We did feel safe and greatly appreciate all the little touches, and felt like Anya and her husband went above and beyond to pamper us and all your guests to give a sweet stay. I got to meet them as they were coming back from drag hunting (no-kill hunting) with their horses, and I learned a lot about this pastime which is over 150 years old.
Loved the little cloth napkins and pillows on the chairs, nice woven rugs and gorgeous views, pretty bedding, the fire pit was ready for a fire and two separate nice places to sit and have tea overlooking the mountains etc. (the blankets you provided were lovely as well). The nearby walk to the trails up mountain was amazing and reminded me of how much I have enjoyed mountain dwelling people whether in southern Oregon, Czechia or here. The smells of woodsmoke in November and the glorious colors of the leaves were really spectacular.
We saw National Botanic Gardens and loved them, later on looking at Wicklow town from the pier at night was like standing in front of a gorgeous nightscape painting of that cozy, clean little town, its dancing lights reflected on the water…
We went on the tree walk at Avoka. Lovely trees landed in the 1920’s and earlier, massive and would love to see them in the very season. Fell in love with the orange bark tree.
We hiked Devil’s Glen while we were there, and Powerscourt waterfall was amazing and uncrowded at this time of year, and I got a lovely sense of wild Ireland while walking in the forests there. I could sense the wolves and massive Irish deer that are no more. The main trails are well tended and easy to follow, do take the little trails that run off of them main ones to see into the woods but take good mental notes as that which is not clearly marked is not marked much at all (which was fine for us).
We felt like the movie list was amazing actually but we spent our evenings playing a game we had brought with us (or playing guitar very softly by the fire, outside). We visited a friend in Gorey which was only a half hour away.
There was just enough space for me to set up my yoga mat facing the double doors in the mornings, in a warmer season I would have loved to practice outside. I appreciated the healthy potted plants on the outdoor patio area.
We really can’t say enough good about this beautiful place and we hope many other discover this quiet and peaceful abode.
We really loved the dogs, Pepper especially. Such a face and such sweet smiling eyes. The horses were very quiet always and were separate from the air bnb but they do clearly know you are there and I talked to them from across the fences every day.