Listed under Road Trips in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
The strange rocky tor tiles of the Giant's Causeway aren't the only attraction along this drive, but they're the one that gets most people excited about a drive along the Irish coast between Belfast Lough and Lough Foyle. The soft, rolling glens, ruined and not so ruined castles, pretty towns, quiet beaches and photo-ready views are the unexpected fancy icing on an already interesting cake.
Starting just out of Belfast at Newtownabbey, the route takes car-fuls by the Norman castle at Carrickfergus, the port of Lame, and through the glens of Antrim, before running though numerous pretty seaside towns – Cushendun is worth stopping in, as is Ballycastle for a quick ferry trip out to Rathlin Island.
The world's oldest distillery is en route as well, it's called Bushmills, and it's in Bushmills. If a break from the car is needed, and you're driving - so a distillery is possibly not the best idea - there's a pretty spectacular golf course at Portrush and one of Ireland's best known castles, 14th Century Dunluce Castle, a short drive away.
This is the kind of trip that you could take your time over visiting all the towns and castles, or breeze along on a sunny afternoon with the top down.
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