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Giants Causeway and Belfast 2 Days with Private Chauffeur Tour
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Northern Ireland has a lot going for it: geological wonders, Game of Thrones filming locations, a city that’s genuinely exciting to spend time in, and a distillery that’s been making whiskey since 1608. This private two-day tour from Dublin gets you to all of it, with an English-speaking guide who shapes the experience around what interests you most.
Day one belongs to the Causeway Coast. The Giant’s Causeway is the main draw - 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns rising from the sea in a landscape that looks engineered but isn’t. The Dark Hedges, that impossibly photogenic beech tree avenue made famous by Game of Thrones, is close by, and Dunluce Castle clings to its clifftop as dramatically as any castle in Ireland. If time allows, a stop at Bushmills Distillery for a tasting rounds out the day nicely. Bushmills has been distilling since 1608 - one of the oldest licensed distilleries in the world.
Day two is Belfast. The city has transformed itself considerably from its troubled past and is now one of the most interesting destinations on the island. The Peace Wall murals tell the story of the Troubles with real honesty. Belfast City Hall anchors the city centre, and the Victoria Square dome has rooftop views worth stopping for. There’s also time for eating, wandering and taking in a city that’s still figuring out who it wants to be - in the best possible way - before the drive back to Dublin.
Bushmills is three kilometres from the Giant’s Causeway and worth knowing properly. The village has a narrow-gauge heritage railway - the Giant’s Causeway and Bushmills Railway - that runs two miles to the Causeway and back. If the distillery tasting is on your plan, book it online a few days ahead: it sells out by mid-morning in summer. The Bushmills Inn’s gas-lit bar is still lit by gas, has a peat fire that smells like the place was built around it, and does live music on Friday and Saturday evenings - a very good reason to stay overnight in the village rather than pressing on to Belfast.
At the Giant’s Causeway, your guide can bring you to the stones before the main visitor centre opens if you arrive early. The Causeway Coast Way walking path connects Bushmills to the Causeway off-road - a 4.3 km stretch your guide can use to avoid the busiest hour of coach traffic.
On day two, Belfast gives you a full city’s worth of decisions. The black taxi tours of the Falls and Shankill murals are the real insider experience - ask your guide to recommend a driver who actually lived through the Troubles, not one who learned the script from YouTube. For food, St George’s Market (Friday to Sunday) is the city’s best market and a fraction of restaurant prices; the Mourne Seafood Bar on Bank Street does Carlingford oysters and is right beside Kelly’s Cellars, Belfast’s oldest pub. The Crown Liquor Saloon on Great Victoria Street is Victorian tilework and gas lighting and is worth a stop even if you don’t drink.
If your overnight is in Belfast and you have a clear morning before the return drive, the walk from the Lagan Weir past Titanic Belfast along the waterfront - past the SS Nomadic and the Glass of Thrones stained-glass windows - takes about an hour and is completely flat. The Titanic Quarter hotel sleeps in the actual Harland & Wolff drawing offices where the ship was designed.