Useful Information Derry~Londonderry 1 Map for illustration 6 1 purposes only • Emergency Services: dial 999, Non-Emergency Services: dial 101 2 © Tourism Northern • Public Transport: Translink Bus and Train Services 028 9066 6630, visit www.translink.co.uk 5 3 County 2017 distance BELFAST 2 4 All information correct • Driving is on the left hand side and speed limit signs should be obeyed at all times 4 3 between at time of going to print. 103 DUBLIN • Parking: please pay heed to parking restriction notices as parking fines will be issued 5 165 40 80 ARMAGH • Taxis: all legal taxis will display taxi licence plates. Taxis should generally be pre-booked in 6 County Londonderry 65 123 towns 262 158 234 CORK

advance 405 253 374 miles Galway 83 108 52 214 ENNISKILLEN • Money: The currency is pounds sterling (£). Some large stores may accept Euros (€) Dublin 133 173 83 342 kilometres Belfast Food Tour, Belfast 23 126 64 284 106 LARNE • Search Discover FAQs for more information. 37 202 102 454 170

10 94 31 253 74 36 LISBURN 16 150 50 390 118 57 Belfast is best known as the birthplace of the , but the Titanic

73 140 70 275 61 72 72 LONDONDERRY Quarter is just one part of this vibrant city – there’s history, culture, 117 230 112 440 98 115 115 Belfast and more - all waiting to be explored. 31 86 40 244 92 54 26 99 NEWCASTLE 49 138 64 390 147 86 42 158

Cork 38 66 18 224 70 61 29 88 27 H 61 106 29 358 112 98 44 141 43 Folk Museum 68 110 36 241 27 73 59 34 78 54 OMAG Titanic Quarter 109 176 58 386 43 117 94 54 125 86    61 160 66 294 97 54 62 39 92 99 70 98 256 106 470 155 86 99 62 147 158 112

202 98 180 128 206 225 193 242 191 163 213 258 ROSSLARE 323 157 288 205 330 360 308 387 306 261 341 413

211 132 188 77 168 234 202 221 206 178 203 243 140 SHANNON 338 211 301 123 269 374 323 354 330 285 325 389 224

125 133 93 208 42 148 116 84 133 111 68 120 198 136 SLIGO 200 213 149 333 67 237 185 134 213 178 109 192 317 219

Enjoy the Titanic Experience, book Discover what life was like 100 years , an ancient a Discovery Tour, and walk along ago and chat to costumed guides Egyptian mummy, and modern the deck of SS Nomadic. Uncover demonstrating traditional crafts in masterpieces – the Ulster Museum history in the Public Records Office cottages, farm dwellings, schools has a rich collection of , history or take a tour by boat or Segway. and shops. Nearby you will find and natural sciences. Closed Online discounts for advance the Ulster Transport Museum with Mondays except Bank Holidays. bookings. majestic steam locomotives, horse- drawn carriages, trams and vintage cars. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays. BT3 9EP T 028 9076 6386 BT18 0EU T 028 9042 8428 BT3 9DT T 028 9045 4484 W titanicbelfast.com W nmni.com/uftm W hmscaroline.co.uk £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies

Crumlin Road Gaol Belfast City Hall Belfast Zoological  Gardens

Take a guided tour of the prison; Dating back to the 1890s, this Belfast Zoo has over 1,000 animals, visit the tunnel that connected the building is home to the City such as tree kangaroos, red Courthouse, see an execution cell, Council. Take a free tour, have a pandas, western lowland gorillas and sit in the Governor’s chair. cuppa in the ‘Bobbin Café’ or relax and white-nosed coatis. in the beautiful grounds.

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Glens of Antrim, Co. Antrim

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Binevenagh Mountain Cushendun Caves Ballintoy Harbour & Beach

Appearing as the Dothraki Game of Thrones® fans will Ballintoy Harbour on the North Grasslands in Season 5 when recognise the ancient caves at Antrim Coast is close to Larrybane Daenerys Targaryen was rescued by Cushendun as the place where and Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge. her dragon, Mountain Melisandre gave birth to the These locations have been used for extends for over six miles across the shadow baby after being brought several scenes in Pyke and The peninsula of Magilligan,dominating ashore by Davos Seaworthy in Iron Islands. the skyline over the villages of Season 2. Bellarena, Downhill, Castlerock and Benone beach. BT49 0FG BT44 OPN BT54 6NA

Castle Ward Tollymore Forest Park Inch Abbey

= A stunning 820 acre walled demesne This forest park in the foothills of Inch Abbey was founded by John with a spectacular house, an exotic the is home de Courcy and sits on the bank of = sunken garden and woodland to woodlands, streams, grottos the Quoile River, Co Down. This has overlooking . Castle and caves. The forest was used been a location for a significant = Ward was Winterfell, seat of House in several scenes including the scene and was Robb Stark’s camp Stark, in Season 1. opening scene of the entire series. in Season 1. = Driving Routes BT30 7LS BT31 9B4 BT30 9AX

