Phoenix Park

El Phoenix Park es el espacio verde más grande de Dublin, un sitio tan inmenso como agradable que se encuentra un tanto alejado del centro de la ciudad, pero a su vez es de accesible llegada al no ser ahí para nada largas las distancias.
Posta que el lugar es enorme y recorrerlo completamente llevaría un largo lapso de tiempo, onda que tiene de todo, desde canchas de rugby, un zoológico ahí nomás y muy lindos monumentos.
Este es de esos espacios completamente abiertos, los que te hacen sentir por un rato fuera de la ciudad y son ideales para olvidarse de todo y descansar un tiempo y dejar de lado el caos céntrico. En fin, el Phoenix Park es de esos lugares que realmente vale la pena visitar y si es que están con tiempo recorrer cada uno de sus rincones.

Fiquei apaixonadíssima pelo Phoenix Park. Acho que foi um dos meus lugares preferidos de Dublin. Em um passeio com duas amigas, vimos muitos viadinhos, brincamos com eles, demos cenouras, foi a coisa mais local e bacana que fiz por lá.
O parque é enorme! E com os 707 hectáres é um dos maiores espaços recreativos das capitais europeias. O local abriu as portas em 1662 pelo Duke of Ormond, James Butler — um personagem famosíssimo da história Irlandesa.
Aproximadamente 30% do parque é coberto por árvores e eu diria que 5% coberto de viados, tem muitos bambis andando por ali.
O espaço do parque também inclui o Zoologico de Dublin, salões de chá, lojas de sorvete, alugueis de bicicleta, jardins e outras coisas divertidas.
Não deixe de passar aqui na sua visita a Dublin.

This is the real heart of Dublin in my opinion. It’s such a beautiful contrast to the city.
Makes the perfect walk, drive or cycle on a sunny day.
If you’re a tourist, make it your business to rent a bike out at the park gates and have a cycle around, hopefully you will spot the herds of deer.
Dublin Zoo, Áras an Uachtaráin (the President of Ireland’s residence,
Farmleigh and Garda Headquarters are just some attractions within the park.

I had a great cycle in Phoenix Park, first time to hire a bike and it was great fun. If you have time it’s worth visiting Farmleigh House and deers

It’s large and is great for walking, running or biking. However, not many features other than walk ways.

LOL I literally walked this whole park, europes biggest enclosed park. There were hardly any waste bins and I feel like the park was really just vast and empty. I enjoyed the tea area but was disappointed of the small castle. And the zoo looked promising but I didn’t have the time for it. Anyway, you can go to Ireland without a visit to this park, no problem. There was also a white building that is similar in construction with the White House in America because the construction was by the same person. Interesting fact, right?

I love the Phoenix Park, it’s a great place to go for a stroll, visit the zoo, or rent a bike and explore for the day. The Victorian Gardens are one of my favourite spots to chill out when it’s sunny. Very accessible from the city centre. Free parking too!

Visited April 2015: «Phoenix Park: attractions, culture, history, and more»
We were able to locate this place using our google maps. Not sure of where to park, so we didn’t stay long due to not wanting a ticket when we returned. We spent some time admiring the monument. The day we arrived in Dublin, wasn’t a day they were having a tour of the president’s home (Áras an Uachtaráin). There are many historical buildings, flower gardens, playground, a castle, a walled garden, café, and more. It’s about 1,800 acres of land, so plan your trip wisely, and check out their website before going:

I was about to write that Dubliners take the Phoenix Park for granted but reading all the fantastic reviews on Unilocal maybe not !
As I have lived beside the park for so may years I have been spoiled by this amazing amenity and am always quick to convince people to visit it. It is impressive for its size alone as it is one of the largest in Europe and is bigger then all of the parks in London City put together.
It’s really not just a big park there is lots to do !! Each of the places on the list are reviewed as separate places
1) Farmleigh — Beautiful old house in fantastic gardens — great events all year from markets to drive in movies (check their web site)
2) Ashtown Castle — the visitor centre and old castle with beautiful walled vegetable garden and restaurant
3) The Zoo — really stepped up their game in 2014 & 2015 and is a massive improvement. If you haven’t been for a few years it’s worth a visit
4) The Deer — who doesn’t love the deer? FENTON !!! There are about 450 fallow deer in the park in four colours. During the early summer the fawns are born — if you come across one in the long grass you have to be careful not to disturb it but notify the gamekeeper. They log each new born and keep a sample of their DNA for research and they will be named after you !!
5) Sport — there are on average 2,300 sporting events in the park every year. One of my favourite things to do at the weekend is to watch the polo or cricket matches. The polo ground is the oldest in Europe and the cricket ground is one of the oldest in the world.
The park is really accessible with tons of parking and public transport running close to the gates. You can rent bikes at the main gate or explore on foot.

