Wicklow · Co. Wicklow
Walks before dinner at Powerscourt
The forty minutes before the table is set. The walk that makes the meal.
Distance
The grounds. Forty minutes.
Pace
An appetite walk. Nothing more.
Weather
Often the most beautiful sky in Ireland
Best light
The hour before the table is set
An expat note from Deborah
We do not walk at Powerscourt to see the gardens. We walk at Powerscourt to be hungry for dinner.
There is a particular Wicklow evening light, between six and seven in autumn, that we have never seen anywhere else, and certainly not in the photographs people take of it.
Be back inside by quarter past seven. Order the lamb.
How we'd actually walk it
The rhythm of the day.
- 01Out from the lobby at six.
- 02Around the upper terrace, down toward the trees, back through the courtyard.
- 03Change quickly. Dinner at half seven.
The hotel pairing
Powerscourt Hotel
The walk is the room. Stay one night, not two.
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