World Travel Shepherd Entertainment takes you on a tour of Powerscourt Estate and its beautiful surrounds in Ireland. Discover Powerscourt Estate in Ireland Powerscourt Estate is probably the nicest garden of the country. Opposites its drive way is a golf course with beautiful greens for golf enthusiast. The park built by order of Richard Wingfield around 1730 is situated at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains. Wingfield's descendant the Seventh Viscount had it expanded in the middle of the 1800's making room for the statues and gates he had collected during his European journeys. The way to the park leads to the castle planed by Richard Castle in Palladian style. In 1974 the building was totally gutted by fire. During its reconstruction the Slazenger family of sporting goods spanned and the architects started a new direction. In the glass top interior they opened a special shopping center, elegant restaurants and cafes. With these they actually subordinated the castle itself to the park which is the main attraction here. Two Pegasus statues guard the Mediterranean style stairway leading up to the Italian garden. Pegasus was the heraldic animal of the Wingfield family. The mosaic of the road leading to Lake Triton was made using several tons of grapple. The statue of Triton standing in the middle of the lake is a copy of Bernini work of the 17th century. Especially exotic evergreens grow well here in the park. In the pet Cemetery, the Wingfield's dogs, cats and horses are buried. On the former Marsh Land lying a bit lower a quite little Japanese Garden has been created. The fountain decorated with dolphins stands on a lake full of gold fish. The huge botanic garden also has its own nursery and green houses. If someone would like to buy and take home the seeds of Irish wild flowers were that of the three leaf clover, the Shamrock, he can do it here. From Powerscourt the military road built by former English soldiers' lives to the heart of the Wicklow Mountains, not far from the Great Sugar Loaf we can glimpse the nicest water fall of the country, the Powerscourt Waterfall. The forming water of the Dark old river falls form the height of 130 meters into a granite precipice. Going along in the military road we encounter romantic landscapes and several smaller waterfalls. The Glenmacnass waterfall is especially pretty. Here are Ireland's highest situated village Roundwood and smallest village, Vale of Clara consisting of only two houses, a church and a school. When we're talking about European car production beside the German, French and Italian we tend to forget the English, however they produce really excellent cars and the Veteran Roll Royce, Jaguars, Rovers, Morris, Triumphs and MG's are very much in demand equally in England, Scotland and Ireland. In castle gardens old timer car events are often organized providing lavish entertainment for those interested. On such events we can often meet models from one brand of several generations. The cars can even be rented for weddings or larger events. Drinking is not the only activity in Irish pubs but we can also have a meal and become acquainted with the National cuisine at reasonable prices. Breakfast here is similar to an English one, however porridge is inevitable and in many places the local version of Scottish haggis is also consumed. The main meal can be fish, beef or turkey. Trout and salmon are also very popular but also shellfish soup and fresh oysters. A typical meal is the Dublin coddle made of sausages, streaky bacon, potatoes and onions and of course there's always fish stew. The legendary Irish stew is a soup made of mutton, onions and potatoes and can be enough as a one dish meal. Tags: Visit Powerscourt Estate in Ireland,Ireland travel attractions,Ireland Travel Guide,Ireland travel information,ireland travel tips,shepherd entertainment,world travel,Powerscourt Estate in Ireland,shepherdfilm

• published: 05 Apr 2014
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