Montreal, Canada to Dublin, Ireland from $575

🌍 About dublin

Dublin's a literary city in a way you can actually see: it's a UNESCO City of Literature, and the Long Room library at Trinity College — two storeys of dark oak shelving holding the 9th-century Book of Kells — is the sight worth queuing for. Skip Temple Bar; it's been ranked among the world's worst tourist traps, and a pint costs nearly double what you'll pay a few blocks south in the Liberties or Portobello, where the actual local pubs are. Eat a Dublin coddle: sausage, rashers, potato and onion gently simmered (never browned) — an unglamorous 18th-century working-class stew, best in cold weather. Come May or September–October for mild days and thinner crowds. Summer is warmest but priciest and packed; January–February is cheap, grey and wet — go only for the quiet.