Northern Ireland - Irlanda del Nord

northern Ireland

Location
Coat of arms
State	UK
Capital	Belfast
Surface	13,843 km²
Inhabitants	1.759.000
Tourism site

L'northern Ireland is one of the four "Home Nations" that make up the UK

To know

Territories and tourist destinations

County of Antrimm - It has as its capital Belfast. also includes the stretch of coast known as "Giant's Causeway" (Giant's Causeway).

Armagh County

Londonderry County (or County Derry)

County Down - Includes the seaside resort of Bangor and Morne Mountains.

Fermanagh County - A rural region dotted with numerous lakes.

County Tyrone (Contae Thír Eoghain)

Urban centers

Belfast
Armagh
Derry (or Londonderry)

Other destinations

Enniskillen - Located in County Fermanagh, the village of Enniskillen makes a good base for exploring the surrounding lakes.
Giant's Causeway - Site UNESCO.
Mountains of Morne (Morne Mountains) - In County Down south of Strangford Lough, the Mountains of Morne are thrown into the sea creating a high and steep stretch of coast. The coastal road is one of the most scenic in the country.
Strangford Lough - A fjord south-east of capital with beautiful landscapes. The Ards Peninsula separates it from the open sea. The main center is Portaferry.

How to get

By plane

L'Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS), locally known as Aldergrove, is located near the city of Antrim. Although it is further away from Belfast from George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD), theAldergrove offers many more international destinations.

Airlines operating there include:

Jet2 to Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Mahón (Minorca), Girona (Costa Brava), Reus (Costa Dorada), Alicante, rum raisin, Tenerife, Arrecife (Lanzarote), Gran Canaria (Las Palmas), Fuerteventura, Faro (Algarve), Pisa, Ragusa (Dubrovnik), Zakynthos
Ryanair to London Gatwick, Krakow, Milan, Berlin, Lanzarote, Alicante, Tenerife, rum raisin, Gdansk, Warsaw, Wroclaw.
Wizz to Katowice, Vilnius.
Easyjet to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Bristol, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Jersey, Krakow, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Lyon, Lanzarote Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Reykjavik, Split
Norwegian Newburgh and Providence (seasonal)

The terminal is served up to thirty minutes from 04.20am to 11.30pm from the Airport bus 300 (£ 7.50 single, £ 10.50 return) to Belfast Laganside and Europa Buscentres. Depending on the traffic, the journey to these destinations takes approximately 45 minutes. Taxis shouldn't cost more than £ 25/30 to Belfast city center.

The cheapest option is to take Ulsterbus 109A to Antrim from the stand outside the airport, which stops at the Antrim bus and train station. Once you get off the bus, go up the stairs in the adjacent train station and buy a ticket to any station in central Belfast (Great Victoria Street) or to the stations at Portrush and Derry / Londonderry.

On boat

To the Belfast port the ferries of the following companies land:

Stena Line - From Stranraer
Norfolkline - From Liverpool
Isle of Man Steam Packet Company - FromIsle of Man

Another port is a Larne [1], 25 km further north of the capital. The ferries of the following companies stop there:

Stena Line from Fleetwood
P&O Irish Sea from Cairnryan is Troon

How to get around

On the train

Northern Ireland Railways is the Northern Ireland Rail Service Authority. There are practically two railway lines: One starts in Belfast and ends in Londonderry tapping Antrim and Coleraine, near the Giant's Causeway. The other, always from Belfast moves south by connecting to the railway network of the Irish Rail. This last line is crossed by trains Belfast to Dublin, very frequent (eight a day) To these is added a line expressed between Belfast and the port of Larne where the ferries dock from Scotland.

Trains are expensive but you can take advantage of discounts and offers. Especially students can benefit from it. In general, a single ticket also entitles you to board the suburban buses.

InterRail^{[link not working]} proposes "One Country Pass" for Ireland.

By bus

Ulsterbus it is the best known of the bus lines. It has a widespread network with trips even to the most remote centers. In the months of July-August other races are added to the tourist resorts, such as the Giant's Causeway.

What see

Dunluce Castle - Castle ruins romantically located on a cliff overlooking the sea. The place has inspired various artists and in 1975 appeared on the cover of Led Zeppelin's 5th album.