What is the best way to combine Belfast, the Causeway Coast and Derry?
Run it as a loop in that order and give it four nights. Start with two nights in Belfast: Titanic Belfast on the shipyard site where the ship was built, plus the city centre and its Victorian streets. Then drive the Antrim coast road north, about an hour and fifteen minutes from Belfast to Portrush in our dataset, stopping for Dunluce Castle, the Giant's Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede, and sleep on the coast rather than driving back. Finish with a night in Derry to walk the complete city walls and cross the Foyle. Belfast to Derry direct is about an hour and twenty five minutes if you need to close the loop fast.
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Sources
- Irish Escapes county guides, destination pages, regions, itineraries and road dataset: shared/counties.json, shared/places.json, shared/regions.json, shared/itineraries.json and shared/roads.json
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