Northern Ireland’s
Giant’s Causeway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where a landscape of perfectly formed hexagonal basalt stones takes you back 60 million years to the Paleogene period. A geological phenomenon and a place steeped in legend, it’s a fascinating fusion of fact and fiction.
1 The Visitor’s Centre
Start your giant experience at the award-winning environmentally friendly visitor centre where the extraordinary story of the 38,000 hexagonal basalt columns is explained and the mythology surrounding them explored. An audio guide in 11 languages ensures no one misses out on the facts, and interactive exhibitions provide an immersive experience. Guided walking tours are available and electric buses provide a sustainable shuttle service from the centre to the stones.
2 The Grand Causeway
The Grand Causeway is the largest of three rock outcrops which make up the Giant's Causeway, the others being the Little Causeway and Middle Causeway. It’s an impressive sight stretching out into the Irish Sea and, legend has it, is part of the path laid by the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill to reach Scotland.
3 The Wishing Chair
Even the most hardened sceptics can’t resist the urge to sit in the Wishing Chair, just in case. It’s part of the Grand Causeway and apparently in the past only ladies were allowed to sit on it. Now anyone can take a seat. So many people have now sat in the Wishing Chair that the rocks have been burnished to a smooth and shiny finish.