Tag: Northern Ireland
Galgorm spending to attract new visitors
The Galgorm Collection is currently investing £30m to enhance resort and spa facilities at its flagship hotel in Northern Ireland in a bid to entice more visitors, including those from Scotland.
Forest walks, a wood-fired...
The title does not do this publication justice
The Rough Guide to Ireland (12th edition): £15.99: published July 2018
The title of Rough Guide does not do this must-have publication justice.
It’s comprehensive and having just returned from the Emerald Isle I can honestly...
Ballygally Castle – ‘a world apart’
The biggest compliment I can possibly pay to The Ballygally Castle Hotel is that I felt at home.
I will also always remember wakening with the sun filling the room with the sound of the...
Your adventure starts here
Over 39 million passengers and 8.8m cars travel one of the Discover Ferries ships each year.
They are a collection of 12 ferry operators who have come together to promote ferry travel in UK and...
In the footsteps of giants
The Giant’s Causeway was once named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in Britain.
I can see why. It is a mind-boggling arrangement of mostly hexagonal columns.
And the tops form stepping stones that lead from...
A bridge too far for me
The Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge on The Antrim coast in Northern Ireland is only 66ft long, but it was a bridge too far for me. However, tens of thousands from all parts of the globe...
Gobsmacked by The Gobbins
It is describes as the most dramatic walk in Europe. Big claim but, in this case, there is justification.
Basically, it is a cliff walk which takes you within touching distance of the sea and...