= Visitor Information Centres A ‘Game of Thrones Filming Locations Northern Ireland’ app has been developed by Northern Ireland = Seasonal Visitor Information Centres Screen for Android and iOS and is available to download free from the Google Play Store and the App Store. Featuring over 20 stunning locations the app will guide fans to publicly accessible Northern Ireland locations used in the epic HBO drama. www.discovernorthernireland.com/gameofthrones 2014 , Co. Antrim Devenish Island, Co. Fermanagh Cider Making, Co. Armagh Mourne Mountains, Co. Down

With rocky landscapes, stunning cliffs, sweeping valleys and The county derives its name from ‘Firmonach’, County Down is best known for it’s majestic Mourne Mountains, the inspiration behind C.S. Lewis’s Narnia, crashing waves, the Antrim coast has it all. Look around (not ‘the men of Monach’, a Celtic tribe that settled around which sweep down to the sea. It’s neighbour is the Ecclesiastical Capital of Ireland; a place of County Antrim down!) from Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, and then catch the County Fermanagh the shores of the loughs in the early Christian era. County Armagh & County Down significance to stimulate and satisfy the soul. ferry to Rathlin Island to complete your Antrim experience.

Please check website for seasonal opening times and fees. Giant’s Causeway Carrick-a-Rede St-Patrick's Centre & Silent Valley Armagh Planetarium Navan Centre & (World Heritage Site)    and Visitor Experience Rope Bridge Down County Museum & Observatorium & Giant's Lair  

The polygonal basalt columns Suspended almost 100 ft above This Medieval 17th century castle, One of the most beautiful Georgian This neo-classical masterpiece This beautiful lakeside demesne is Essential viewing for those who If you want to know more about The author C.S. Lewis loved the Travel to the International Space Uncover the history of Navan Fort, An Area of Outstanding Natural of the Giant’s Causeway were the wild Atlantic Ocean, Carrick- strikingly perched on rocky cliffs houses in Ulster is nestled against from 1798 is set in a landscaped an important nature conservation love stately homes and gardens, Ireland’s patron saint, the Saint Mournes and reportedly based Station and outwards to Mars, or learn about mythical characters, Beauty, the majestic Ring of Gullion created 60 million years ago – a-Rede Rope Bridge provides an and overlooking the North Atlantic, the wild mountain backdrop of park, with numerous walks site with ancient woodland, Mount Stewart is unique. It has Patrick Centre in Downpatrick is his depiction of Narnia on the design your own rocket and use the and interact with the heroes of is ideal for outdoor pursuits. one of Northern Ireland’s top exhilarating connection between was the headquarters of the Benaughlin and . Enjoy to enjoy. Designed to impress freshwater habitats, and the been voted as one of the top the perfect place. The interactive peaks, valleys and forests of these interactive displays to learn about these tales through living history Children will love the Giant’s Lair, visitor attractions. mainland and island. Please note MacDonnell Clan. glorious walks around the scenic Castle Coole’s interior is rich with largest heronry in Ireland. ten gardens in the world, while exhibition brings his fascinating ancient granite mountains. The the cosmos. interpretation. an enchanting storybook trail of that pre-booking is essential. and restful gardens, formerly home exquisite decoration and fine the house has been beautifully story to life. Silent Valley reservoir is circled by fairies and folklore. BT57 8SU T 028 2073 1855 to the Earls of Enniskillen. furnishings. restored. the range and houses beautiful W giantscausewaytickets.com BT57 8UY T 028 2073 1938 parkland and lakes. £ Pre Book online for savings BT54 6LS T 028 2073 3335 W discovernorthernireland.com/things- BT92 1DB T 028 6634 8249 BT74 6JY T 028 6632 2690 BT22 2AD T 028 4278 8387 BT30 6LZ T 028 4461 9000 (Ticket includes: parking, W nationaltrust.org.uk/ to-do/arts-culture-and-heritage/ W nationaltrust.org.uk/ W nationaltrust.org.uk/ BT92 8AP T 028 6773 8118 W nationaltrust.org.uk/ W saintpatrickcentre.com BT34 4HU T 028 4372 2222 BT61 9DB T 028 3752 3689 BT60 4LD T 028 3752 9644 BT35 8SW T 028 3031 3170 use of audio guide, guided walk, carrick-a-rede castles-and-historic-sites florence-court castle-coole W nationaltrust.org.uk/crom mount-stewart £ Saint Patrick Centre has a charge W niwater.com/silent-valley W armaghplanet.com W navan.com W ringofgullion.org interpretation area). £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies Down Museum is free £ Car Park Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Park and Ride Charge Applies

