Visited June 2025

I do not know what I was expecting before coming to this WHS, but I must admit that I was a bit disappointed because the causeway itself is not so giant (picture, seen from the cliff) , is not so long that the real Irish warrior and hero Fionn mac Cumhaill could use it to cross straight to the Scottland and back. Well, sorry, I should remember that the causeway was destroyed by his Scottish rival… Although not so big, this place is amazing – thousands of basalt columns leading into the sea like magical stairs and the stepping stones disappear under the water. Most of the columns are hexagonal, but you can see some with less or more sides… And the only trace of the giants is the petrified shoe that looks like throne…

During the high tide it can be dangerous to approach to the end of this natural bridge/road. I witnessed an accident – two people were not very careful, lost their balance and fell into the water, hurting and injuring their heads. The ambulance arrived just in couple of minutes.

I visited the site using public transportation. From Belfast International Airport I took a bus to Antrim and then the train to Coleraine where you change to the bus going to Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre (at least one bus every hour); I skipped the centre and went to the lower path which goes all the way to its end at the lower part of the so called amphitheatre, passing by the causeway itself and the organ pipes. Then I continue to the upper path for beautiful vistas. In total – I spent three hours there. After that I took a bus to Ballymena (bus no 221, it goes to Belfast; only 4 buses a day) for Gracehill, Moravian settlement.