# Driving over the Wicklow Gap

What to do en Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains · Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/wicklow-gap-drive · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 30 min
- Temporada: All year; in ice or fog, choose another route
- Para quién: Confident drivers; narrow road

Mountain road · 30 min · from Glendalough to Hollywood over the pass between bogs and heather

The road that heads west out of Laragh climbs the valley to the Wicklow Gap, the pass between the mountains, with bogs, heather and open views on both sides, and drops down towards Hollywood and the southern motorway. If you are driving to Kilkenny or going back to Dublin by the west, it is the scenic route; the coach tours from Glendalough to Kilkenny also cross it.
It is narrow and winding, and remember that you drive on the left. At the top there is room to stop for photos.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 53.0383, -6.4083

## Cerca de aquí

- [Miners' Road walk to the mining village](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/miners-road-walk), a 5.7 km
- [The Spinc and Glenealo Valley walk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/spinc-and-glenealo-loop), a 5.7 km
- [Walk to the Upper Lake along the Green Road](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/green-road-upper-lake), a 5.7 km
- [Poulanass Waterfall and St Kevin's Cell](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/poulanass-waterfall), a 6.0 km
- [Glendalough International Hostel (An Óige)](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-stay/glendalough-international-hostel), a 6.1 km
- [St Kevin's monastic city and the round tower](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/things-to-do/monastic-city-and-round-tower), a 6.2 km
- [Casey's Bar & Bistro, at the Glendalough Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-eat/caseys-bar-glendalough-hotel), a 6.3 km
- [The Glendalough Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough/where-to-stay/glendalough-hotel), a 6.3 km

Destino: [Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains](https://www.geocalia.com/en/ireland/glendalough.md)