Dalkey heritage town a popular location, both as a place to live and as a tourist destination.
It has a real village feel and is just half an hour by train or road south of the capital city.This area is often called the Subtropical coast of Ireland" because, although Ireland has nothing in common with real subtropical regions (it lies at the same latitude as Siberia!), due to very mild climate, it is indeed a home for many Mediterranean plants (cedar and ever-green eucalyptus trees), and even some more exotic species like "Cabbage Palm Trees" – Cordyline australis (which are not really palm trees but look pretty unusual, native to New Zealand) or "Chinese Fan Palm Trees" – they grow very well, for example, in Powerscourt Gardens in Enniskerry or near Dun Laoghaire ferry port.
