole thing, and walking will make your legs tired! I was so impressed with how clean, well-maintained, and peaceful it all was. A safe haven of green meant to be cherished by Dubliners and tourists alike. There is a city bus line, Bus 99, that services the main road dissecting the park, which is very convenient. Inside the park is a zoo, many monuments and statues, government buildings and residences, a nice cafe, and the iconic spotted deer grazing in the wooded grass near the Papal Cross. So cute and picturesque! Keep your distance from these docile creatures so as to not scare them. They’re used enough to humans, though, that they get close enough to you for pictures. Phoenix Park is an excellent outdoor space to get away from the noise and action of downtown Dublin. Come!Visited March 2024Traveled soloWritten March 20, 2024
- KityaymaSydney, Australia559 contributionsHuge park with so much to seeWe left home planning to walk around the whole park but with so much to see we only got half way around so keep this in mind if you're planning a walk. You can hire bikes at the entrance, which in hindsight might have been a better way to go to fit everything in. We visited the zoo which sits within the park - more than 140 years old and fabulous, and Farmleigh Estate, on the edge of the park and also fabulous and a good place to stop for lunch or afternoon tea. (There's a cafe and the gardens are beautiful.) Phoenix Park is huge. It is home to the President's official residence (Áras an Uachtaráin) and the US Embassy sits directly opposite. There are deer here which we saw by chance late in the afternoon. The park has playing fields and lawns as well as a great variety of trees, shrubs and flowers and various bird species. All in all, a great day out.Visited March 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten April 9, 2024
- Tim Mc GDublin, Ireland428 contributionsPhoenix ParkLovely park with plenty of space to walk around. It's good place to have a picnic in, which brings back memories of my Aunt's and I having picnics during summer months when I was a lot younger. Not the best place to sunbathe in and the park also has the zoo, Farmleigh house etc .. Would recommend it to anyoneVisited April 2024Traveled soloWritten April 25, 2024
- helensims61Wark, United Kingdom662 contributionsLots to seeOn a coach tour to Dublin, I went on a hop on hop off bus . It took me a little way into the park. The audio giving some interesting information, there is a stop to get off. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to explore the park but it would be well worth doingVisited April 2024Traveled soloWritten May 5, 2024
- Parna DMallow, Ireland224 contributionsExcellent park in Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪 👌👌Very wide and clean park. This is very peaceful calm place where you can visit with your family & kids with no entry fees. Lovely park with excellent views where you can walk or do picnic. 🧺 There are lots of beautiful trees 🌳🌲 & flowers .🌸🌼🌻🪻🌹Visited July 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten July 25, 2024
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Frances S
10 contributions
Sep 2021
New parking restrictions have really changed the spirit of this elegant city park. Where it was usual to see families, couples, runners, cyclists, skaters all around and enjoying an autumn day, now the message seems to be one of “Stay in your car. Look but don’t touch.” Too bad that this public space seems not to be for the public anymore.
Written September 17, 2021
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Sindy
Dublin, Ireland17 contributions
May 2022 • Solo
Originally a private park, it might as well still be if you don't drive there. To walk to any peripheral entry point and back from Dublin city centre, you've clocked 10000 steps without entering the park. You might as well be walking in the wilds of the Wicklow mountains from there on in with the lack of facilities. You need to bring snacks, drinks and toilet roll! 2 cafés (with toilet facilities) are at least another 5km from the entry points to the park and close at 5.
With so much nature around to see, the park benches have been thoughtfully placed along the road running through the park so you can sit and watch the cars go by. The benches are on an axis such that you would have to lie down on the bench to fully see a sunrise or sunset. It should be filled with people enjoying the nature. Instead, there are clusters of people on the grass at the entry points, too exhausted, hungry and needing a pee to venture further in. The only folks you'll see at the cafés will have driven there. There is no public transport to the excellent visitor centre, Farmleigh, great Cafés or for those tiny legs going to the Zoo. The park was originally established as a pleasure park for an aristocratic elite. By making it inaccessible to those without cars (let alone the less able-bodied) doesn't go any way towards making it a park for all people.
