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Giants Causeway & Derry Day Tour from Belfast

Departs:

Paddys Palace, Belfast (cnr Lisburn Rd & Fitzwilliam St), City Hall, Europa Hotel, and Linen House Hostel at 9.30am
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Description:

The BEST day tour to The Giants Causeway & Rope Bridge from Belfast, includes a fascinating visit to Historic Derry!

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"This was the best organised and best delivered day-tour of my entire holiday in Ireland. The local Northern Irish Guide, Steve Mc, was excellent and the group of international travellers gelled together well" - Ronnie McStravick - PEI, Canada

"Importantly we had ample time at the Rope-bridge, the Giants Causeway and the wonderfully historic walled city of Derry/Londonderry, which was a real hidden gem for me and my wife" - Martin Jacobsen, Oslo

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PICK UPS:

9.30AM @ Paddys Palace- 68 Lizburn Road & Fitzwilliam St

9:40AM @ Europa Bus Station/Europa Hotel

9:45AM @ City Hall- Donegal Square West, beside MACE

9.50AM @ Linen House Hostel- 18-20 Kent Street, by Belfast Central Library

 

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Leave Belfast at 9.30am in the company of your 100% irish local guie and your fellow travel partners for today, we'll get to know each other and have our charming guide set the scene as we take the drive through the rolling farmland of county Antrim to the North Coast of Ireland - an area of outstanding natural beauty.

11am approx - Arrive at the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, hike/walk to this visual masterpiece, see Scotland in the distance and glance back at the magnificent array of sea-birds perched on the towering precipices (consider crossing at your own risk for a small optional fee to the National Trust, the registered UK charity that maintains the Bridge).

12.30 Vist the Giants Causeway, a UNESCO world heritage sight! learn of the globally unnique geology and also of the fabled giants - Fionn McCool & co. - who built these in celtic days gone by! This is a true highlight of anyones trip to Ireland. Simply amazing

2.30pm arrive in Historic Derry, known as Londonderry to Ulster's loyalist community. Savour the delights of this wonderful city or maybe take an optional guided tour of the city walls. Your Paddywagon guide will show you the world famous political murals and explain the Bloody Sunday tragedy (1972) to you. This is the spot for any lover of history,

Youll have time to find somewhere relaxing for a hearty snack and then we'll take the pleasant drive - 1hr45mins  - back to Belfast via the idyllic Sperrin Mountains - so so beautiful.

6.30pm appro: Arrive back in Belfastsafe and well in downtown Belfast, your thirst for knowledge quenched and the top 3 attractions in Northern Ireland now crossed of your list!


PICK UP POINTS:
Paddy's Palace, City Hall, Europa Hotel and Linen House Hostel

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OUR GUIDES MEET OUR PRESIDENT - the above pic features two of our 'senior' Day-Trip Guides, Cathal O'Connell & Stephen McPhilemy, enjoying the proud moment upon being received by Her Excellency Mary McAleese, President of Ireland at the Presidential Palace - Aras an Uachtarain - in Dublin's Phoenix Park this summer.

All of our professional guides are highly trained, proudly patriotic and among the best trained and highly respected in the world of travel.

 

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Tour Highlights:

:: Giants Causeway
:: Dunluce Castle photo stop
:: Rope bridge


Tour Route:

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Tour Route



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Cost per Passenger: GBP£18

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