Cost: €549 per person sharing

7 Day Tour Tour Dates March - October

Tour Grade 2 Easy to Moderate Accommodation Guesthouse or B&B

Tour Highlights Newborough Warren and Llanddwyn Island Anglesey Sea Zoo and amazing views of Snowdonia Neolithic Tomb and St Cwyfan's Church-"The Church in the Sea." The Wicklow Mountains National Park Glendalough's 6th century Monastic City & lakes Trooperstown Mountain What's included in your tour 6 nights B&B All accommodation is pre-booked in approved family-run guesthouses with all rooms en-suite Maps and all route notes Details on restaurants and places of interest to visit along the way Luggage transfers daily while you walk All information on trains or buses needed to get to your first accommodation, during the tour and back at the end of the tour Full back up service should you require it while on our tour Ferry to Wicklow and back to Wales

WALES & WICKLOW

Anglesey, Wales, is quite often referred to as the island of romance and Wicklow as the Garden of Ireland. Put the two together and you come up with one amazing tour.
Anglesey, with its standing stones, burial chambers, hill forts and exhilarating views and a rich history. The island has 200 km/125 miles of spectacular coastline, made up of sea cliffs, dunes and beaches that are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, all waiting to be admired and enjoyed. This section of the tour is looked after by our partners, Anglesey Walking Holidays.   
Wicklow, deservingly gaining the title as the "Garden of Ireland", the county offers its visitors everything from a wild and scenic mountain landscape made-up of domed heather clad mountains to deep wooded glens, meandering streams, waterfalls and tranquil lakes.

Day 1 Travel to Aberffraw
Arrive at Manchester or Liverpool Airport and take the train to Bangor (North Wales) where you will be greeted and taken to your first accommodation in the quiet village of Aberffraw.

Day 2 Rhosyr Heritage Walk
This walk starts and finishes in the village of Newborogh, over the sand dunes at Newborough Warren, one of the largest dunelands in Europe. Having seen Abermenai Point and the views to Snowdonia beyond, the walk then takes you back to the bird hide at Llyn Rhos Ddu and back to your starting point at Newborogh.
Distance: 10.4 km/6.5 miles, Ascent: 100 m/300 ft

Day 3 Minai Walk
This walk starts in the village of Brynsiencyn and takes you through mixed farmland to the well known Anglesey Sea Zoo. The Zoo offers an exciting opportunity to come face to face with some of the fascinating fish and sea life that live around the coast of Britain. From Angel Shark to Octopus, the aquarium is packed with over 100 different species.
After walking the banks of the Menai Straits with fantastic views over to Snowdon and Caernarfon Castle, you will cross fields at Plas Trefarthen, which is thought to have been the site of a battle between the Romans and the Druids in 61 AD.
Distance: 13.6 km/8.5 miles, Ascent: 145 m/475 ft

Day 4 Maelog Heritage Walk
A circular walk of  Maelog Lake where you will encounter a large variety of birds, including Cormorants, Grey Herons and warblers. From here it’s on to Cable Bay. This small cove played an important and historic role in transatlantic communications between Wales and Ireland. Returning towards Rhosneigr, with views to the highest point on Anglesey, Holyhead Mountain, finishing by Maelog Lake.
Distance: 8 km/5 miles, Ascent: 100 m/300 ft
In the afternoon we will organise to have you taken to Holyhead where you will take the ferry to Dun Laoghaire/Dublin and transfered to Glendalough in Co. Wicklow

Day 5 Glendalough’s Monastic City & Lakes
Your walk through Glendalough takes you back into the history of time with a visit to the 6th century Monastic City.
Today the settlement lies in ruins but it was once the hub of learning in Europe. It was in this haven of peace and tranquillity that St. Kevin founded his monastery back in the 6th century that flourished for over six hundred years.
The Gaelic for Glendalough is "Gleann Dá Locha" and translates to "The Valley of the Two Lakes" and it is these lakes that will set the scene for the rest of your walk.
Distance: 11.4 km/7 miles, Ascent: 410 m/1230 ft

Day 6 Trooperstown and the Two Glens
This walk is one of Wicklow's best-kept secrets. It offers you a stunning array of natural beauty, made up of mixed woodlands, quiet country roads, open mountainside, rivers and streams. Through an area that was once densely populated prior to the Great Famine of 1845-1849 and clear evidence of the small fields and potato furrows can still be seen to this day. On to Trooperstown Hill, where on a clear day it is possible to see almost all the peaks in the Wicklow Mountain range and across to the Irish Sea
The trail travels down through Trooperstown Forest, to join the Wicklow Way back to Glendalough
Distance: 12 km/7.5 miles, Ascent: 430 m/1290 ft

Day 7 Depart for Home

Please note: our itinerary description is Wales and Wicklow. This can be changed around so that you do the Wicklow section first then Wales.

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