St. Michael's Church (Synod Hall) is technically a part of the Christ Church Cathedral, but not too many people know what Synod Hall has to offer. It has a tower with a great view of Old Dublin and is an opportunity to take priceless photographs. It also hosts an interesting museum that serves as a starting point for many tours of the city.

Dublin Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) off Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland, was until 1922 the fortified seat of British rule in Ireland, and is now a major Irish government complex. Most of it dates from the 18th century, though a castle has stood on the site since the days of King John, the first Lord of Ireland. The Castle served as the seat of English, then later British government of Ireland under the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541), the Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1800), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1922). Upon establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the complex was ceremonially handed over to the newly formed Provisional Government led by Michael Collins.

Launched in 1995, The Ark is the first purposely organised European cultural centre wholly dedicated to innovative arts programming for, by, with, and about children. Set in the heart of Temple Bar, the centre contains an indoor theatre, an outdoor amphitheatre, gallery spaces and a workshop. The Ark occupies the site of the former Presbyterian Meeting House dated from 1728, and features the carefully restored front façade of the church.

The National Wax Museum is a privately owned waxworks museum in Dublin, Ireland. On October 7, 2009, the museum officially re-opened (although it had been open to the public a number of weeks prior) following extensive renovation at its new location in the left flank of the Irish Houses of Parliament, at Foster Place. New features include scenes of Ireland through time from a mythology section to the 1916 Rising, a smaller but more updated Chamber of Horrors bearing a more "mature" range of figures, a science department, a music recording studio that allows visitors to interact with a mixing console, and a YouTube music video recording studio titled "The Wax Factor" so visitors can sing along with their favourite tracks, star in their favourite music videos and upload them to YouTube.

Give yourself a break from visiting Dublin’s museums, theatres and galleries and spoil yourself with an afternoon’s shopping in Grafton Street, the biggest shopping street in the city.

Grafton Street runs from College Green in the north to St Stephen’s Green and shopping centre in the south. The nice thing about this street – apart from the wonderful shops – is that it’s mostly a pedestrian precinct, so you only have to dodge other shoppers and not heavy traffic.

It is named after the 1st Duke of Grafton, Henry Grafton, King Charles II’s illegitimate son and until the O’Connell Bridge was built, it was a residential area. The section between Nassau Street and College Green is open to vehicles and you can see Trinity College Provost’s House and the statue of Molly Malone here.

You will find the best and most exclusive of all Dublin’s shops, but there are also more modest ones where you will find souvenirs, clothes and accessories more reasonably priced. There are also a number of pubs and restaurants that serve a wide range of food: French, Italian and traditional American burgers – that are the envy of McDonalds!

The street is always busy and full of buskers, street musicians, clowns, mime artists, poets and magicians. It’s a great place to pick up some bargains to take home.

This venue is often referred to as "The Dead Zoo." This branch of the National Museum of Ireland is located on Merrion Street. The collection has more than 10,000 exhibits from collections of over 2,000,000 specimens from around the globe, put together by the Royal Dublin Society and the Natural History Division of the museum. It is a unique collection including animal skeletons and mounted creatures.