Top Things to do in County Antrim
Things to do in County Antrim, Northern Ireland: The Best Beaches
Discover the best top things to do in County Antrim, United Kingdom including Causeway Coastal Route, East Strand, Bushfoot Strand, White Park Bay, Salmon Rock Beach, Ballycastle Beach, Portrush West Strand, Ballygally Beach, Portrush Whiterocks Beach, Portrush White Rocks Beach.
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1. Causeway Coastal Route
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5.0 based on 2,114 reviews
The Causeway Coastal Route is a designated tourist drive around the coast of Northern Ireland between Belfast and Londonderry. The route follows the coast and takes you to several major tourist attractions including The Giant's Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Dunluce Castle, The Old Bushmills Whiskey Distillery and the Glens of Antrim. There are a further nine shorter scenic routes that loop off the main Coastal Route. These are : Islandmagee, Slemish Mountain, Glenariff, Glendun, Torr Road, Glenshesk, Bann Valley, Binevenagh Mountain and the Roe Valley.
Reviewed By nyackgirl47 - New York City, United States
We rented a car at the airport in Belfast, and drove to Derry. Very inexpensive way to see everything if (a) you can drive a stick shift car, and (b) you can acclimate to driving on the opposite side of the road (we're American, so we had to acclimate!). We spent a couple of days in Derry, and then took the Causeway Coastal Route straight down until we picked up the highway just outside Ballygally (spent the night there enroute). We sought out several of the Game of Thrones sites enroute, so we kind of did our own tour (saw the dark hedges, the caves, and a couple of the doors - one at Mary McBride's pub and the other at the Ballygally Castle). You will see so much along this route - the seaside resort town of Portrush (where the British Open golf tournament is currently being played), the remains of the Dunluce castle, the Carrick rope bridge, adorable little towns. It's wonderful!
2. East Strand
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5.0 based on 193 reviews
Reviewed By Expedition600826
Perfect beach for young children: good clean sand and long stretches with clear views. The water is cold when you first go in but soon warm up running in and out! Perfect to build up an appetite. Fussy eaters were looking for extras.
3. Bushfoot Strand
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By Escape705334
Amazing walk onto the most amazing beach. Fantastic in sun or rain. We walked on it before breakfast - set us up for the day.
4. White Park Bay
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4.5 based on 157 reviews
Reviewed By R2423XJdavee
Beautiful place, stunning scenery. Visited 2019,will definitely be going back to this lovely part of Ireland.
5. Salmon Rock Beach
6. Ballycastle Beach
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4.5 based on 334 reviews
Reviewed By anitahS1988DM - Craigavon, United Kingdom
Had great walk along beach it is a lovely walk clean to there was a few braved the weather and were having a great time jumping the waves
7. Portrush West Strand
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4.5 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By Soccermike1015 - Asheville, United States
I went here on a chilly but sunny weekday afternoon in late October. People were running on the beach or walking dogs, I loved it !
8. Ballygally Beach
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4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By K8511DUjoannec
Beautiful scenery driving around the coast, great beach, clean soft sand and easy entry.. Stop off at carnfunnock Park 1st then a dip down here.. Kids loved it..
9. Portrush Whiterocks Beach
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4.5 based on 73 reviews
Reviewed By 816johna - Belfast, United Kingdom
When a cold wind is blowing, as it usually does, this is a great beach for a walk. At the weekend, no matter what the weather, there will be many walkers and surfers taking advantage of the unique and bracing conditions here. Walk westwards for over a mile towards Portrush, past the Royal Portrush Golf Course, have a refreshing cup of tea and then return along the strand and you will have done more than your daily 10k steps!
10. Portrush White Rocks Beach
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By X7636QBkevinf
This is a lovely beach, clean, with a long stretch of sand with some impressive dunes for the smallies to explore. Well worth a visit, if going Id recommend heading early as the car parks get full pretty quickly from what we could see.