The Old The Gobbins Carrickfergus Castle Belleek Pottery Enniskillen Castle Castle Espie Murlough Hillsborough Castle Monalto Estate Armagh Cathedrals Oxford Island National Distillery UNESCO Global Geopark  & Museum Wetland Centre Nature Reserve & Gardens Nature Reserve  

The craft of whiskey making has The Gobbins experience is the Carrickfergus Castle is one of Experience the beauty and brilliance The picturesque village of Belleek, A stronghold of the Gaelic Maguire The Wildfowl & Wetland Trust’s This fragile 6000-year-old sand The official residence of the Royal Nestled in the picturesque County Armagh's two Cathedrals are a must Nature lovers can wander been carried out at Bushmills for most dramatic cliff path walk in Northern Ireland’s most striking of nature with a visit to one of the situated on the banks of Lough Chieftains, then a Plantation only wetland centre in Northern dune system is owned by the Family when they are in Northern Down countryside, Montalto is a see. There has been a Christian Church footpaths through woodland and over 400 years using the same Europe. Traverse along the narrow monuments and earliest Norman finest show caves in Europe where Erne, is home to the world famous Castle, and later a military Ireland includes a Sensory Garden, National Trust. If you love walking, Ireland, this beautiful late privately-owned demesne steeped on the site of St Patricks Church of wild flower meadows, or observe traditional methods to create path hugging the coast, cross castle. It was begun in 1177 by John an incredible subterranean world Belleek Fine Parian China. View barracks. This historic site houses outdoor adventure play areas, and nature and wildlife, and want the Georgian mansion was built in the in history dating back to the 1600s. Ireland dating back to 445AD. from watching hides at this the finest Irish whiskeys. The spectacular bridges and climb DeCourcy shortly after the invasion awaits. Combine this with a walk on the techniques of the craftsmen at two museums; the Fermanagh visitor centre. perfect view of the Mourne 1770s and later remodelled. A tour Reconnect with nature with a stroll BT61 7DY T 028 3752 3142 nature reserve. Learn about Lough experienced guides will take you rugged staircases into caves of Ulster and played an important Fermanagh’s own Stairway to Heaven work in Northern Ireland’s oldest County Museum and the Mountains, it is unmissable. will guide you through 100 acres of through captivating gardens, W stpatrickscathedral.org Neagh’s wildlife through the through the heart of the oldest carved into the cliff face that were military role until 1928. – the Cuilcagh Mountain boardwalk. attraction. Inniskillings Museum. beautiful garden and the elegant beautiful walks and trails. It is £ Admission Charge Applies exhibition in the fully accessible working distillery in Ireland. once home to smugglers. Caves open March – October. State Rooms. famously the site of 'The Battle of Work started on the beautiful Visitor Centre. St Patricks Caltholic Cathedral in 1840, BT57 8XH T 028 2073 3218 Pre-booking essential. BT33 0NQ T 028 4375 1467 Ballynahinch'. BT38 7BG T 028 9335 1273 ceased during the famine and was W bushmills.com BT40 3SL T 028 9337 2318 BT92 1EW T 028 6634 8855 BT93 3FY T 028 6865 9300 BT74 7HL T 028 6632 5000 BT23 6EA T 028 9187 4146 W nationaltrust.org.uk/murlough- BT26 6AG T 0333 320 6000 BT24 8PT T 028 9756 6100 BT66 6NJ T 028 3832 2205 W discovernorthernireland.com/things- £ Admission Charge Applies W thegobbinscliffpath.com W marblearchcavesgeopark.com W belleekpottery.ie W enniskillencastle.co.uk W wwt.org.uk/castleespie national-nature-reserve W hrp.org.uk/hillsborough-castle W montaltoestate.com finally consecrated in 1904. W oxfordisland.com to-do/arts-culture-and-heritage/ (Guided tours) £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Car Park Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies BT61 7QY T 028 3752 1800 £ FREE castles-and-historic-sites W armaghparish.net £ Admission Charge Applies £ FREE (£ Guided Tours)