With so much nature around to see, the park benches have been thoughtfully placed along the road running through the park so you can sit and watch the cars go by. The benches are on an axis such that you would have to lie down on the bench to fully see a sunrise or sunset. It should be filled with people enjoying the nature. Instead, there are clusters of people on the grass at the entry points, too exhausted, hungry and needing a pee to venture further in. The only folks you'll see at the cafés will have driven there. There is no public transport to the excellent visitor centre, Farmleigh, great Cafés or for those tiny legs going to the Zoo. The park was originally established as a pleasure park for an aristocratic elite. By making it inaccessible to those without cars (let alone the less able-bodied) doesn't go any way towards making it a park for all people.
Written May 15, 2022
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Chania Town, Greece13 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
With bus 46A you will first go to the zoo (1861 - one of the four oldest in the world), which is surrounded by wonderful nature with many animals and remarkable flora. You find many volunteers who talk to you about it. Then once you are out you will stop at the Tea Room in the woods for a cup of tea and take the local bus to Phoenix Park...walk around and look for the baby deer....we found them and some ladies gave us carrots let's feed them! We were excited! The RANGERS of course recommend that the walkers do not give them food.
Written March 20, 2024
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Ciara M
Belfast, UK2 contributions
Aug 2021
We visited Phoenix Park as part of a day trip to Dublin Zoo. We hadn't realised the location of the zoo within the park until we arrived and we couldn't leave without spending some time in the park after our zoo visit. We had a fantastic time & the kids loved seeing the Obelisk, the Papal Cross and of course the beautiful deer! The deer amazed me with their beautiful calm nature & it was an amazing experience to stand in a park while the deer just roamed around them... absolutely beautiful creatures! Phoenix Park is a beautiful quiet park where we would have loved to have spent more time.
Written August 29, 2021
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Isabel66Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain3,130 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Stunning park on the outskirts of Dublin. Recommended in good weather, where, if you are lucky, you can see and get close to the deer and it is quite a spectacle. There is also the possibility of seeing other animals (squirrels, crows, other birds,...)
Plan/organize your visit well since the deer are approximately 3 km from the entrance to the park. away (always on the left of the road that crosses the park) and although it is a comfortable walk to walk, if you are not going to be in Dublin for a long time, it may be better to dedicate it to other activities (unless you are traveling by car).
Inside the park there is a Zoo (fee) and the United States ambassador and the president of Ireland also have their residence.
Plan/organize your visit well since the deer are approximately 3 km from the entrance to the park. away (always on the left of the road that crosses the park) and although it is a comfortable walk to walk, if you are not going to be in Dublin for a long time, it may be better to dedicate it to other activities (unless you are traveling by car).
Inside the park there is a Zoo (fee) and the United States ambassador and the president of Ireland also have their residence.
Written October 28, 2023
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MrsWYN-R
North Yorkshire, UK3,399 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
We were part of a coach tour of Dublin and our guide brought us to the Phoenix Park. After the bussle of the city, it is quite lovely to escape and see vast open space, complete with wild deer roaming around the area. Very popular with the locals, people out running, dog walkers enjoying the weather. Saw the Papal Cross on the hill overlooking open fields - quite stunning. Erected for the visit of Pope John Paul II back in 1979. Park is free to enter and worth a visit on a sunny day.
Written June 21, 2023
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Farnham, UK1,180 contributions
Oct 2022
We had been staying nearby at the Ashling Hotel and decided to have another walk into Phoenix Park. It is free to enter and great for walking and other activities. We saw many jogging groups on the Sunday morning enjoying the beautiful open countryside views with superb trees and literally numerous wild deer. Within Phoenix Park is a Zoo which would appear to be very well attended. The size of the park just for clarity is approx. 1800 acres which as you can imagine would take you hours to walk around. We only touched on part of it, but we would highly recommend a visit here.
