Guidebook for
Food Scene
Great food, excellent wine list, a la carte and 'value menu' and really close by.
19 locals recommend
Bates
3 Market SquareGreat food, excellent wine list, a la carte and 'value menu' and really close by.
Daytime restaurant/cafe, top quality food, Great cakes, takeaway available too.
38 locals recommend
Avoca Mount Usher Gardens
Daytime restaurant/cafe, top quality food, Great cakes, takeaway available too.
Great food and wonderful historic tour of the Mill and weaving works. Good shopping too!
30 locals recommend
Avoca Handweavers
Great food and wonderful historic tour of the Mill and weaving works. Good shopping too!
3 good places to eat here: The Wicklow Heather, Bistro style cooking.
Clodagh's Place, A cafe with organic produce and homemade cakes and salads.
Lynams, Good pub Grub
6 locals recommend
Laragh
3 good places to eat here: The Wicklow Heather, Bistro style cooking.
Clodagh's Place, A cafe with organic produce and homemade cakes and salads.
Lynams, Good pub Grub
Jacobs Well Hotel
Main StreetBlue Seafood & Bistro Restaurant
Lovely fresh seafood overlooking Wicklow Harbour
La Locandina
14 Main StItalian home cooking in Wicklow town delicious!
Sightseeing
Beautiful Arboretum with lots of walks, easy to moderate, and a river you can swim in. Within strolling distance from our home
20 locals recommend
Avondale Forest
Forest ParkBeautiful Arboretum with lots of walks, easy to moderate, and a river you can swim in. Within strolling distance from our home
The Jewel of Wicklow, stunning scenery, amazing historical monastic village and round tower, great hiking for all levels, good rock-climbing crags too.
38 locals recommend
Glendalough Visitor Centre
The Jewel of Wicklow, stunning scenery, amazing historical monastic village and round tower, great hiking for all levels, good rock-climbing crags too.
Great Lunch or coffee & cake spot
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Beautiful place for a gentle stroll
38 locals recommend
Kilmacurragh Botanic Gardens
Great Lunch or coffee & cake spot
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Beautiful place for a gentle stroll
Treetop Walk & Viewing Tower entrance
Entertainment & Activities
Open May to Sept. Wonderful day out, lose yourself in the complex maze, riverside nature walk, interact with interesting poultry breeds, visit the folk museum, refresh with good coffee and cake.
29 locals recommend
Greenan Maze
Open May to Sept. Wonderful day out, lose yourself in the complex maze, riverside nature walk, interact with interesting poultry breeds, visit the folk museum, refresh with good coffee and cake.
Great fun for kids.
Open:Weekends during May, then daily from 1st June until 31st August.
32 locals recommend
Clara Lara FunPark
The Vale of ClaraGreat fun for kids.
Open:Weekends during May, then daily from 1st June until 31st August.
Everything Else
Brittas Bay
Lovely clean stretch of beach. Child friendly safe swimming.
N11 Cabs Limited
A local Taxi service
A traditional course on the Avoca river. Pay as you go players welcome
14 locals recommend
Woodenbridge Golf Club
A traditional course on the Avoca river. Pay as you go players welcome
The European Club
Beautiful links course, play as you go players welcome.
Cartoon Inn pub culture,
Centra Supermarket,
Jacob’s Well Restaurant and Bar,
Lots of takeaways.
Rathdrum
Cartoon Inn pub culture,
Centra Supermarket,
Jacob’s Well Restaurant and Bar,
Lots of takeaways.
Shopping
Whatever you're looking for you'll probably find it here or in the town of Arklow, just across the bridge
26 locals recommend
Bridgewater Shopping Centre
7 N QuayWhatever you're looking for you'll probably find it here or in the town of Arklow, just across the bridge
Drinks & Nightlife
The Cartoon Pub in Rathdrum, Intimate and Jolly
Ballinaclash
Check out Phelan's, a tiny farmers bar and grocery.