The Center Parcs Experience

Unless you want to go to centre parcs and not have a foreign holiday?

I’d be of the opinion that I’d go with the smallest suitable and cheapest available. Which for you is probably the apartment, unless you’re bringing a baby then you might want the extra space to put them in a bedroom while you have a drink. Its expensive enough that I wouldn’t get something unnecessary as an extra, the apartments look lovely and look over the lake.

We have booked for 4 nights around Paddys day.

looking forward to it ...

Not positive on this as it’s been a while but think it was a bit less than 40 a bike, 38 is in my head that’s per bike. Be aware though that the booking for bikes looks odd whatever way they have it set up, the price kinda looks like that’s the price for day and the bike has to be picked up at a specific time, it’s for your stay and you can pick up at anytime.

not cheap but if you don’t have a bike or a bike carrier it what can you do. Although if you do have bikes it might be a similar price to buy a bike carrier which you might get to use again.

Look up ballymahon greenway cycles.

They're local & about half the price.

We have booked bikes here for ours, very reasonably priced and great to deal with (so far 🙂 )

@Muahahaha the price is per stay for rental of bikes, so it’s 38 for 3 or 4 days.

No it’s not, now it’s been a couple of years since I was there so I might be wrong on the price but I’m pretty sure it’s in that ball park. Still though if you were bringing 3/4 kids it’s another couple of hundred quid onto the price of a holiday.

Just back and found it underwhelming.

It's good for people who don't really like the outdoors but want to experience it. It's all too artificial with manicured paths and no room for exploring. It's very strategic by CP by having you drop off your car at dar away car park. It's like you are stuck with overprice restaurants that don't display prices. Though less cars is nice for walking.Activities are twice price of other places and it's all about safety, not fun. The big aqua centre is good though and cause it's so expensive it's full of very civilised middle classes.

I'm glad I went but dont think I'll be returning. Some positives such as set in a carved out forest is lovely but feel it could be done somewhere else at less price with more excitement.

"cause it's so expensive it's full of very civilised middle classes."

Come on ...... 🙄

Maybe you should go camping in the mountains then , or join the Army for the wilder experience?

Anyone that goes knows its not set in a wild forest! Or , maybe just not you ?

i meant that its full of civilised middle classes as a positive thing. my point is that there is no-one making trouble. i never thought it was set in a wild forest. id say alot of boards readers come here as they dont what to expect if they book it so i was explaining what it is like. and although most boards posters can be very negative, i didnt mean that as a negative thing either. it is very safe. they got as far as to salting the paths during frost. which is a good thing

This day next week , we will be there..

We are looking forward to it.. .Hopefully the weather is kind :)

You got the weather anyway.