The Irish Times ? Saturday, Mar 24, 2012
- A baby zebra during Fota Wildlife Park in Cork
- The children?s attractions during a Amber Springs hotel in Wexford embody a go-kart track. PHOTOGRAPH: GARRETT BYRNE
HOLIDAYS AT HOME:?There?s copiousness to do on family breaks this Easter ? and chocolate to eat too, writes
SANDRA O?CONNELL?
EASTER IS ALL about renewal, a time when families that have spent a winter hibernating emerge, blinking, from a TV room to find a universe of hotel family breaks has sprouted adult around them.
There?s no necessity of chocolate either. It?s chocs divided at
Garryvoe Hotel?(
Garryvoehotel.com) in Cork with giveaway Easter eggs for a kids who, in an even sweeter move, stay giveaway for a Easter holiday offer. This includes a cinema night, kids? dash time in a pool and a special teen gym, as good as a learn to chuck (as in make) pots event with Ron a Party Potter. The hotel, that is accessible for days out to Leahy?s Open Farm nearby, has a two-night understanding costing ?385 for dual adults and dual underneath 12s sharing.
The five-star
Heritage Resort?in Laois (
theheritage.com) is using a kids bar with humanities and crafts classes, basketball, list tennis, buoyant castle, unihoc and hip bound dance to name though a few, while on Easter Sunday there?s an Easter egg hunt with egg and face painting. A three-night BB package here, with one family dinner, in interconnecting bedrooms starts during ?599.
Over during the
Newpark Hotel?in Kilkenny (
flynnhotels.com) they?re charity giveaway child passes to a Reptile Zoo during Gowran with package prices starting during ?139 per chairman pity dual nights BB and an dusk meal. The hotel?s new Mini Farm is opening this Easter, and there?s a kids club, an egg hunt and bikes during reception.
Fitzgerald?s Woodlands House Hotel?(
woodlands-hotel.ie) in Adare, Co Limerick, has ?High Nelly? bikes on palm to get guest out and enjoying a view around a birthright town, as good as giveaway entrance to a internal birthright centre, with two-night Easter BB stays starting during ?158 per room.
If we conduct to
Knockranny House Hotel?(
khh.ie) in Westport ? ideal for a Greenway cycle route ? we get a two-day mangle including bicycle sinecure and a packaged lunch from ?165 per adult sharing, with kids (under 10) free.
In Wexford,
Marlfield House?(
marlfieldhouse.com) circuitously Courttown ? in itself a mecca for kids ? has a two-night BB offer including dual dinners over a Easter break, with dual kids staying free, including breakfast and a kids? cooking menu both days.
After breakfast on Sunday there?s an Easter egg hunt around a gardens, with a sum cost starting during ?291 per adult sharing. It?s also a accessible 5 minutes? expostulate from Gravity, a family-friendly outside journey centre.
Alternatively, check out the
Amber Springs Hotel?(
amberspringshotel.ie) circuitously that has family bedrooms from ?170 on comparison dates in April. It has lots of kid-friendly activities including an onsite petting farm, hulk outside chess set, indoor games room, playgrounds and a go-karting track.
A half hour?s expostulate north is
Druids Glen?druidsglenresort.co, in Wicklow, that is earnest not usually an egg hunt though egg emblem and a revisit from a Easter bunny. Kids underneath 12 go free, with family bedrooms starting during ?200.
If it?s full-on family activity you?re after,
Delphi Mountain Resort?(
delphimountainresort.com) is unbeatable, with a five-day package for a family of 4 labelled during ?999, including 3 journey activity sessions and cooking on dual evenings, withdrawal we copiousness of time to try a panorama surrounding Ireland?s usually fjord.
Alternatively, a Burren is during a many pleasing during this time of year, so get them all out enjoying it with a stay at
Sheedys of Lisdoonvarna?(
sheedys.com), that is also throwing in entrance tickets to a Cliffs of Moher Visitor Centre nearby.
Rooms cost ?99 for doubles in April, including breakfast, and guest engagement in Apr and May get a giveaway bushel filled with goodies done by cook enthusiast John Sheedy.
Finally, if we wish your container of furious animals to see some genuine ones check out a Easter offers at
Fota Island Resort?(
fotaisland.ie) in Cork. The five-star hotel has dual nights BB, with early bird dinner, in-room film and tickets to Fota Wildlife Park, as good as a possess Cheetah Club kids stay for 4 to 12-year-olds, and prohibited chocolate and cookies in a bar, from ?268 per night for interconnecting rooms.
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