Limerick: History, Tours and Market Life
Accommodation in Limerick
If you’re looking for hotels in Limerick, your travel interests can help shape how you explore the city: history and walking tours, time in the central park, a visit to the market or an experience at Thomond Park. County Limerick offers additional regional destinations with their own distinctive attractions.
History and tours in the city
King John's Castle is located in Limerick’s medieval quarter and brings more than 800 years of local history to life. Its setting and historical context give your visit a clear historical focus if you’d like to shape your trip around culture.
Self-guided Limerick tours take you around King's Island, the medieval heart of the city. Options for experiencing its medieval sights include walks, carriage rides and kayak tours. This gives you different ways to explore the city, while the tours share the same historical focus.
The “Explore Limerick: Stories, Streets & Heritage” tour is a 90-minute walking tour through the city centre, covering a variety of surfaces. When planning your visit, you can think of this walk as a single block of time; the changing surfaces are a specific feature of the route.
Thomond Park offers behind-the-scenes tours with access to areas normally reserved for players and coaches. There is also an interactive Thomond Park Museum. If you’re planning a tour, check its availability in advance, as individual tours may not always be available.
The park and market as other city highlights
People's Park, Limerick’s central park, is ideal for picnics and walks and has a children’s playground. A visit to the park adds a different kind of city experience to tours and historical highlights.
Limerick Milk Market has almost 50 stalls and 21 shop units. It offers fresh local produce, artisan foods and unique crafts. The mix of stalls may change, so check what’s currently on offer if you’re looking for a particular product.
More destinations in County Limerick
Lough Gur is internationally significant for its rich archaeology and environment. At Lough Gur Lakeshore Park, you can take guided or self-guided tours of the exhibition, as well as bespoke guided tours of the archaeological monuments. Each option has a different focus: explore the exhibition independently or with a guide, while other tours focus on the monuments. Tour arrangements may change, so check in advance which type of tour is available for your visit.
For mountain bike trails, head to a different regional highlight: the Ballyhoura Mountain Bike Trails in the south of County Limerick cover 98 kilometres of trails. These regional attractions offer a clear contrast to the city tours and visits to the park or market.
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