Experts' Choice Award Phoenix Park
What the experts agree on
Europe's largest enclosed urban park at 1,700+ acres, Phoenix Park offers something for everyone—from deer spotting and botanical gardens to joggers and families. Just two miles west of Dublin's city center, it's where locals and visitors escape into
“Europe's largest public park, which extends about 5 km (3 mi) along the Liffey's north bank, encompasses 1,752 acres holds a lot of verdant green lawns, woods, lakes, and playing fields.”
– Fodor's
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"One of the world’s largest city parks is where you’ll find MP3-rigged joggers, grannies pushing buggies, ladies walking poodles, gardens, lakes, a sporting oval, and 300 deer." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Europe’s largest enclosed urban park—encompassing more than 1,700 acres—is set just two miles west from the city center." Full review
Time Out "Housed in the old coach house of the former Papal Nunciature, this centre explains the history of Phoenix Park." Full review
Afar Magazine "Phoenix Park has something for everybody." Full review
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"The largest enclosed park in Europe... the Botanical Garden and Zoological Gardens are found here." Full review
Time Out "If it’s good enough for the Irish President and the American Ambassador, it’s good enough for us." Full review
Frommer's "The vast green expanses of Phoenix Park are Dublin's playground, and it's easy to see why." Full review
National Geographic "For complete quiet, I can hide away in the Phoenix Park. It’s easy to get lost in the largest inner city park in Europe. It is even larger than New York’s Central Park as well as being..."
National Geographic "At more than 1,700 acres, Phoenix Park is one of Europe's largest public green spaces. When the sun comes out, Dubliners take constitutionals along the park's extensive walking trails,..."
The Guardian "If you can tear yourself away, it is a short walk to historic Kilmainham Gaol and the immense grandeur of Phoenix Park"
