Hill Walking in Connemara 5 Great Walks in the West of Ireland Walking and Hiking in Connemara Written by Gillian Duggan Hill Walking in Connemara: Recently, we put together our 5 best walks for beginners in Wicklow, cranking up the difficulty one to five. While talking about grades of difficulty and where to go from […]
Hill Walking Lugnaquilla – Wicklow Highest Peak in Wicklow and Leinster 3 Ways to Walk or Hike Lugnaquilla Lugnaquilla is the highest peak in the Wicklow Mountains at 1003m and the highest in Ireland outside of Co Kerry. On a clear day, the views from the summit are truly awesome. You will see most of […]
Written by John Kelleher.
I started walking with HilltopTreks over ten years ago, and over the years have enjoyed many walks both here in Ireland and in recent years in Europe.
John in Bulgaria
While Wicklow is usually where we conduct most of our walks, we have over the years spent pleasant week-ends away walking in the Comeraghs, Galtees, Slievenamon, Donard, Mournes, Connemara, Ben Bulbin to name just some. In recent years we have travelled to the Dolomites in Northern Italy, Bratislavia in Romania and a group of us also hill walked in Southern Spain near Marbella.
Hill Walking in Ireland Now, I know, I may be biased but I think Ireland is a great place to go hill walking or a hiking. For such a small island, it offers a huge variety of landscapes to explore. With coastal routes to mountain climbs and child-friendly trails. Nowhere is too far from the […]
