Heather House

Top choice in Glendalough


Understated country-style elegance radiates from the luxurious bedrooms at this superb-value B&B, around 2km east of Glendalough. There's a lovely garden at the back with a view along the wooded valley (two of the bedrooms are in self-contained garden chalets), and it's just next door to the Wicklow Heather restaurant (where you check in).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Glendalough attractions

1. Glendalough Visitor Centre

1.02 MILES

The visitor centre beside the Glendalough monastic site has a high-quality 20-minute audiovisual presentation called Ireland of the Monasteries.

2. Monastery Gatehouse

1.12 MILES

The stone arch of the monastery gatehouse at the Glendalough monastic site is the only surviving example of a monastic entranceway in the country. Just…

3. St Kieran's Church

1.14 MILES

There are but scant remains of St Kieran's Church, the smallest at the Glendalough monastic site. It's to the east of St Mary's Church.

4. Cathedral of St Peter & St Paul

1.14 MILES

The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, just southeast of the Round Tower at the Glendalough monastic site, has a 10th-century nave; the chancel and…

5. St Kevin's Kitchen

1.15 MILES

Glendalough's trademark is St Kevin's Kitchen or Church, at the southern edge of the monastic site. This compact structure, with a miniature round-tower…

6. Deer Stone

1.15 MILES

At the junction with Green Rd as you cross the river just south of the Glendalough monastic site is the Deer Stone, set in the middle of a group of rocks…

7. Glendalough Monastic Site

1.15 MILES

Nestled between two lakes, haunting Glendalough (Gleann dá Loch, meaning 'Valley of the Two Lakes') is one of the most significant monastic sites in…

8. Priest's House

1.16 MILES

At the centre of the graveyard at the Glendalough monastic site, to the southwest of the Cathedral of St Peter & St Paul, is the Priest's House. This odd…