Belvedere Easter Bunny resting in Cherry Valley after hiding all the eggs for the Easter Hunts.

Easter at Belvedere House Gardens and Park

Have an eggs-citing time this Easter at Belvedere House Gardens and Park with the fantastic Golden Ticket Easter Egg Hunts on Easter Sunday and Monday.Thousands of eggs are hidden along three different age-group trails and the egg hunts start at midday on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Egg hunters will have to be on site from 11.30am, as these hunts are popular.Also hidden are hundreds of special Belvedere Golden Tickets that are redeemable for large handmade eggs and Easter hens from the Belvedere Easter Bunny after the hunts.You can enjoy a great family day out after building up an appetite on the hunts by having lunch in Belvedere's new Catoca Cafe.As a preview of the Belvedere House Self-Sufficiency Show the following weekend, visit the Easter chick farm, where you can view - and purchase if you wish - a variety of poultry.For Thomas the Tank Engine enthusiasts The Belvedere Easter Eggspress has been moved to Saturday May 5 because of rail works at Connolly Station and the Belvedere Steam Train Excursion will be to Longford.Tickets can be purchased in advance only on 044 9349060 on May 5.Belvedere Easter Events:Golden Ticket Easter Egg Hunts, Easter Sunday and Monday at middayBelvedere House Self-Sufficiency Show, Saturday April 14 and Sunday 15Belvedere Steam Train Excursion, Mullingar-Longford-Mullingar, Saturday May 5www.belvedere-house.ie