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Giants Causeway with Private Chauffeur Day Tour from Dublin
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A private chauffeur day tour that you can tailor however you like. The core of the day is the Giant’s Causeway, but you can add in Dunluce Castle, a tasting at Bushmills Distillery, the Dark Hedges, and more depending on what appeals to your group. Your driver John can also book a restaurant for an evening meal if you’d like to round off the day with dinner. All fees and taxes are covered in the price.
The Giant’s Causeway is the heart of this tour. The headland juts out into the north Antrim coast in a formation of tightly packed basalt columns that point towards Scotland - the result of ancient volcanic activity and slow lava cooling. You can walk among the columns right at the edge of the sea, around 1km from the site entrance. The setting is dramatic: Atlantic waves, rugged cliffs, hidden bays, and views that stretch as far as the eye can see. Allow around 2 hours here.
A short drive brings you to the Old Bushmills Distillery in the village of Bushmills, County Antrim. Founded in 1784 and now owned by Proximo Spirits, it uses water drawn from Saint Columb’s Rill, a tributary of the River Bush. The stop includes a distillery tasting. Allow around 30 minutes.
Dunluce Castle sits high on the coastal cliffs of north Antrim, built by the MacQuillan family around 1500 and later caught up in the bitter feud between the McQuillan and MacDonnell clans. Today it’s a ruin, but a romantic and striking one - you cruise past along the coastline and take in the view from below. Allow around 30 minutes.
The Dark Hedges were planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century as an impressive approach to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House. Two centuries on, the beech trees have grown into each other overhead, forming a dramatic natural tunnel. HBO used this stretch of road in Game of Thrones as the Kingsroad (Season 2, Episode 1). Allow around 30 minutes.
The distillery stop is 30 minutes in the itinerary, but if your group wants longer, this is a private tour - you set the pace. Bushmills Distillery sells out of guided tour slots fast in summer, so if you want the full tour rather than just a tasting, ask your driver to confirm availability when booking. Book the distillery tour slot online a few days ahead if you’re travelling in July or August.
After the Causeway, the village of Bushmills is three kilometres up the road and worth the detour if your schedule allows. The coaches rarely come into the village itself, so it still feels like a proper Antrim village. The Bushmills Inn’s Gas Bar on Main Street is lit by gas and has a peat fire - a good stop for lunch before the afternoon’s castle and hedges.
At the Giant’s Causeway itself, the stones are free to walk on - it’s the visitor centre that charges. The real trick is timing: come at the opening or after 4pm, when the coach crowds thin. The Giant’s Causeway loop walk (2km, about an hour) goes down the cliff path, along the basalt columns, and back up the Shepherd’s Steps - the most rewarding way to see the site.
The Dunluce Castle headland is a short walk around the ruins and the lost-town site discovered by archaeologists in 2011 - a planned 17th-century settlement with a grid street plan, hidden beside the castle for centuries. The wind off the sea is usually significant; a layer is useful even in summer.