Ireland's Wicklow Mountains Hides A Serene Heart-Shaped Lake For Hikers Taking On A Challenging Trail. Story by Sophie Dunne • 43m. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

I went because: At age 65, I wanted to take a solo hike of the Wicklow Way, a path from Dublin through mountains and past lakes and ruins of the Wicklow Mountains. Don't miss: Seeing the Guinness ...

WICKLOW, Ireland — The road winds across the spine of the mountains, past a seemingly endless wilderness of heather-covered bogs, lakes, waterfalls, pine forests and trails. There is an eerie ...

WICKLOW, Ireland – The road winds across the spine of the mountains, past a seemingly endless wilderness of heather-covered bogs, lakes, waterfalls, pine forests and trails.

The ‘Garden of Ireland’ is a fabled landscape of rivers, forest walkways and smugglers’ coves where visitors can forage, wild swim and follow woodland paths to monastic ruins.