| County Antrim |
| Giant's Causeway |
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Giant's Causeway official website link |
A
stunning and quite unusual rock formation, the Giant’s Causeway is an
expanse of regular, packed, hexagonal stone columns which is a Unesco
World Heritage site and a National Nature Reserve. The Tourist Office
(call 20731855 for information or send an e-mail to
causewaytic@hotmail.com) is located beside the National Trust’s
giftshop and has the following opening times:
10am to 7pm in July and August
10am to 6pm in June
10am to 5pm from March to May and in September and October
10am to 4.30pm from November to February
The best way to visit the area is to follow the path on the cliff top
(2km) to the Chimney Tops headland. There the views on the Causeway are
amazing. You will also see the coastline to the West including
Inishowen and Malin Head. On the way back, a footpath descends to the
Causeway below Port Noffer.
The Causeway Coast from the Giant’s Causeway to Ballycastle has
wonderful scenery with a contrast of sea cliffs, rocky islands and
picturesque harbours. The Causeway Coast Way is the best way to enjoy
the stretch, a 15km walk of pure amazement. On your way you will come
across several points of interest, amongst which the ruins of the
spectacular Dunseverick Castle, the sandy beach of White Park Bay, the
picturesque villages of Portbradden and Ballintory. The main attraction
is the well-known Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (call 20731582 for
information) which links the sea-cliffs and the island of
Carrick-a-Rede, 30m above the water. |
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Giant's Causeway - Vue from the cliffs
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Giant's Causeway - Giant's Causeway - View site
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Giant's Causeway - Representation of the Irish geant Finn macCool in the front of a Pub in bushmills
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Giant's Causeway - The Organs
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