Tourism and Tourist Attractions in Northern Ireland as excursions from the seaside town of Bangor on Northern Ireland’s ‘Gold Coast’ (North Down).
As far as we can tell, the M&D Theme Park day tours are no longer available with Stena Line. For up-to-date information check the Stena Line website. I really think M&D needs a proper rebrand, to something more generic, like Adventure World or Big Thunder Land, or just something to let people know that it’s …
Stena Line: Belfast to Scotland’s M&D Theme Park Read More »
The Titanic Quarter is a relatively new tourist area in Belfast City Centre, or at least it was a bit of a mess before the rejuvenation of the Belfast harbour area spurred by the opening of the Titanic Belfast Museum (2012). This was soon followed by the development of further museums and tourist attractions like …
Stormont is one of those overlooked tourist gems in Belfast, seen more as a quick photo-op from the open-top hop-on/hop-off bus tours. But I would forever recommend hopping off that bus as there really is more to Stormont, and the surrounding grounds of Stormont Estate to make it well worthwhile. And the same goes for …
I never considered Dublin Airport as an easy travel option from Northern Ireland, opting more for flights from Belfast to London, which really just added an extra flight to most long-haul journeys. But, partly due to crap airports in Northern Ireland, I now prefer flights in-and-out of Dublin, and with simple buses between Dublin Airport …
First off. The George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is very different than the Belfast International Airport (BFS) and full flight arrivals and arrival times can be found on the airport website. The airport is located less than 4 miles from Belfast City Centre (10-minute drive) in East Belfast and less than 10 miles (18-minute …
Sandy beaches, cliff edge castles and a Unesco World Heritage Site. The Causeway Coastal Route is home to many of Northern Ireland’s iconic landscapes, and it is also my old stomping ground. Once upon a time (a long time ago) I actually studied in nearby Coleraine (University of Ulster) and lived for two years in …
Best of the Causeway Coast and Coastal Route (UNESCO) Read More »
It has become like routine for us now to escape at winter, to chase the snow, as we did very similar in past years when we were hopping through Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan in 2017, on an 8 country road trip in East Central Europe in 2016, and then there was Hunan, China in 2015. So now this year we are hopping …
I really don’t understand the whole ‘eating out’ thing, where you pay twice the price, for mediocre food, while sitting in stuffy, uncomfortable surroundings. At the same time, I would forever choose chip shop food over any restaurant that I know. Because there are differences between chip shop food and restaurants, where, for example, I …
We spend a lot of our time living in the endless heats of sunny Thailand, so what we really miss is the 4 distinct seasons celebrated in Northern Ireland. The Spring, summer, autumn and winter. And while people do generally see the summer months as being the best time to visit Northern Ireland, I do …
I can say we had no real enthusiasm for this trip to Dublin, given we had both caught colds on arrival to Belfast, and were coughing our lungs up on the bus down. But we also failed to find much excitement online either, where, unlike Belfast City Centre with its Christmas market at city hall, …
