Activities We provide advice to people on day trips and tours and can help out with an itinerary for the day and provide a packed lunch if necessary. We have a wide range of activities locally which include: Five 18-Hole Golf Courses at Rathdowney, Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Roscrea and The Heath. Fishing on rivers Erkina and Nore. Music and dancing locally. Cinemas within easy distance. Enjoy walking in the Slieve Bloom Mountains, or marked woodland walks in the Cullohill Mountains and Durrow Leafy Loop. Pony trekking and equestrian pursuits are also catered for nearby. Discover some of our world renowned Gardens in Laois, Emo Court Gardens, Luyten Gardens Ballinakill, Gash Gardens Castletown, and the Abbey Sensory Gardens in Abbeyleix. Visitors Garden at Castletown House. GOLF Co Laois the Golfers' Paradise. We invite you to enjoy a Golfing Holiday and to experience a different uncrowded course each day. Choose from the many 18 Hole courses within easy reach, which suit all handicaps. Relax with a great nights entertainment locally. ANGLING We invite you to a Fishing trip for Game or Course Angling. The Course Angling enthusiast is well catered for, with angling available in canals, rivers and a number of scenic lakes around the county. The Game Angler can enjoy stocks of Perch, Rudd, Bream, Hybrids, Salmon and Trout. CYCLING & WALKING IN THE HEART OF IRELAND Enjoy peace and freedom from traffic in this quiet unspoilt county of Laois. For the Walking enthusiast we have lots of marked walkways through woods, lakeshores, mountains and valleys. The cyclist can spend many happy hours on the highways and byways, have a chance to meet the locals, and enjoy the nightly entertainment. HERITAGE TRAIL Rich in unspoilt natural surroundings, steeped in history with a magnificent range of ancient monuments from Celtic ring forts and Norman keeps to early Christian Monastic Sites and Historic Houses and Castles. The Laois people are very proud of their heritage and have a warm welcome for visitors. Discover the secrets of the Slieve Bloom Mountains, and its beautiful glens, waterfalls, nature trails and rivers, a delight for the Botanist, Geologist and Architect. Last Updated Aug 2010