Tour includes sites named for a mythical giant in Ireland, ‘the greatest castle never built’ in Wales and one of the finest gardens in Ireland.
This is the second in a three-part series on a Viking British Isles cruise. Today, we explore parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and Ireland.
Each of the tightly packed columns vary in size and shape. For instance, columns on the cliff, where The Organ is located, average 100 metres in elevation, while another section of free-standing columns, called the Chimney Stacks, reach a height of 12 metres. While designated a World Heritage Site in 1986, the Giant’s Causeway has been attracting tourists for centuries. It has long been on my wish list of places to see so I was pleased to have the opportunity to visit during a recent 15-day Viking cruise my daughter and I took around the British Isles.
Our Northern Ireland 5.5-hour visit, while primarily to see the Giant’s Causeway, included two sightseeing stops from a distance but still good vantage points for photos. The first was the ruins of Dunluce Castle, on the edge of a basalt outcropping on the Antrim Coast. After a 45-minute bus ride, we parked near the town’s main tourist attraction of Beaumaris Castle, a World Heritage Site. Beaumaris Castle is considered “the greatest castle never built” since it was never finished, despite being under construction for nearly four decades between 1295 to 1330.
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