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If you want to see the North coast out of a base like Belfast fo example , our tours are very different. Ireland Luxury Tours like to drive the coast road through Carrickfergus to Larne. Then on to Carnlough and a coffee stop at the Londonderry Arms Hotel , once owned by Winston Churchill. Then on [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to Portrush, Northern Ireland’s Favourite Holiday Destination Portrush has a spectacular location, being situated on a mile long peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean on the North coast of Ireland. This affords panoramic views over the ocean of the Causeway Coast towards Scotland and the Donegal hills. Portrush offers exceptional beaches, superb restaurants, night clubs, [...]
Portstewart is Portrush’s closest neighbour with a population of 7,803. The two resorts have carved out distinctive characters of their own over the centuries since their similar roots as small fishing villages. Lying only 4 miles east of Portrush and only 4 miles north of Coleraine, Portstewart is well situated for an all-round holiday on [...]