Causeway Coastal Route Weekend
Antrim, Ireland
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Causeway Coastal Route Weekend
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Two days on the Antrim coast. The Giant's Causeway is 40,000 interlocking basalt columns left by a lava flow cooling and cracking, and it is best at low tide when the full pavement is exposed. Carrick-a-Rede is a rope bridge slung about 30 metres above the rocks to a fishing island, crossed a few at a time. Bushmills prints 1608 on its labels, the date of a royal licence to distil in the district, and the distillery still works. And the Dark Hedges — a beech avenue planted around 1775 — is worth walking at dawn; the Bregagh Road has been closed to traffic since October 2017 to keep vehicles off the trees' roots.
Required Activities
1
of 5
Walk the Giant's Causeway at low tide, when the full basalt pavement is exposed
2
of 5
Cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge to the fishing island, about 30 metres above the rocks
3
of 5
Tour Old Bushmills Distillery, the working distillery whose labels carry the 1608 licence date
4
of 5
Park at the Hedges car park and walk the Bregagh Road at dawn — it has been closed to traffic since 2017 to protect the roots
5
of 5
Stop at Dunluce Castle on its basalt outcrop, reached by a bridge, between the Causeway and Portrush
Walk the Giant's Causeway at low tide, when the full basalt pavement is exposed
Cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge to the fishing island, about 30 metres above the rocks
Tour Old Bushmills Distillery, the working distillery whose labels carry the 1608 licence date
Park at the Hedges car park and walk the Bregagh Road at dawn — it has been closed to traffic since 2017 to protect the roots
Stop at Dunluce Castle on its basalt outcrop, reached by a bridge, between the Causeway and Portrush
Before you go
Crossing the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge must be booked in advance, and the bridge closes in high winds.
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