Get to know other parts of Ireland with help from Softguide, which provides maps and regional virtual-reality tours, as well as information and links on transport, accommodation, restaurants, pubs, must-sees and festivals around the country. Search by region or topic, at www.softguides.com/ireland
A Good site to recommend to foreign visitors, the Trailblazer Guide to Ireland, provides detailed tour itineraries, from "the fair city" to "the kingdom". Search by topic - from culture and history to walking and horse-riding - or region at www.trailblazer.ie
As the countryside is open to walkers again, check out the Simon Stewart's excellent hill-walking site. It has information on Long Walks 2001 (with contact details and reports and photos of past walks) and a great set of links to walking clubs, reports on walks such as the Wicklow Way, Irish weather sites, and a tool to calculate the sunrise and sunset. At www.simonstewart.ie
Bord Fβilte's slow but attractive website is a mine of information on accommodation (browse the database of more than 11,000 places to stay), things to do (more than 14,000 activities), festivals, travel (including ferry services), a route planner and much more. Book online or create your own personal holiday brochure at www.ireland.travel.ie
Whether you're looking for a country-house dinner in Sligo, a veggie lunch in Galway or Mongolian barbecue in Dublin, the odds are you'll find it in Adlib Eaterie, an easy-to-use, searchable restaurant (and eat-and-sleep) guide. Submit your own restaurant review or check out links to restaurants' homepages and other Irish foodie sites, at www.adlib.ie
For details of hostel accommodation, check out An ╙ige's new website, with information on its 32 youth hostels, or the Independent Holiday Hostels of Ireland website, which has a searchable database and contact details of its 145 hostels, as well as links to pubs and music venues. At www.irelandyha.org and www.hostels-ireland.com
Just because you're on holiday doesn't mean you can't check your e-mail. To find cybercafΘs around Ireland (and, indeed, the world), go to www.cybercafe.com. Click on the map, or search by city, to find details of locations, opening times, prices and food.
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