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Cost: Full
Board pps
Low Season: €660
(February, March, April,
October & November)
Mid Season: €690
(May, June & September)
High Season: €730
(July & August)
Single supplement: + €130
Includes:
Transfers to/from Dublin Airport, transport
where required to/from walks
5 Nights B&B at Glendalough Hotel
4 Packed lunches
5 Evening meals
Maps and all route details
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Cost: Half Board pps
Low Season: €565
(February, March, April,
October & November)
Mid Season: €590
(May, June & September)
High Season: €625
(July & August)
Single supplement: + €130
Includes:
Transfers to/from Dublin Airport, transport
where required to/from walks
5 Nights B&B at Glendalough Hotel
4 Packed Lunches
Maps and all route details

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6 Day Tour
Tour Dates
ALL YEAR |
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Tour Grade 2
Easy to Moderate
Accommodation
Glendalough
Hotel
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WICKLOW WAY - 6 Day Tour
Why not let us spoil you with this
fantastic 6-day self-guided tour set in heart of the Wicklow
Mountains, better known as the Garden Of Ireland. We will
pick you up at Dublin Airport and take you into the heart
Wicklow to the valley of Glendalough. Your accommodation for
your stay will be in the Glendalough Hotel; set a-midst the
tranquil surroundings of "Gleann Dá Loch"
Translated into English it means "the valley of two lakes".
The hotel was originally built
as a mansion in 1820. The original Victorian building has
been completely refurbished and enlarged but it remains the
haven of serenity it has always been.
Cost Options Available: Full
Board or Half Board
Day 1 Arrive in Glendalough & Spinc walk
We will pick you up at Dublin Airport and take you to the
Glendalough Hotel. Your journey to Wicklow starts with a visit to the 6th Century
Monastic Settlement, which is situated just beside the hotel.
Beginning with an audiovisual and display Otherin the visitors
centre followed by a guided tour of the Monastic Settlement.
Afterwards you will commence your first walk in the valley,
which takes you up past the two lakes to an old disused Miners
Village. From here the walk takes you up to an area known
as the Spinc, where you will have sweeping views back down
over the lakes, the Monastic Settlement and the surrounding
countryside. The walk finishes by coming down by Pollanass
Waterfall and back to the hotel.
Distance: 11 km/7 miles, Ascent: 220 m/660 ft
Day 2 The townlands of Ballard, Trooperstown and Laragh
This walk in one
of Wicklow's best kept secrets.
The walk starts in Glendalough and takes you
along the green Road onto Ballard which translated into English means High Town.
From here you will follow the road to the townland of Trooperstown. It is here that our office is situated. You drop down into Trooperstown Forest which leads you to the Avonmore River; a goodplace for some relaxation. From here you can follow the road to the village of Laragh and back to Glendalough.
Distance: 10 km/6 miles, Ascent: 240 m/720 ft
Day 3 Lough Tay and the Wicklow Way
Your drive to the start of your walk today takes you through
some of Wicklow's most attractive villages, Laragh, Annamoe
and Roundwood, which is Ireland's highest village at 260 meters.
Your walk starts overlooking Lough Tay and the Guinness Estate
and it was here that a lot of Brave Heart, Excalibur, King
Arthur and many more famous films were shot. Your walk takes
you south back to Glendalough, through Sleamaine and Ballinafunshoge
Forest. Where you will have some beautiful views down over
Roundwood Village and the Vartry Reservoir on one side and
Lough Dan on the other. From there the walk takes you down
into Oldbridge, onto Paddock Hill and into the valley of Glenmacnass
and finally back to Glendalough.
Distance: 17 km/11 miles, Ascent: 150 m/450 ft
Day 4The Wicklow Coast
A walk with a difference, today we take you to the coastal
town of Kilcoole where you will do one of the best coastal
walks in the country. Starting from Kilcoole, one of Ireland's
finest nature reserves. Composed of an area of wet grassland,
freshwater streams and a number of marshy pools that live
on during the summer months after the winter floods. A path
above the beach presents magnificent views of the area, part
of these views are the birds and the flowers of the reserve.
In every season a different range of birds use the reserve
for breeding and feeding. The walk ends in Wicklow Town where
you will have the opportunity to do some shopping before we
take you back to the Glendalough Hotel.
Distance: 14 km/9 miles, Ascent: Little to none
Day 5 Glemalure to Glendalough
After breakfast we will take you to the start of your walk
at Drumgoff in the valley of Glenmalure, Irelands longest
glacier valley. The trail takes you North along the Wicklow
Way that gently winds its way up out of the valley, to give
you some spectacular views of the Glenmalure waterfall and
the surrounding countryside. The second section of the walk
takes you back into Glendalough where, once again you will
have some stunning views as you enter the valley.
Distance: 13 km/8 miles, Ascent: 505 m/1515 ft
Day 6 Depart
After breakfast we will pick you up and bring you back to Dublin.

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