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Mountain Splendour Taste Tour With Breakfast

Tour Type: Outdoor Attractions Location: Irelands Ancient East Duration: 6 hours

Start your day with the finest continental breakfast in Waterford, then dive into the heart of mountain life.

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White decorated communal dining area in hotel. Traditional, striped beige wallpaper on the walls with rectangular picture frames hanging in symmetry. Large round table in the left foreground with various breakfast items including 3 jugs of juice, pastries and yogurts. Blonde woman in white shirt uniform holding a bowl of oats near the table. Set up dining tables in the background with white sheets and cutlery.

Tall hay fields with mountain view in the background. Two large stones in the foreground with man wearing dark navy jacket, blue jeans and green wellie boots sitting on one. Sheep dog resting beside him in the left while the man holds a stick on the right.

Grey pavement covering the foreground. Blue skies in the background with the middle ground consisting of greenery. Short plants of leaves and grass. In the middle of the greenery lays a light stone rock with black writing stating 'magic road'.

Tour Type: Outdoor Attractions Location: Irelands Ancient East Duration: 6 hours

Mountain Splendour Taste Tour With Breakfast

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Start your day with the finest continental breakfast in Waterford, then dive into the heart of mountain life.

What to Expect

Breakfast at the well-known Granville Hotel
Witness Shepherding first hand in Crough Wood
Visit the Comeragh Sustainable farm and it's infamous black faced sheep
Live like a local in Mahon Falls where you'll uncover the tales of the land.
Enjoy lunch at the converted Farmhouse 'Cooney's Yard'

Full Description

Start the day at Granville Hotel, where you will meet your tour guide and gain an exclusive insight into the folklore and secrets of mountain life.

Fuel your body for the tour with the breakfast at the hotel where you can enjoy their renowned Flahavan’s Organic Porridge with Waterford’s Muldoon Whiskey, or the Full Irish, made fresh with local ingredients.

Next you will trail down to Andrew Malcolm at Crough Wood where you will learn his understanding of the flora from the landscape - here you will discover what is and is NOT edible.

After Crough Wood, take a well-deserved coffee break at Crough Coffee to recharge and prepare for the next step of the adventure.

Next, visit the Ballynamult Mountain Farm to discover the organic vegetables grown on site. You will learn about the sustainable practices of the farm off Clotilde Kiely.

Meet the black-faced, Scottish Sheep and witness the Shepherding in action at Mahon Falls.This is brought to you by Willie Drohan. His family has been farming on the land for six generations.

Break for lunch at the converted farmhouse Cooney's Yard which is the farm's family-owned café. Here you can taste the fresh food local to the farm.

The tour ends back where it began at the Granville Hotel - which gives you the opportunity to explore Waterford City and uncover the historic tales of city life.

Location

Pick up and Drop off Location: Granville Hotel, Waterford City

Additional Information

Suitable clothing reccomended - raincoats, wellies, walking shoes - according to the weather.

Itinerary

> 10am - Meet at Granville Hotel

- Enjoy a continental or full breakfast at the historic Bianconi Restaurant, featuring their famous Flahavan’s Organic Porridge with Waterford Muldoon Whiskey, or a hearty Full Irish made with locally sourced ingredients.

> 10:45am - Foraging at Crough Wood

> 12.10pm - Comeragh Mountain Farm

> 1.35pm - Mahon Falls

> 2.05pm - Lunch at Cooney's Yard

> 4.00pm - Granville Hotel - Tour ends