Ireland's Best Trips - Belfast & the North of Ireland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

Ireland’s north is made for road trips. Routes swoop from hard, stark hills to soft, sandy shores, and cliff-clinging roads snake into wild lands peppered with loughs, glens and bogs.

Ireland's Best Trips - Belfast & the North of Ireland (PDF Chapter)

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Link big cities, big-name sights, hidden beaches and tiny islands on an epic drive around the north

pick the right route with inspirational images and key trip highlights

sample the best of the northwest on a tour through Donegal: brooding mountains, exquisite beaches, boat trips and tradition

get around easily with colour maps and route directions in easy stages

embark on an off-the-map adventure, compelling for its heritage, scenery and sheer sense of space, on the Inishowen Peninsula

discover even more with detours and ways to link your trips

Coverage includes: The North in a Nutshell, Delights of Donegal, Inishowen Peninsula, Northwest on Adrenalin, From Bangor to Derry, The Antrim Coast.