Visitor Information Centres

There are so many wonderful BELFAST COUNTY DOWN things to see and do in Northern Belfast City Centre Banbridge Ireland that it’s hard to describe T: (028) 9024 6609 T: (028) 4062 0232 them all in one place. That’s why COUNTY ANTRIM Bangor we direct visitors to our Visitor Antrim T: (028) 9127 0069 Information Centres dotted around T: (028) 9442 8331 the region. Downpatrick Walled City, Co. Londonderry Sperrins, Co. Tyrone Ballycastle T: (033) 0137 4046 You’ll meet friendly staff who love T: (028) 2076 2024 Hillsborough From the breathtaking sights of the Causeway Coastal Route, to the UK City of Culture 2013, County Londonderry is awash with experiences that will form lasting memories. For further inspiration, County Tyrone is home of the every inch of Northern Ireland. Ballymena T: (028) 9244 7640 They’re more than happy to share County Londonderry & County Tyrone Sperrins, an area of “wild beauty, ideal trails and dreamy villages” as described by National Geographic in their T: (028) 2563 5010 their knowledge about the hidden list of the world's top 101 scenic drives. T: (028) 4176 2525 gems in their area. Ballymoney T: (028) 2766 0230 Newcastle As well as being able to talk to Bushmills (seasonal) T: (033) 0137 4046 staff in the Visitor Information T: (028) 2073 0390 The Walled City Guildhall The Tower Museum OM Dark Sky Park Downhill Demesne Hill of The O’Neill & Newry   Centres you can browse through Carrickfergus T: (033) 0137 4046 & Observatory & Ranfurly House local crafts and literature, buy T: (028) 9335 8241 tickets for events, book tours and Newtownards excursions and so much more. For Giant’s Causeway T: (028) 9182 6846 further information call into one T: (028) 2073 1855 Portaferry (seasonal) of the Visitor Information Centres The Gobbins T: (028) 4272 9882 Northern across Northern Ireland or go to T: (028) 9337 2318 COUNTY FERMANAGH discovernorthernireland.com. Lisburn Enniskillen Built 400 years ago, the walls Built in 1887, the Guildhall has Explore Derry~Londonderry’s Davagh has one of the 'darkest skies' The landscape park of Downhill The Hill of The O’Neill is one If you’re out on the road, you’ll see T: (028) 9244 7622 T: (028) 6632 3110 Ireland have never been breached and stunning stained-glass windows history from monastic times to in Ireland, which can bring crystal clear contains the ruins of an elegant of Ireland and Europe’s most signposts for the Visitor Information are completely intact. The historic and a neo-gothic style. Recent present day. The museum includes views of star constellations. The centre mansion, the cliff top circular important heritage sites. At least Centre as you approach each town. Portrush (seasonal) COUNTY LONDONDERRY walls are best experienced on internal refurbishments have won an exhibition about a Spanish gives visitors a unique opportunity to Mussenden Temple and 17th two castles have been built here, as T: (028) 7082 3333 Coleraine Visitor Guide Map foot where you can breathe in the numerous architectural awards. galleon that sank off the Donegal experience the night sky as it is rarely century thatched cottage well as a fortified town. T: (028) 7034 4723 sights and sounds of Ireland’s only coast in 1588. viewed and combines the latest tech Hezlett House. COUNTY ARMAGH Heaney Homeplace remaining walled city. from holographic installations to Armagh virtual reality headsets. 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T: (028) 8676 9949 Dungannon At roundabouts, you must give way to traffic from your right. You T: (028) 8772 8600 must travel around the roundabout in a clockwise direction. Omagh The Siege Museum and Exhibition Saint Columb’s Cathedral in Established by the Bloody Sunday Step into the homeplace of Seamus Experience the story of Irish An enchanting 17th century is a permanent display of the Derry~Londonderry dates from Trust, the Museum of Free Derry Heaney and take a very personal country residence set within a T: (028) 8224 7831 emigration from the thatched history of the Siege of Londonderry 1633. It was the first Cathedral tells the story of the civil rights journey through the life and cottages of Ulster, on board a 250-acre demesne of ancient When crossing the border from The Republic of Ireland into Strabane and of the Associated Clubs of the in the British Isles built after the movement and the creation of literature of the poet and Nobel full-scale emigrant sailing ship, woodland and forestry. The estate Northern Ireland the speed limit and signage changes from T: (028) 7138 4444 Apprentice Boys of Derry. Reformation and is designed in Free Derry in the 1960s and Laureate. The interactive exhibition to the log cabins of the American was created in the 17th century and kilometres per hour (KPH) to miles per hour (MPH). Please exercise Planter's Gothic style. 1970s through an impressive is packed with stories, photographs Frontier. Park is closed on remained the home of the Staples caution and adjust your speed accordingly. FROM REPUBLIC OF IRELAND multi-media exhibition. and artefacts, not to mention the Mondays except Bank Holidays. family for nearly 400 years. CallSave : 1850 230 230 voice of the poet himself. For more information and the highway code, visit plan your trip on discovernorthernireland.com BT48 6PJ T 028 7126 1219 BT48 6RQ T 028 7126 7313 BT48 9DR T 028 7136 0880 BT45 8HT T 028 7938 7444 BT78 5QU T 028 8224 3292 BT80 9SW T 028 8676 3312 W thesiegemuseum.org W stcolumbscathedral.org W museumoffreederry.org W seamusheaneyhome.com W nmni.com/uafp W lissanhouse.com £ Admission Charge Applies £ FREE (voluntary donation) £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies £ Admission Charge Applies Information correct at time of print. #EmbraceAGiantSpirit #DiscoverNI