The Definitive Waterford Tourist Information Resource

Welcome to Waterford the Crystal County.

Waterford City is the capital of the Sunny South East of Ireland and Ireland's oldest city. The city hosts a number of festivals during the year including the ever-popular Spraoi.

A natural playground for Arts, Golf, Water Sports, Equestrian, Walking, Angling and Cycling enthusiasts, Waterford City and County offer the complete holiday experience.

Waterford City was founded by Viking traders in 914 and it has an exciting medieval flavour and riverside bustle. The city has a strong maritime tradition and looks forward to the return of the Tall Ships Race in 2012. The multi-award winning Waterford Museum of Treasures tells the 1000-year-story of Waterford.

Waterford City is the home of Waterford Crystal, a lifestyle product of exquisite craftsmanship. The new visitor centre opened in June 2010.

County Waterford offers a dazzling 147 kilometres coastline, with 49 beaches, beautiful river valleys, lakes and two dramatic ranges of very accessible mountains.

Dungarvan, the administrative capital for the county, is set in a broad, magnificent bay.

In between are lively and quiet Seaside Resorts like Tramore, the spectacular Copper Coast Geopark and lovely mountain & river valley towns and villages.

Houses & Gardens, where grace and beauty can be admired at leisure, are part of a rich heritage which includes Pre-Historic & Historic Sites.

The town of Lismore was originally a monastic settlement founded in the 7th Century by St. Carthage, a Heritage Town, it was the centre of ecclesiastical and temporal power for centuries.

Sophisticated fashion stores and high quality craft centres complete a holiday picture that is sure to please.

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