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Macreddin Village (between Aughrim and Aghavannagh), County Wicklow.
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0402/
36444.
Fax 0402/36580. www.brooklodge.com. 54 units.
€
170-
€
240 ($205-$289)
360 ($434) suite. Rates include service charge and full Irish breakfast. Fixed-
price 4-course dinner
double;
€
35 ($42). AE, DC, MC, V.
Amenities:
2 restaurants (organic, cafe); 2 pubs; full-service spa; laundry service.
In room:TV, hair dryer.
€
55 ($66); 3-course Sun lunch
€
MODERATE
Clone House
Clone House was built in the 1600s, then
burned down in the 1798 Revolution, and rebuilt in 1805. The
house has changed hands several times since then, but today Jeff and
Carla Watson run the place with panache. Carla was raised in Tus-
cany and has given the house a Mediterranean elegance. The guest
rooms have a salubrious, Italianate feel, featuring king-size beds, tra-
ditional wood floors, and richly colored fabrics on the curtains and
bed canopies. Small luxuries like thick cotton towels, chocolates,
and fresh fruit make you feel pampered. The best room, the Vale of
Avoca, has a skylight above the bed and a working fireplace. As luck
would have it, Carla is a superb cook, treating her guests to five-
course gourmet meals that may include stuffed quails wrapped in
pancetta,
osso buco,
and an irresistible focaccia bread.
Aughrim, County Wicklow.
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0402/36121.
Fax 0402/36029. www.clonehouse.com.
7 units, all with private bathroom.
€
130-
€
180 ($157-$217) double. Rates include
full breakfast. Dinner
55 ($54-$66). MC, V.
Amenities:
Bar; small gym; sauna.
In room:Tea/coffeemaker, hair dryer.
€
45-
€
Glendalough Hotel
Without spending the night in a round
tower, you can't get any closer to St. Kevin's digs than this seasoned,
veteran inn situated in a wooded glen at the very entrance to Glen-
dalough, beside the Glendasan River and within the Wicklow
Mountains National Park. Dating from the 1800s, it was refur-
bished and updated in the mid-1990s with traditional Irish furnish-
ings and standard modern comforts. This was once a sleepy and
idyllic spot, but it is now rather overrun with tourists, their buses,
and all that caters to them.
Phoning around in Wicklow
Many phone numbers in Wicklow have changed in the past
year and more changes are in the pipeline. If you have trou-
ble getting through to one of the numbers listed, call direc-
tory assistance at
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11811.
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