County Wicklow Vacation Rental farmhouse: Clogga, Arklow

Although the house is quite a bit off the beaten track,the very accurate detailed directions made it very easy to find. The location is stunning, the gardens beautiful and the beach greatly exceeded our expectations. The house itself is completely original, totally charming and extremely well supplied,we would pack much less on future visits!. Our three children aged 4,6 and 8 absolutely loved the house,gardens and most of all the beach. They had such a wonderful time playing hide and seek in the grounds, exploring,and collecting stones - and crabs on the beach. The beach is easily reached in minutes and is truly breathtaking, the kids were in the water every day, no matter what the weather, and loved our daily trips along the beach collecting driftwood for the fires.
The house is equipped with central heating, is easily heated and very cosy. There is an electric blanket on every bed and plentiful supplies of linen and towels. I cannot think of one thing we needed that wasn't there.
The village of Avoca is very close by as is Clara Lara water park, a huge water based activity park set in the forest. This place was well worth the visit, the kids had a fantastic time and there are excellent picnic facilities. We easily passed an entire day there, but were very lucky with the weather! Anyone planning a visit, remember to take a change of clothes! Arklow town has a good shopping centre and cinema, but we preferred to snuggle up beside the fire and watch a dvd!
Overall we found Park the perfect location for a family holiday, I can honestly say we had one of the best family holidays ever, it was so peaceful and relaxing, and great that the kids had so much freedom. I would not hesitate to recommend the property to anyone seeking a laid back relaxed, peaceful holiday.

This amazing cottage is to be found in a very isolated spot the last km over a rough track (takes approx 15-20mins ), with three gates to open and shut, but worth it once you get there. Remember this cottage is 17th century, it has central heating, easily controlled, electric blankets on comfortable clean beds, modern kitchen facilities (oven, hob, dishwasher, microwave, fridge washing machine) and bathrooms making it cosy warm and homley but is most definatley an old cottage with tlied floors, creaky stairs, low ceilings and spiders in the rafters which add to the inherant charm of this beautifully preserved cottage.
You can lie in bed watching and listening to the sea just yards away, reached by a specially cut pathway in the cliff leading to your own personal beach, great for picking up shells and stones. The grounds are laid out with sheltered lawns, sit outside the front of the cottage with glass of tea/wine and enjoy the sun coming up or going down.
Although isolated the large town of Arklow is about 15-20 minutes away with a huge modern Tesco which had all the supplies needed (including bottled water and cheap kettle, as we are not used to hard water where we come from, also had to make sure we bought the english water as bottled irish water was just has hard, no scottish available!)
Arklow also has a shopping centre with a 9 screen cinema, great has the new Harry Potter was realeased the week of our holiday! Eddie Rockets American Diner in the shopping centre was a great hit with all three generations in our party!
The isolated spot made it easy to lie around reading and relaxing, but we did some sightseeing, the main roads in Ireland are amazing, the N11 reachable within 15-20 mins All tourist sites are so easy to find, we didnt have a proper map but if you just followed the signs onto the motorway and off again onto the main N roads. We reached everything with no problems visiting Avoca with its working mill shop and fabulous cafe, sampling Guinness in the local pub. We also headed to Glendalough,a magical anceint monastic site, which also has woolen mills nearby with outlet shops. We had a splendid day in Dublin as we had to drop some of our party at the airport (1.5 hours journey) Again the roads were great , we took a city bus tour and chose to visit the historic Kilamainham Jail, and shopping centre surrounding O'Connel St. We also visited the Japanese Gardens and National Stud by Kildare.You must have a car to holiday here.

Park is a hidden treasure and we were really fortunate to have found such a wonderful place for our family. We mostly enjoyed the fantastic views of the sea and the privacy of the setting. The house was cozy and charming, clean and well equipped. We found everything as it was supposed to be with much attention given to the details. Our four kids had a great time exploring and playing down at the beach. It was the perfect place to retreat and relax and make many fond, happy memories. We found the owners to be very accommodating, friendly, and helpful.