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Victorian Christmas Market at Wicklow Gaol

  • 12-12-2012 09:11PM
    #1
    gagiteebo
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    Hi all,
    Just wondering has anybody been to this at all? This year or any other year? It looks great from reading through the website and am planning to take a trip there this weekend and looking for some reviews before we set off as it will be an hour and a half drive there!

    Thank you :)


Comments

  • #2
    madhatter76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭madhatter76


    I'm sorry to say so but I was very disappointed.

    If I recall right they charge a tenner for 2 adults for the Gaol.

    Correction:
    €12.00 per child with up to two adult
    €5.00 children over 12yrs (not visiting Santa)
    Additional adult’s €5.00 pp

    Inside you have some stalls with crafted stuff and Victorian style things but also the usual Christmas gadgets and some dolls on display. A few people in Victorian dresses were running around amusing the visitors. (this was on a weekend)

    IMHO: The advertisements and descriptions might lead into certain imagination of a wonderland which is not held up. Even Wicklow town which was described as "transformed into a Victorian village" is pretty much the same with a few shop owners participating into dressing up and decorating the shop windows slightly more tasteful and stylish than usual.


  • #3
    spank_inferno
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    Right on the nose.

    It's a nice efford, but has no impression on the rest of the town.

    I wouldn't consider it worth travelling for.


  • #4
    Splendour
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    Haven't been myself but a friend of mine went and said it was a waste of time. She said there were just a few stalls selling sweets and 'fluffy stuff'?!
    She didn't have to pay in though?


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