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A series of spectacular polygonal column’s composed of basalt found on the north coast of County Antrim. Geologists believe that they were formed when an ancient lava flow cooled and solidified approximatley sixty million years ago during the early Tertiary period. Its name stems from a local legend that the columns were built by giants as part [...]

If you are on any of the following cruise ships coming to Belfast in May and June 2010 check out our private tours of…the North Coast/Giants Causeway/Dunluce Castle , Mountains of Mourne and Saint Patricks Grave , Belfast and beyond , and personalised tours of the Ards Peninsula. Just ask and we can create a tour [...]

Day One Arrive in either Dublin or Belfast and meet your driver/guide. Travel in your luxury chauffeur driven vehicle to Belfast’s four star Europa Hotel , or the new five star Fitzwilliam hotel. Enjoy an overview of Belfast visiting the Titanic Dry Dock and Pump-House, see the City Hall, Grand Opera House, Queen’s University, and the famous [...]

La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada which foundered and sank off Lacada Point,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the night of 26 October 1588 after making its way eastward along the Irish coast. The wreck is noteworthy for the loss of life that resulted, and for the treasures since recovered. The Girona had [...]

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge near Ballintoy, on the North coast.  The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island. The site is owned and maintained by the National Trust , spans twenty metres and is thirty metres above the rocks below. The bridge is now taken down every year in late [...]

This spectacular castlecrowned crag on the famous north Antrim coast was shaped when the sea cut deep into the land, exploiting cracks on either side of the rock. The nomadic boatmen – Ireland’s first inhabitants – who crossed from south-west Scotland in about 7,000 BC and left their flinty axes all along this rugged coast, must [...]