You'll hardly believe you're only a 40-minute drive from Dublin
city centre once you've settled in at Powerscourt Hotel
(www.powerscourthotel.com). Nestled at the foothills of the Wicklow
mountains, this is the perfect weekend retreat. Beautiful scenery and
big skies abound outside, but what's indoors is pretty special. Think
super-snuggly beds, brilliant bathrooms and complete comfort at every
turn. Oh, and then there's the the food, which you can expect to be
eating a lot of while you're there. Think afternoon tea, a fabulous
dinner and then a full Irish breakfast the next morning. Just as well
there's a three kilometre river walk to help work some of it off, eh?
And no trip is complete without a treatment or two at the ESPA spa
either.