{"id":138746,"date":"2025-10-22T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138746\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:28:08","slug":"irish-county-named-as-one-of-lonely-planets-best-places-in-the-world-to-visit-in-2026-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/138746\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish county named as one of Lonely Planet\u2019s best places in the world to visit in 2026 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tipperary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tipperary\/\">Tipperary<\/a> has been named among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/lonely-planet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/lonely-planet\/\">Lonely Planet\u2019s <\/a>list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/best-in-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/best-in-travel\">top destinations to visit<\/a> around the world in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The list of 25 locations also includes Botswana, Mexico City, Peru and Finland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Lonely Planet recognised Tipperary as \u201cthe Ireland of postcards\u201d and \u201cbest for hiking, history and fine food\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cIn Tipperary, the food is remarkable, the landscapes are generous, and the castles are so casually scattered across the county that you\u2019ll probably stumble across one on your way to dinner,\u201d the travel guide says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThis is the Ireland of postcards, yes, but it\u2019s also a place with a few surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The Premier County was described by Lonely Planet as a haven for nature and history lovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The guide recommends visiting the Glen of Aherlow for its \u201cridiculously scenic valley flanked by the Galtee Mountains and Slievenamuck\u201d, the Rock of Cashel, Cahir Castle and Mitchelstown Cave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cMore walking trails through woodlands, river valleys and ancient boglands are well developed and gloriously uncrowded,\u201d the guide says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/life-style\/people\/2025\/10\/12\/trails-of-tipperary-i-plan-my-walk-of-35km-over-two-days-to-finish-at-my-favourite-pub\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trails of Tipperary: I plan my walk of 35km over two days to finish at my favourite pubOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Lonely Planet also pointed to food and drink in the county, recommending apple tarts, Bulmer\u2019s cider, Cashel Blue cheese, O\u2019Donnells crisps and Blanco Ni\u00f1o tortillas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Restaurants Mikey Ryan\u2019s in Cashel and the nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/food\/restaurants\/review\/2024\/02\/15\/restaurant-review-a-well-deserved-shiny-new-michelin-star-at-the-bishops-buttery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/food\/restaurants\/review\/2024\/02\/15\/restaurant-review-a-well-deserved-shiny-new-michelin-star-at-the-bishops-buttery\/\">Bishop\u2019s Buttery<\/a> were highlighted as well as local pubs Thatch in Cloneen and Jim of the Mills in Upperchurch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Lonely Planet\u2019s full 2026 Best in Travel destinations:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list paywall\">\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Botswana<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Peru<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Jeju-do, South Korea<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Ikara-Flinders Ranges &amp; Outback, South Australia<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">C\u00e1diz, Spain<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Liberdade, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Sardinia, Italy<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Theodore Roosevelt National Park, USA<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">R\u00e9union<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Tunisia<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Barbados<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Solomon Islands<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Maine, USA<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Mexico City, Mexico<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Tipperary, Ireland<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Jaffna, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Phuket, Thailand<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Utrecht, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Cartagena, Colombia<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Finland<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Quy Nhon, Vietnam<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">British Columbia, Canada<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">Siem Reap, Cambodia<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">North Island, New Zealand\/Aotearoap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tipperary has been named among Lonely Planet\u2019s list of top destinations to visit around the world in 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,6,11,12,82167,15,16,5,2121,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-138746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-featured-news","11":"tag-featurednews","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-latestnews","15":"tag-lonely-planet","16":"tag-main-news","17":"tag-mainnews","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-tipperary","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-topstories","22":"tag-world","23":"tag-world-news","24":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}