Bray listed in Time Out’s ‘most underrated travel destinations in the world’

Ranked as number 24, alongside the likes of Filandia in Colombia, Brown Station in Antarctica and Prince Edward Island in Canada. In the list you won't find "your Bangkoks or your Balis, your Amalfis or your Amsterdams," the piece reads, "what you will find is a Yosemite dupe, Morocco’s overlooked neighbour, a place where penguins outnumber people, and plenty more travel inspo where that came from." Here's what Time Out had to say for our beloved Wicklow town, "It was the arrival of the railway in 1854 that made Bray, just twelve miles south of Dublin, so popular it became known as the Brighton of Ireland. After years of decline, its mile-long Victorian seafront now buzzes with cafés and restaurants. Stroll from the harbour along the esplanade to the 800-foot high Bray Head, worth the hour’s climb for panoramic views from its rocky summit. Refuel at Butler & Ba​​rry on the beach, before a Guinness at ace local institution the Harbour Bar."

Here's the full list:

24. Bray, Ireland

23. Lombok, Indonesia

22. Turku, Finland

21. Plymouth, England

20. Gippsland, Australia

19. Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe

18. Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

17. São Tomé and Príncipe

16. Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina

15. Lake Bacalar, Mexico

14. Karpathos, Greece

13. Cuenca, Ecuador

12. Mongolia

11. Brown Station, Antarctica

10. Bentonville, Arkansas, USA

9. Newcastle, Australia

8. Cochamó Valley, Chile

7. Tasmania, Australia

6. Sibiu, Romania

5. Prince Edward Island, Canada

4. Côn Đảo, Vietnam

3. São Sebastião, Brazil

2. Southern Tunisia

1. Filandia, Colombia