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Northern Ireland
3 days · 5 things to do
Best time to go: May to September
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Welcome
Northern Ireland, in a few days
From the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway to Belfast and its Titanic museum, Northern Ireland packs dramatic coastline, Game of Thrones filming locations and a history that still shapes the place.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Giant's Causeway free · about 1 h 30Some 40,000 interlocking basalt columns left by ancient volcanic activity, a UNESCO site on the Antrim coast; the cliff path gives the best view.
- Afternoon · Titanic Belfast · 2 to 3 hA museum on the slipways where the Titanic was built, telling the story of the ship and of industrial Belfast.
🛏️ Where to sleep · The Bushmills Inn Hotel€180 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Dark Hedges free · about 30 minAn avenue of 18th-century beech trees near Ballymoney, made famous by Game of Thrones; now closed to cars, and best seen early.
- Afternoon · Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge · about 1 hA rope bridge strung about 30 metres above the sea to a small island once used by salmon fishermen; timed tickets apply.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Europa Hotel€150 a night
D3
Day 3
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Dunluce Castle · about 1 hThe ruins of a medieval castle on the edge of a basalt cliff above the sea, on the Causeway Coast road.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Maldron Hotel Belfast City€130 a night
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Irish stew: lamb, potato and onion, cooked slowly and seasoned lightly.
- Soda bread: raised with bicarbonate instead of yeast, baked that same morning.
- Atlantic seafood, and Galway oysters before anything else.
- The full Irish breakfast, which doubles as lunch if you time it right.
- Guinness, and Irish whiskey after it.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Driving is on the left, and the lanes are narrow, wet and walled.
- Drinking in pubs is expensive: a pint in Dublin runs well over six euro.
- Book early along the Wild Atlantic Way, above all in July and August.
- Dress in layers: four seasons in a day is a description, not a joke.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyEuro (EUR, €)
BudgetAbout €110 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMay to September
PlugG (prise UK) · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink
TippingOptional, around 10%
Emergency112 / 999
EntryIreland sits outside Schengen: EU citizens need only an ID card, UK citizens travel freely under the Common Travel Area, and US, Canadian and Australian passports get 90 days visa-free.
HealthNo specific vaccination needed. Check that tetanus, polio and MMR are up to date.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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