Abhainn Ri Booking.com Award 2023 We are delighed to receive our award from Booking.com as 9.6 for Abhainn Ri Farmhouse. It is a pleasure to have guests stay with us from all around the world.     The post Booking.com Award 2023 appeared first on Abhainn Rí Self Catering with Bed & Breakfast ..read more

Art Workshop with Afternoon Tea Unleash your creativity with Abhainn Ri painting workshop with delicous afternoon tea. It’s the perfect way to relax with a group of friends or family to celebrate a special occasion while painting and enjoying tea together. The inspiration for your afternoon’s artwork will be of a lovely Tea Cup with acrylic on canvas! With a cup of tea in one hand and a brush in the other, whatever the skill there’s no experience needed to take part. We will guide you through the process step by step. The painting session will be followed by a delicious Afternoon Tea in Abhai ..read more

Art Workshop with Afternoon Tea Unleash your creativity with Abhainn Ri painting workshop with delicous afternoon tea. It’s the perfect way to relax with a group of friends or family to celebrate a special occasion. The inspiration for your afternoon’s artwork will be of a lovely Tea Cup with acrylic on canvas! With a cup of tea in one hand and a brush in the other, whatever the skill there’s no experience needed to take part. We will guide you through the process step by step. The painting session will be followed by a delicious Afternoon Tea in Abhainn Ri Dining Room. All materials inc ..read more

Abhainn Ri Farmhouse Home Baking At Abhainn Ri Farmhouse we love to bake all our own breads, scones, cakes and muffins.   Guests can experience a tasty breakfast or afternoon tea filled with lots of treats baked by Joe and Niamh. New for 2023 Joe shall be making wonderful sourdough bread for breakfast & afternoon tea to join our very special selection of soda breads, scones and cakes. We look forward to lots of new treats for guests in 2023. The post Home Baked Treats appeared first on Abhainn Rí Self Catering with Bed & Breakfast ..read more

Abhainn Ri Garden The garden at Abhainn is one of our greatest hobbies. Joe & I love the garden and the pleasure it brings to all our guests from season to season. Each year we plant lots of new shrubs and flowers. Joe takes lots of cuttings of our favourite plants and we continue to plant new areas each year. Wicklow is the garden of Ireland and each year lots of guests stay with us to visit the many gardens and expert gardeners in the area. We share lots of stories on the garden and its many very old plants grown by previous generations of the Byrne family ..read more

Mindfulness in Nature At Abhainn Ri mindfulness has become part of our daily life and it allows us to live and enjoy the moment.   We are located in an area with so much nature and beauty.  It is so lovely to be able to spend time outdoors observing the landscape, watching tiny birds, finding wild flowers, viewing the beautiful skies by cloud watching, visiting the farm animals, following the trails through the fields to the lakeshore and simply being present. Walking Mindfulness Walking through the countryside are therapeutic, combining gentle movement in nature with mindfulnes ..read more

Abhainn Ri Garden We love everytime of the year in the garden at Abhainn Ri but especially springtime when we await the arrival of the snowdrops.  The first sign that the growth has started and we can look forward to welcoming back all the colourful flowers and shrubs once again. Joe and I love the wide open space with lots of interesting plants to find each year.  Guests come from the four corners of the world to visit Wicklow known as the garden of Ireland to view all the superb gardens.  They enjoy a restful cup of tea & cake while taking  in the Wicklow landscape a ..read more

Best Family Friendly Holiday Winner 2021 – Abhainn Ri Cottages Abhainn Ri Farm Cottages have won the award for Best Family Friendly Holiday at the European Holiday Home Awards 2021 We are so delighted and honored to win this European industry award for Best Family Friendly Holiday. It is very special to bring back an award for Ireland with such strong competition from all of the larger European countries.   A special thank you to all the judges who selected us from all the hundreds of entries.   We look forward to 2022. Read more about the European Holiday Home Awards 2021 ..read more

Abhainn Ri Feature in Food & Hospitality Guide We are delighted to be recommended by Georgina Campbell in Ireland’s Leading Independent Food & Hospitality Guide.   Such a wonderful review. “A high-end farm stay buried deep in the heart of Wicklow’s lakeland and surrounding hills run by fifth-generation farmhouse owners with plenty of thoughtful touches to make a visit here memorable, whether a short B&B stay or a longer self-catering holiday” Read more on Abhainn Ri feature in the Ireland Guide The post Eat, Learn & Stay at Abhainn Ri appeared first on Abhainn Rí Self ..read more

Refurbisment for 2022 We are delighted to share the news that we have just completed some refurbishments in all our self catering cottages just in time for the busy 2022 holiday season.    We have removed all carpets and replaced them with wooden floors in all the bedrooms and on the stairs and landing.   The stairs now has a non slip surface. The bathrooms have all been re tiled and with new shower doors and fittings added.   Our guests staying for season 2022 shall enjoy the updated improvements along with the new curtains & cushions we added to the bedrooms ..read more