A Weekend In Wexford

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Back in June, I decided to book a bit of time off work for hubby's birthday and treat the three of us to a family weekend. I wanted somewhere that wasn't too much of a drive and somewhere that had a pool. We normally go North but I thought we would head South for a change. I got lots of recommendations on where to go but settled on Wexford Town.

 I spent a lot of time around Wexford when I was a child and loved it. The scenery down there is amazing.After looking at what seemed like 100's of hotels, I chose White's Of Wexford for 2 nights B&B and 1 Dinner. I heard good things about the hotel, it was reasonably priced using Supervalu Get Away breaks and it had a pool.  Hubby literally only found out a few days before we went as I wanted it to be a surprise.

  

We headed off early on Friday and stopped off at Secret Valley Open Farm. Secret Valley was a mixed bag. The indoor area was lovely, you got right up to the animals and had some petting time with the smaller animals but outside the animals were a good bit away from us. In my opinion not worth the €15 we paid.

We got to Whites around 2 and headed to the room. The room was huge and had a lovely view of The Courtyard and the sea. Friday evening we had the dinner from the package in the Terrace restaurant and boy was it good food! The staff  were really friendly and kept Jack amused.



 On Saturday we headed to RavenWood Nature Reserve, this is a massive walking trail and where Saving Private Ryan was filmed. We did the entire loop and we were exhausted afterwards. I also popped in to see Mariga from Skin Essentials by Mariga for a bit of R&R. Saturday evening we went to acclaimed restaurant The Yard for their early bird. Again another lovely meal.

Check out on Sunday was at 12 but we took our time coming home and stopped off at Blackwater Open Farm. This was a far superior farm, you can get very close to the animals and the atmosphere just had a nicer feel to it. We did have to pay in for Jack,something I usually don't agree with for kids under 3 but it didn't bother me too much as the farm is well worth the €14 we paid in for all three of us.

 If you are looking for a weekend away, Wexford is the perfect place. It was so relaxing  and there is no shortage of things to do.