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Powerscourt Estate

Filmed as The Count's Paris estate

📍 Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Enniskerry, Ireland

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Powerscourt Estate
Photo: Frabjousone · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown · The Count of Monte Cristo

  1. The Count's Paris estate

    2002 Mild spoilers

    The Count arrives at his own lavish party by hot-air balloon, landing on the Italian Garden steps with the house lit up behind him.

    Edmond Dantès

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Also filmed here: Wednesday

  1. Hester Frump's mansion

    S02E06 Mild spoilers

    A family visit to a grand country house.

    Hester Frump Morticia Addams Wednesday Addams

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Real-world history

Palladian house and terraced gardens. In Season 2 the house plays a grand family mansion and the gardens are used for a cemetery scene.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Ticketed gardens and house. Combined tickets available.

Parking & accessibility: Large visitor car park.

Best time to visit: Garden opening time. Weekdays beat Dublin day-trip crowds.

What else to see here

  • Powerscourt Waterfall

    Separate ticket; used in the camp episodes.

    Waterfall

    10 min drive