Written October 11, 2022
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Tim Mc G
Dublin, Ireland428 contributions
Apr 2024 • Solo
Lovely park with plenty of space to walk around. It's good place to have a picnic in, which brings back memories of my Aunt's and I having picnics during summer months when I was a lot younger. Not the best place to sunbathe in and the park also has the zoo, Farmleigh house etc .. Would recommend it to anyone
Written April 25, 2024
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Roxana I
24 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
The park has a wide open area where deers roam freely. You can feed them with grass and leaves. It's a fairytale experience. Overall, the park is very big, it also has wide simple areas for jogging and walking, areas with trees, a tea house, benches, areas where people walk their dogs and also a zoo (which I can't review as I haven't visited). The park is very simple, unpretentious and extremely wide. Definitely worth a visit if you love animals, especially if they are free and not in a zoo.
Written June 7, 2022
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Derek H
Lymington, UK442 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
The city entrance to the park is framed by the gates and also a new courts building.which means you have a few bars to choose from on your return journey. Also available here is a cycle hire facility which if you wanted to see more of the park is handy. Well layed out with separate walking paths and cycle paths in the main. We went to see the deer herds and found them around the American Ambassadors residence. Great to have such wonderful green space and animals right on the edge of a busy bustling city. A great place to visit on a sunny day.
Written March 1, 2020
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Hay varias zonas de aparcamiento y creo que tambiénse puede aparcar en los laterales del parque. Desconozco si es gratuito o de pago.
Written March 27, 2024
Is the Lords Way car park open early and does it get full by 9am ?
Written December 4, 2022
Can you pick an apple from one of the apple trees in the garden near farmleigh house?
Written August 11, 2022
Is parking free in phoenix park and where is best place to park for football match?
Written April 4, 2022
Where is the best place to go see the deer I'm not familiar with phoenix park so any help would be greatly appreciated
Written December 29, 2019
You want to go to the presidential estate. There are a ton of deer there.
Written December 30, 2019
Hola, ¿podríais sugerirme a que parking debería ir para visitar el parque así como el coste que podría tener?
Gracias,
Written April 11, 2019
Hola Mike!
Leider kann ich keine Angaben zu den Parkgebühren machen. Ich war mit der Tram nach Dublin gefahren und hatte das Auto in der Hotelgarage gelassen. Es empfiehlt sich meiner Meinung nach generell für einen Stadtbesuch in Dublin Park & Ride zu nutzen, weil der Verkehr dort ziemlich heftig ist. Was ich allerdings empfehlen kann ist, dass man für Dublin die Hop on-Hop off-Busse nutzt (72 Stunden-Ticket 35€), diese fahren in etwa 20 Minuten-Abständen alle Sehenswürdigkeiten ab.Man kann an den Haltestellen einer Attraktion, die einen interessiert aussteigen und nach der Besichtigung einfach in den nächsten Bus einsteigen und weiterfahren. An Bord werden Ohrhörer ausgegeben (in einer Box) und an jedem Sitzplatz befinden sich Audio-Buchsen mit verschiedenen Sprachen (auch Spanisch) und man kann sich alles in seiner Sprache erklären lassen.
Der Phoenix Park ist ziemlich weitläufig, lässt sich aber von der dortigen Bushaltestelle recht gut erkunden. Von der selben Bushaltestelle ist der Dublin Zoo auch nicht sehr weit entfernt. Ich habe den Phoenix Park nur mit dem Bus besucht - aussteigen hatte sich zeitlich leider nicht mehr gelohnt. Aber ich habe den Park und den Zoo auf eine Liste gesetzt.
Written April 13, 2019
Is parking in the park free 24/7 subject to availability ? TIA
Written April 4, 2019
Nicole G
Elsah, Illinois
Is there a designated place to play football or soccer? Looking to go tomorrow (Saturday) morning to kick a ball around. Thanks in advance!
Written March 8, 2019
yes there are designated football pitches, they are in a part of the park known as the fifteen acres, but if you would just like a kick around with your son and a few friends anywhere in the park is ok. just make sure you keep well away from the main road as you would not like the ball to roll into any traffic, safety first, and that won't be a hard thing to achieve since the park has approx 1760 acres, enjoy, Michael.
Written March 9, 2019
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