Cork · With kids

Fifteen minutes by train, with lemurs and wallabies roaming loose among the visitors and a decent playground. Any age; allow most of a day.

A harbour town of steep coloured terraces under a cathedral, and the last port the Titanic called at. The emigration museum suits ages seven up.

The stone involves a queue and lying on your back over a gap; the poison garden, rock close and grounds are the better half.

Riverside lawns with a playground, a café and a free city museum in the middle — the standard fine-weather morning for under-tens.

The city rises steeply on both banks; buggies want the flat island centre. Cobh trains have space for wheels, and the Market's café fills by noon.