Tucked away in a valley high up in the Wicklow Hills, BrookLodge & Macreddin Village is a wonderful destination and this month’s prize - two nights Bed & Breakfast in a Classic Village Bedroom for 2 people with Dinner on one evening in The Strawberry Tree, Ireland's first fully certified Organic Restaurant – is a treat by any standards.
Evan Doyle and his brothers, Eoin and Bernard, built this extraordinary food, drink and leisure complex on the site of a deserted village in a Wicklow valley in 1999. Today, it is a spacious and welcoming ‘green’ hotel offering everything from conferences and events to the sumptuous Wells Spa and wonderful food.
Famous for promoting organic and wild food, its main restaurant, The Strawberry Tree, was originally opened by Evan Doyle in Killarney in 1988; it was Ireland’s first certified organic restaurant and, when the Doyle brothers built BrookLodge, this pioneering dining concept moved to Wicklow where it has thrived and developed.
The warm BrookLodge welcome is very much alive and well - and with plenty to do on site, including visiting The Food Village with Actons Country Pub, and treatments at the Wells Spa (pre-booking essential) many guests see no reason to leave the premises. But that would be a pity as there is so much to do in the area, including golf, scenic walking on The Wicklow Way and visiting nearby attractions such as The Sally Gap, Glendalough, Powerscourt Estate and Avoca…
