Summary
The river Liffey physically divides Dublin into two halves but for some Dubliners the divisions go even deeper than this.  Partisans on both sides of the river tend to control the virtues of their own camp to the exclusion of the other.  Southsiders might claim that they never visit the opposite shore unless they are traveling to the airport.  Northsiders might say that they hate going southside as it is so easy to get lost there.  Both claims need to be taken with a large pinch of salt. 

Nevertheless, the South City Centre still retains a perceived superior stylishness and a wealth of resplendent institutions.  Here you can enjoy the museums, libraries, and galleries, stroll in the parks (including the renowned St Stephen's Green) and side streets, lounge in the refined hotels, classy restaurants and celebrated pubs, browse over monuments, street furniture and curiosities, linger in the august university precincts of Trinity College and savour the elegant shops and that indefinable ambience that is Grafton Street.

Start and Finish: Bewley's café, Westmorland Street (Sráid Westmorland). 
Buses: all city centre services. DART Station: Tara Street.
Multi-storey car park off Fleet Street.
Length: 2 ¼ miles (3.6 kilometres)
Time: 1 ¼ Hours.
Refreshments: You are spoilt for choice from fast food outlets to expensive restaurants.  What will suit your taste and your pocket will be obvious to you at the time - most restaurants and hotels display their menus on their outside railings or in the lobby so it should not be too difficult to make a choice.
Pathway Status: City and parkland paths.  Ladies may wish to note that walking over the cobbles of Trinity College in very high heels can be a bit daunting.
Best Time to visit: Weekdays have one kind of charm, evenings another and Sunday morning has yet a third!  Try all three but, of course, bear in mind the opening hours of the public institutions and St.Stephen's Green.
Route Note: This is a long walk and to avoid information fatigue you may prefer to break the walk into two parts, perhaps at some point around St. Stephen's Green.

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