Biggest city park in Europe. I normally come here on weekends and the park can host thousands of people and still seem empty. You can find 100s of wild deer, the Irish president’s house, the American ambassador’s house, 100s of memorials, a zoo, a coffee shop, plenty of trees and grass, fields to play GAA or football, A polo field, an abandoned fort and the list goes on. This is a place Dubliners end up coming several times in their lifes, because it has something new to offer every time.

Beautiful park in the middle of Dublin city. Great for a stroll on a fine day. So good even our president lives here!

Havre de paix avec des daims sauvages se laissant approcher facilement. PS: N’oubliez pas de passer au Tesco acheter quelque carottes pour faciliter l’approche.

I’ve spent many days walking around and enjoying the park. Very well maintained and I regularly see park rangers around the place. The deer are beautiful but don’t knock one down or your car will be destroyed by them! My dog loves going for random runs and always finds something new to explore

Huge open spaces beautiful park well maintained loads of things to do the zoo and the wildlife really nice place

The Phoenix Park is the perfect place for a walk, run or cycle of a weekend, as well as a great place to do a spot of polo-​watching/​deer spotting. With plenty of green spaces for the kids or puppies to run around in, its a peaceful afternoon escape conveniently located ten minutes walk from the city center.

If you’re near Kilmainham Gaol or the Guinness Storehouse, you might as well pop over for the pretty, and free, scenery. The park has lush green land, gorgeous trees, and cute little ponds where you’ll find birds and the little children desperately trying to feed them bread. It’s very charming, scenic, and lush.

What a beautiful park to get lost for… well, many hours (since it’s so big and it is far from the city centre, you need a pair of strong legs to get there and get back). I wanna try it with more time, to keep walking, to see those deers… because they are there, somewhere, right?

Es uno de los lugares más bonitos que he visitado. Sin duda te quedas enamorado de tanta vegetación. Es un lugar muy grande y tardas mucho en recorerlo; hacerlo en bicicleta es muy bonito porque lo disfrutas muchísimo.
La parte en la que están los venados resulta hipnotizante, puedes quedarte a admirar el paisaje por un buen rato.

Phoenix Park is beautiful. It’s great for a jog or a cycle. The Dublin Zoo is also here so thats an added bonus. To be perfectly honest though, I usually only experience the beauty of the place when going to one of the many events they host year round in the various parts of the park, but sure, those are awesome too and always a good excuse to come back.

Worth a trip over to Phoenix park !! We did it the same day that we did the zoo since their in the same part of town. It was a beautiful day out and walking the park was so lovely. We found a spot with the deer; if you walk towards the back of the park on the road and stay on the left side of the road the deer hang out in the wooded area during the day eating grass. If you sit down and just stay still they will move closer. It’s probably one of the best experiences of my life seeing a pack of 20 – 30 deer at a time. What a relaxing way to spend an afternoon!!!

Ever so idyllic in all seasons, it’s a privilege to have lived so close to this beautiful park for my life in its entirety.
Created in 1662, this parks 11 km perimeter wall encloses its area of 707 hectares (7.07 km2; 1,750 acres or 2.73 sq miles) which makes one of the largest walled city parks in Europe.
lies a mere 2−4km from the City Centre.
It includes extensive areas of woodland, grassland, tree-​lined avenues and since the seventeenth century has been home to a herd of wild Fallow deer.
Some places of note include though are not limited to the following:
+ Phoenix Park Visitor Centre and Ashtown Castle
+ Áras an Uachtaráin
+ People’s Gardens
+ Dublin Zoo
+ Deerfield Residence
+ Magazine Fort
+ Monuments
+ Deerfield Residence
+ Papals Cross
+ Other Features of Interest
In the south-​western corner of the park is an area known as the Furry Glen which has a series of short walks centred around a small lake with birds, plants and wildlife.
The State Guest House, Farmleigh, adjoins the park to the north-​west.
The headquarters of An Garda Síochána, the police force of Ireland, are located in the park.
The National Ambulance Service College is located at Saint Mary’s Hospital on the Chapelizod side of the park. This building dates from 1766 and was formerly the Hibernian Military School.
Ordnance Survey Ireland is located in Mountjoy House near the Castleknock Gate. The house was built in 1728 and was originally known as Mountjoy Barracks as it quartered the mounted escort of the Lord Lieutenant who resided in the Vice-​Regal Lodge (now Aras an Uachtarain).
Adjoining the park to the south east is the Irish Defence Forces’ McKee Barracks. Built in 1888 as Marlborough Barracks it once housed 822 military horses[20] and still has an Equitation School.
Ratra House at the back of the Aras, was the home of Civil Defence Ireland since the organisation was established in 1950 until 2006 when the headquarters was decentralised to Roscrea, County Tipperary. Named Ratra House by the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde who retired to the house in 1945 from his Presidency. He named it after his native Ratra Park in Frenchpark, County Roscommon where he had done much of his writing. Built in 1876, Winston Churchill lived there from age two to six.
Grangegorman Military Cemetery lies just outside the walls of the Park on Blackhorse Avenue.
The park also contains several sports grounds for football, hurling, soccer, cricket and polo.
Bohemians Football Club was founded in the Gate Lodge beside the North Circular Road entrance in 1890. The club played its first games in the Park’s Polo Grounds.
At Conyngham Road, near the South Circular Road junction, the regular wall takes on an unusual arch shape before levelling out again this marks the point where the Liffey Bridge enters the Park via a rail tunnel that continues on beneath the Wellington monument. It is used regularly for freight traffic, and by certain limited special passenger services. It was used during World War Two for storing emergency supplies of food.
The Irish Government is lobbying UNESCO to have the park designated as a world heritage site.

