Natural Heritage SiteThe Giants Causeway

out of 100 points
based on 17 reviews
No. 1 out of 1 Natural Heritage Site in Bushmills

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Overall rating includes:
86
Accessibility
94
"Must See"-Factor
80
Budget Friendliness

Address 44a Causeway Road
Bushmills
BT57 8SU

Telephone: +44(28)20731582

Fax: +44(28)20732963

Websites

Official Homepage
Hotels nearby

Surroundings

Dunluce Castle
(3.3 miles)

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fizzytom(40)
Gateshead, United Kingdom

95%

perfection!

[fizzytom, 28/06/2011] One can only imagine the reaction of the Bishop of Derry on discovering in, 1692, what we now call the Giant's Causeway. It was some years later that it was identified that this strange landscape on Northern Ireland's (today, not then) Antrim Coast was the result of volcanic activity millions of years ago but at the time seeing these bizarre basalt columns rising from the sea must have been like finding oneself at the edge of a new world. Before long the Giant's Causeway was a tourist attraction; in the nineteenth century a tramway was built to bring in the many thousands of visitors who w [more]

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_Other offline-travelg uide

80%

excellent

The authors explain the historical formation of the Giant's Causeway as a "result of a series of underground volcanic eruptions" way back 60 million years ago. It is a formation of hardened "molten basalt" into "37,000 largely hexagonal columns pushed through the surface" along the coastline. The authors describe the place as "weird" and wonderful". The area has "many legends". It is the "only UNESCO World Heritage site in Northern Ireland". Further, being a "fascinating" place that "attracts a great many visitors". It is also an area of "spectacular caves, ruined castles, and lovely sandy [more]