Things To Do:
-enjoy a walk on the Wicklow Way,
a popular 127 km self-guided walking
trail, which passes just 2 km from
The Skylark’s Rest. (a baggage transfer service operates the length of the Wicklow Way)
-enjoy wide range of other local walks
from the leisurely to the more challenging hillwalking routes that are easily accessible from The Skylark’s Rest, including walks around Lough Dan and Luggala.
-visit Glendalough (10 km) and enjoy
some of the most spectacular scenery in Ireland. Visit historic sites and enjoy network of way-marked trails and walks around Glendalough.
-enjoy live music in the Roundwood
many nights a week (check
www. roundwood.ie for calendar of events)
-enjoy bicycling around the area.
The Skylark’s Rest has road bikes
for hire. Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trail is a 14 km network of purpose-built mountain bike trails is 5 km from
the hostel
-enjoy lessons about mountain biking
and rent mountain bikes from local providers, Biking.ie
-go angling for brown trout (by artificial fly only) on the shores of the
Lower Varty Reservoir in Roundwood
(March 1-Oct. 12). A permit is issued
from Varty Waterworks located beside the lower reservoir. For further information, contact 01-2818368 or
email: varty@dubwater.iol.ie
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-enjoy relaxing fishing on a peaceful
4-acre fly fishing lake on the banks of
the Avonmore River at nearby
Annamoe Trout Fishery. All equipment and accessories can be hired at the fishery. Casting tuition can also be arranged.
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-enjoy horseback riding at Tomdarragh Equestrian with their
team of qualified BHS instructors
who offer treks and lessons on a group or individual basis
-enjoy rock climbing nearby at places
such as Lough Dan, Luggala, and
Glendalough
-enjoy golf at the three local golf courses:
Ballinastoe Golf Club - nine-hole golf
course 5 km from hostel, just across the road from Ballinastoe Mountain Bike Trail
Djouce Golf Club - nine-hole golf course 5km from The Skylark’s Rest on the R755 road to Bray.
Roundwood Golf Club - eighteen-hole
course on the R765 road to nearby
Newtonmountkennnedy.
-enjoy shooting lessons, clay shooting, rifle shooting, and archery at Hilltop
Shooting Club
-enjoy paintball games at Skirmish
Paintball - a thirty-acre forest with six
purpose built paintball game areas
-visit Powerscourt Estate
-visit Mount Usher Gardens
-enjoy Clara Lara Fun Park
-visit Glenroe Farm