What an amazing huge open space to have in a city.
You have the President of Ireland living here and the US Ambassador’s Residence. Dublin Zoo, Farmleigh, lots of cycle paths, places to rent out bikes, monuments, history, beautiful scenery, roaming deer and other wildlife.
I life so close to this place and cycle there every 2^nd day. They have new Dublin Bike locations at the entrance which should be opening soon too.
I think it might be the largest of it’s kind in Europe and we are very lucky to have it!

Sin duda alguna una de las mejores cosas que tiene Dublín. Es precisos, simplemente vale la pena por poner un pie allí y ver/​respirar/​oír/​sentir la naturaleza.
Puedes coger una bici por 5 euros y durante 2 horas te recorres el parque mientras una manada de bambis y ciervos te miran y se paran a tu lado. Puedes darles de comer.
La zona del Café Farmeleigh es preciosa con su río y estupenda para descansar un momento.
La verdad que allí dentro uno es feliz siempre!!!

What a resource the Phoenix Park is to Dublin City.
There’s the zoo. There’s deer. In the summer there’s Skylarks singing high up in the sky. There’s the Wellington Monument. The polo grounds. The tea rooms. I could go on, but it’d take a while.
Then there’s the vast amount of parkland to explore. Anyone and everyone can enjoy it.
Walking, running, cycling, rollerblading. It’s a free gym!
It’s just wonderful. Go there.

Free parking, Aches of trees and green fields for people to picnic and play games on. Deer wandering around, a zoo and monuments and buildings to look at.
All in all a great place to walk/​cycle and drive around hopefully in the sun…
Added to this a cricket pitch! Which for a English man is great!
All in all one of the great City parks in the world.

Para mí lo mejor de Dublín y con una gran diferencia. Es enorme, bien puedes estar 2 horas caminando y haber recorrido sólo la mitad. Tienes de todo, desde monumentos como el de Wellington, hasta campos de cricket, polo, rugby o deportes gaélicos, pasando por un zoo, una antigua cárcel, y ver la naturaleza en su estado puro: largas verdes praderas, paseos a caballo, y manadas de ciervo sueltas.
Un lugar fantástico para pasar una larga jornada, hacer un picnic, divertirte con los amigos.

Es imprescindible alquilar una bicicleta para visitar el parque, son unos 4 € una hora y si se coge más tiempo sale más barata la hora. Unos 10 € el día. Precioso parque con diferentes áreas en las que encontraras la embajada de EEUU, la casa de la presidenta, el ZOO e incluso ciervos.

Parc très ancien ouvert vers 1750 plus grand d’Europe et plus grand que central parc de New York, beaucoup de choses à voir le Zoo, et autres curiosités. très facile d’accès en tramway, ou sinon taxi. Beaucoup de monde le weekend.

Die Größe des Parks macht ihn zu einer grünen Oase der Ruhe in Dublin. Wie die meisten Parks ist auch Phoenix Park sehr gepflegt und sehr gut zum spazieren geeignet. Auch für ein Nickerchen ist auf den riesigen Grünflächen genug Platz.

Un lugar muy bonito, el parque mas grande dentro de una ciudad (en Europa), ideal para pasear en bicicleta y ver los corzos.
Muy típico ir con los perros o quedar para jugar a rugby

Schon aus dem Flugzeug sieht er einfach nur riesig aus.
Der angeblich größte Stadtpark Europas beherbergt so einiges: Den Dubliner Zoo, die Residenz der Präsidentin, das Anwesen des amerikanischen Botschaftler, das Wellington Monument und das riesige Kreuz, das an den Papstbesuch in den 70ern erinnert.
Man kann hier stundenlang spazieren gehen und vom Stadtleben vollkommen abschalten.
Es leben rund 750 wilde Rehe und Hirsche im Park, an welche man sehr gut heranschleichen kann, wenn man sich gegen den Wind auf die Herde zu bewegt. Für ein Picnic im Freien ist hier unglaublich viel Platz, im Pavillion in der Nähe des Zoos gibt es im Sommer an Wochenenden Live Musik.
Für Schönwettertage unbedingt zu empehlen. Es fühlt sich nicht an, als wäre man in unmittelbarer Nähe des Stadtzentrums.