Limerick, the city located on the picturesque south of Ireland, which is the capital of the county of the same name, attracts tourists with its historical attractions and unique picturesque places. Many who were in this place then say that it is here that the name of Ireland is "green island", it is confirmed particularly clearly and clearly. However, despite such attractiveness for tourists, the city does not have a widely developed tourist infrastructure. Stlikely, as in other European cities. Hotels, parks, cafes and restaurants. Fortunately, at least there is enough hotels and there are no problems with placement. Personnel in hotels speaks English, but with a specific Irish accent, so if your knowledge of English is close to the academic, then many words will be understood with fairly difficulty. Although, this is not such a big problem.
The nearest airport is in the neighboring Claire County, in Shannon, but it should not scare anyone, because the distance to it is only 28 kilometers. The trouble is different that from Russia there are no direct flights to this city, and therefore getting to the Limerick is best of all from Dublin on the train or bus. The time of the way that in one type of transport, which is on the second, about 1.5-2 hours. The message is lively, problems with movement does not occur.
In the town itself it is better to move on foot or on a bike. The town is not really very big. Bicycle rental will cost 20 euros per day. You can rent a car, although this does not make any sense at all, because there is a particularly no place to ride, and to the main attractions of the castle of King John (John) and the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, you can get by bus, the benefit of public transport is very well developed and buses go constantly and often. The price of 1.6 euro ticket for one trip.
In Limerick, as in all Ireland, a cellular communication represent the two largest European operators, it is O2 and Vodafone, with which all major Russian cellular companies have contractual relationships, so if you connect roaming in advance (and many it turns on automatically), then you can Call from your room. Expensive, but if you do not overdo, then nothing terrible. No problems and Wi-Fi. There are free access points in almost all hotels, as well as in most cafes and restaurants.
But with smoking, in Ireland, and in Limerick in particular, very, very hard. Few people know, but the first restrictions on smoking in public places took exactly Ireland and follow the observance of the restriction here very strictly. Smoking is prohibited everywhere where non-smoking people can be. It is allowed only on the street (in the distance from stops or other places of cluster of people) or at home. Penalties for violation are huge, a year and a half ago he was equal to 100 euros. And I note the rules for the ban are observed very hard. In general, Irish are very law-abiding citizens. In the same licamy, the crimes of medium and special severity is very rare. If something happens, this is small thefts, and it is rare. This is such a law-abiding provincial town.