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The Giant's Causeway

Head up the Causeway Coast to scramble over the thousands of six-sided basalt columns stepping down into the sea, then walk the cliff-top path for the view back down.

A tall stack of tightly packed basalt columns at the Giant's Causeway, with walkers on the path behind and the sea beyond

Causeway Road, Bushmills, about an hour and a quarter north

44 Causeway Road, Bushmills BT57 8SU
  • Trip
  • Outdoors
  • Dog friendly
  • Out of town

Why it's a good date: It's the famous one for a reason, and a proper day out together. Go early or late to miss the coach parties, and make a road trip of it along the coast.

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Photo: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 (cropped and resized)

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  • Titanic Belfast's tall, angular building clad in silver shards, with a wide plaza in front under a blue sky

    Titanic Belfast

    Olympic Way, Titanic Quarter

    1 Olympic Way, Queen's Road, Belfast BT3 9EP
    • Culture
    • Rain-proof ☔

    Work your way through the galleries in the angular, ship-shaped building on the slipways where the Titanic was built, from the shipyard and the launch to the sinking and the wreck.

    Why it's a good date: It's a story you both know, told where it actually happened, and it's easy to spend a whole afternoon in. Walk out onto the slipways afterwards to see the outline of the ship marked on the ground.

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    Photo: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)

  • The grassy slope of Cave Hill rising to a rocky crag, with Belfast and the lough spread out far below

    Cave Hill and McArt's Fort

    Cave Hill Country Park, from Belfast Castle, north Belfast

    Belfast Castle, Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 5GR
    • Outdoors
    • Free
    • Active

    Start at Belfast Castle and climb through the woods and heath of Cave Hill Country Park to McArt's Fort, the rocky summit above the city.

    Why it's a good date: It's a proper climb, and the reward is the whole of Belfast and the lough laid out below you. Wear good shoes, keep back from the cliff edge, and finish with a cuppa at the castle.

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  • The Palm House's white iron and glass dome and wings behind a lawn with bright flower beds, under a blue sky

    Botanic Gardens and the Palm House

    Botanic Gardens, Queen's Quarter

    College Park, Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1LP
    • Outdoors
    • Free

    Wander the lawns and rose beds of the Botanic Gardens, then step inside the curved iron and glass of the Victorian Palm House and the steamy Tropical Ravine nearby.

    Why it's a good date: A free afternoon that works in any weather: stroll when it's dry, and warm up among the palms when it isn't. The Ulster Museum is at the other end of the gardens.

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    Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)

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