2 days at the Giant's Causeway
Portrush & Portstewart → Carrick-a-Rede & Ballintoy · 2 days · ~1h total driving
Two days is the shortest trip on this site and it still works, because everything sits within twenty minutes of everything else. Base yourself in Portrush or Bushmills.
Heading north · 2 days
Portrush & Portstewart → Carrick-a-Rede & Ballintoy
~1h total driving
Day 1 · Antrim & LondonderryCauseway Coast
Portrush & Portstewart
Two seaside towns, a championship links, and the surf at East Strand.
- East Strand & West Strand
- Portstewart Strand
Day 2 · AntrimCauseway Coast
~1h drive
Carrick-a-Rede & Ballintoy
The rope bridge to a salmon fisherman's island. Ballintoy harbour next door.
- The Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge
- Ballintoy harbour
2 regions skipped to fit your time
- Dunluce & the Causeway cliffs — The ruined castle on the cliff edge, the coast path to the Causeway.
- Giant's Causeway & Bushmills — 40,000 basalt columns, a UNESCO site, and the world's oldest licensed distillery next door.
Driving times are honest mid-range estimates. The WAW is full of small roads, and you'll want to stop. Plan for slower than Google Maps tells you.
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