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FAMILY Walks

FAMILY Walks

Pre-book tickets online: www.beyondthetreesavondale.com

Experience Ireland’s new World Class Visitor Destination. Journey through the forest and above the canopy of the trees on this unique 1.4km treetop walk in Avondale Forest Park, Wicklow.

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The treetop walk is a self-guided experience that is accessible to visitors of all ages, it is both wheelchair and buggy friendly. Both day pass and annual pass tickets are available to purchase for the treetop walk and viewing tower.

The treetop walk culminates at the spectacular viewing tower, 38m above the forest floor where you can enjoy panoramic 360-degree views of the Wicklow mountains. To complete the experience, whizz back down the tower on

Heaven for lovers of chocolate and ice cream everywhere, the Chocolate Garden of Ireland offers two different experiences: chocolate-making sessions and a scheduled chocolate workshop both of which can be booked online.

If you book in for a workshop, you will be taken on a journey of discovery – you can look forward to learning about all things chocolate - enjoy a demonstration, tastings and hands-on work with chocolate. Make your own chocolate product and take home your creation, complete with the mould. Visitors can enjoy delicious treats in the coffee shop (Serving Ireland’s best Hot Chocolate!) and an Ice Cream Parlour – serving its own artisan ice cream, made in-house. The young at heart can enjoy our play area. You can also feast your eyes on the wide array of chocolate creations on display.

HOW TO FIND US: R93 PY82. On the R725 between Tullow and Shillelagh, 5km from Tullow; 1hour to Wexford, M50 Tallaght, Wicklow Town, Portlaoise.

NEARBY AMENITIES: Rathwood retail outlet and events, Rathgall Hill Fort, Altamont Gardens.

OPENING TIMES: Check online for hours; seasonal opening, but generally open fully when schools are off.

The Chocolate Garden of Ireland, Rath, Tullow, Co Carlow. Tel: 059 648 1999 | Web: www.chocolategarden.ie the gigantic 90m spiral slide. It is recommended to pre-book your tickets in advance of arrival.

Avondale Forest Park, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, A67 P303. Tel: 0404 46111

JOHNNIE FOX’S PUB HOSTING THE WORLD SINCE 1798

One of the most famous pubs across the island of Ireland. People from all over the world have set on a journey through the Dublin mountains to discover the quaint allurement that lies behind the doors at Johnnie Fox’s. It is like stepping in to a 19th century home with service and standards of the 21st century. You can experience the renowned Johnnie Fox’s Hooley Night, that includes an award-winning Irish dancing show with live traditional Irish music and a four course meal.

From Presidents to Prime Ministers, from film icons to farmers, from sporting greats to singing legends, the pub has become famous for its guests and its true ‘Céad míle fáilte’.

Johnnie Fox’s is inimitable to the pretender – It has often been copied, never equalled.

The Powerscourt Distillery, Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry Co. Wicklow. Tel: 01 506 5656 www.powerscourtdistillery.com tours@powerscourtdistillery.com

SQUIRREL’S SCRAMBLETREE ADVENTURE PARK

Powerscourt Distillery is home to Fercullen Irish Whiskey. In the last five years this unique distillery has already established a undisputed reputation for spirit of extraordinary quality and taste with its core range of award – winning whiskeys.

Powerscourt Distillery offers the ultimate in Irish Whiskey Experience. Visitors can enjoy a fully immersive, grain to glass whiskey distillery tour and tasting or team your tasting with a local food pairing curated to compliment the Fercullen whiskey flavour profile.

Experience first-hand the sights, sounds and aromas of a fully operational distillery and onsite maturation warehouse. Learn, taste and savour the embodiment of extraordinary “Fercullen”

Irish Whiskeys in a relaxing private tasting room overlooking the beautiful copper stills.

Discover how this unrivalled location offers access to the best raw materials, including water from Powerscourt Waterfall and the local barley, and enviable environment ideal for inspiring a new generation in craftsmanship on the estate.

Glenroe Farm is one of Wicklow’s top tourist attractions. The farm is ideally located beside the picturesque North Wicklow coastline and less than an hour from Dublin City just off the N11.

The farm is both educational and fun and here you can get up close to a wide variety of farm animals and pets, enjoy the great outdoors, relax in the peace and tranquillity of our Nature walk, have fun in the outdoor and undercover play areas overlooking the farm, try our home cooking from the Coffee Shop.

A Great Day out for all the Family!

Glenroe Farm is an ideal day out for families, school tours, birthday parties.

Squirrel’s Scramble offers exciting fun for all ages. Experience the wonderful natural forest with more than 40 different challenges on 5 different levels to climb, balance, slide and crawl. Zoom along zip lines through narrow passages in the woods for a thrilling adventure.

We have lots of different challenges to traverse from tree to tree, rope bridges, magic carpets and lots more! Starting from a height of 2 metres up to 12 metres. It’s for children and adults min. age 5, 7 years and under must be accompanied by an adult each. You have one and half hours to get around 5 levels of tree top high jinks. (Prices start from €19pp).

• SUMMER CAMPS

• BIRTHDAY PARTIES

• SCHOOL TRIPS

• CORPORATE EVENTS

Squirrel’s Scramble, Killruddery, Southern Cross Rd, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Tel: 085 – 264 3670

Email: info@squirrelsscramble.ie

Web: www.squirrelsscramble.ie

Features & Facilities

• Easy access to farm animals

• Pets’ Corner

• Nature Walk (1km)

• Outdoor Playground

• Undercover Play area

• Sensory Garden & Fairy Garden

• Coffee Shop / Gift Shop

• Indoor/Outdoor Picnic area

• Maize Maze (from July to end of October)

Kilcoole, Co Wicklow / T: 01 – 287 2288 / www.glenroefarm.ie / Email: mail@glenroefarm.ie / Glenroe Farm

Book online through our website www.glenroefarm.ie

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