Giant's Causeway Reviews
Newest Review: ... (which now also holds the visitor centre) and the stones. There's also a dedicated bus service between Bushmills and the Giant's Causeway which drops off at the hotel. If you've come by car there's a car-park near the hotel and another near the cliff top path. If you park there, though, it's a steep path and a number of steep steps down to the Giant's Causeway. The walk from the visitor centre site is much easier to negotiate. Although this is a National Trust run attraction there's no admission charge. The visitor centre has been housed in part of the hotel since a fire destroyed the previous centre in 2006. A new one is under constru... more
Customer Giant's Causeway Reviews (6)
Giant's Causeway: One Giant's Step for Mankind (1058 words)by - written on 27/06/11 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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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 wanted to see this breathtaking and in some ways mind-boggling sight. ... Read the complete review
by - written on 03/05/11 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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The Giant's Causeway, on the Antrim Coast, probably needs very little introduction. It is one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites, and is one of the premier attractions in Northern Ireland. It has also been one of the main reasons that I have wanted to visit this area for some time now. The Giant's Causeway is currently under the care of the National Trust (NT), as is Carrick-a-Rede Bridge, and so if you take out membership you are already starting to recoup some of the costs in visiting this region. Thankfully this wonderful site has free entry, although you do need to pay for car parking, which is £6 - but free to members. Entry to the Giant's Causeway is via ... Read the complete review
Giant's Causeway: Striding in the Footsteps of Giants (1694 words)by - written on 09/09/09 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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Ireland thrives on legends that blend myth and reality in an unknowable measure. It is a land of saints and dragons, warrior-kings and gods, fairies and giants. It is a land of mystery and music. And at the northernmost edge of this green and magical island lies a geological formation that has fascinated its human visitors for centuries--and that, quite naturally for Ireland, is mixed inextricably with legend. THE LEGENDARY FINN The legend of the Giant's Causeway features Finn McCool (also rendered as MacCool or MacCumhaill), a wee lad of a giant merely 52 and a half feet tall, who is said to have built the Causeway. Details associated with ... Read the complete review
by - written on 10/05/01, updated on 15/10/01 (Very useful, 561 readings)
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With the tales of Finn Maccool and his disagreement with the Scottish giant in our heads we went to visit the giants causeway. Could this once have been a road across the sea to Scotland built by Finn Maccool to go across to visit his ladylove in Staffa Scotland? Could an Irish giant outwit a Scottish one by pretending to be his own baby? Did the Scottish giant really break the causeway afraid of Finn? When we got to the causeway we could see where the stories come from. There is an old lady climbing a hill, she has been climbing that hill for many years! Did smoke ever come out of the chimney stacks? There is the grand organ with pipes up the cliff ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/09/00, updated on 29/09/00 (Very useful, 189 readings)
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In the mid-1800s the Victorian novelist Thackeray visited the Giant's Causeway. He was less than impressed, and famously remarked something to the effect that it was a lot of trouble to go to just to see a pile of stones. However, the Causeway is more than just a bunch of rocks - it is a unique geological manifestation, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. For anyone visiting Northern Ireland, this is a must-see. Access has much improved since the Victorian era, too. There is a hotel at the top of the Causeway, and a visitors centre [burned down, unfortunately]. The road now goes down to the rocks themselves - you don't have to use the ... Read the complete review
