Alistair's Guidebook
Food Scene
It is great for healthy breakfasts and also has great coffee & sandwiches. I highly recommend a visit to this cafe during your stay.
Good for the Soul
It is great for healthy breakfasts and also has great coffee & sandwiches. I highly recommend a visit to this cafe during your stay.
Bacco Ristorante Italiano
5 Chapel Lane RowNice simple Italian restaurant with pizzas, pasta & salads.
Tradehouse Central, Bar & Kitchen
Main StreetGreat local Bar & Restaurant for lunches & dinner.
The Floury Apron
3 Chapel Lane RowGreat for breakfasts & lunches and only 8 mins walk from my home.
Market Lane
5-6 Oliver Plunkett StGreat restaurant in Cork City.
Paradiso
16 Lancaster QuayExcellent Vegetarian/Vegan restaurant in Cork City.
Greenes Restaurant
48 MacCurtain StreetGreat restaurant with Modern European cuisine in Cork City.
Sightseeing
This is a lovely park for walks along the River Lee if you are looking for some nature close to my home.
13 locals recommend
Ballincollig Regional Park
This is a lovely park for walks along the River Lee if you are looking for some nature close to my home.
Blarney Castle
This is a great place to visit and I would highly recommend.
This is the closest beach to my home and it is just 30-35 mins drive away. It is very pretty and Bunnyconnellan Restaurant is right next to it which is a nice upscale restaurant servinglocal cuisine.
8 locals recommend
Myrtleville Beach
This is the closest beach to my home and it is just 30-35 mins drive away. It is very pretty and Bunnyconnellan Restaurant is right next to it which is a nice upscale restaurant servinglocal cuisine.
Gorgeous gardens & Park along the river lee and in Cork City only 12 mins drive from my home.
162 locals recommend
Fitzgerald Park
Gorgeous gardens & Park along the river lee and in Cork City only 12 mins drive from my home.
This is a gorgeous little fishing village which is very picturesque and has great seafood restaurants and cafes. It is about 35 mins drive from my house.
30 locals recommend
Kinsale
This is a gorgeous little fishing village which is very picturesque and has great seafood restaurants and cafes. It is about 35 mins drive from my house.
Great fresh local market in Cork City for fresh organic ingredients. Great food, wine, seafood, meat, bread, coffee etc.
113 locals recommend
The English Market
Grand ParadeGreat fresh local market in Cork City for fresh organic ingredients. Great food, wine, seafood, meat, bread, coffee etc.
Beautiful seaside village with 2 lovely restaurants. The views are spectacular for a relaxing day sipping wine, eating good food overlooking the sea. 50 mins drive from my home.
31 locals recommend
Glandore
Beautiful seaside village with 2 lovely restaurants. The views are spectacular for a relaxing day sipping wine, eating good food overlooking the sea. 50 mins drive from my home.
Traveler advice
Getting around
Bus 220 runs 24 hours a day.
The bus is great for getting from Ballincollig into Cork City and runs 24 hours a day.