THE LEGENDARY, THE SHELBOURNE HAS BEEN AN INTRINSIC PART OF DUBLINS LEGENDARY AND ARTISTIC TRADITION SINCE 1824. WERE RIGHT IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER LIFFEY AND DIRECTLY OPPOSITE ST STEPHENS GREEN, WHICH IS EUROPES LARGEST GARDEN SQUARE. IDEALLY SITUATED VERY CLOSE TO DUBLINS CULTURAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE NO MORE THAN A TEN MINUTE TAXI RIDE AWAY. LITERALLY TWO MINUTES STROLL AWAY FROM GRAFTON STREET, WHICH IS UNDISPUTEDLY IRELANDS PREMIER SHOPPING AREA. THE NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM IS LITERALLY TWO DOORS DOWN ON KILDARE STREET AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY IS FIVE MINUTE DAIL EIREANN, IRELANDS PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT MEETING PLACE, IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER WHILE THE PRESIDENTS MANSION IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BY TAXI. THE NEAREST TRAIN STATION IS HEUSTON STATION, 3 MILES FROM THE HOTEL, WITH SUB URBAN RAIL LINKS TO THE CITY CENTRE EVERY WEEKDAY. THE NEAREST COACH STATION IS BUSARAS, 2 MILES AWAY.