Things to do in Belfast

Belfast built ships for the world, including the Titanic, and its old dockyards are now a lively waterfront quarter. In the centre you find Victorian City Hall, busy pubs in the Cathedral Quarter and the political murals of the west of the city, which tell the story of more recent history.

The Causeway Coast is the classic day out. The road north follows cliffs and small harbours to the Giant's Causeway, where about 40,000 basalt columns step down into the sea, with ruined castles, a rope bridge and a famous avenue of beech trees along the way.