{"id":88350,"date":"2013-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/giants-causeway-belfast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:02","slug":"giants-causeway-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/giants-causeway-belfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant\u2019s Causeway, Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27453 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/Giants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><br \/>\nTravelling around Ireland almost makes you immune to beauty. There is just so much of it \u2013 every road is a scenic route, every corner holds a new scene that looks like it\u2019s been lifted straight out of a picture postcard. So by the time we reached Belfast and its resident beauty, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/giantscauseway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giant\u2019s Causeway<\/a>, I thought I had seen it all\u2026 Well, nearly.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I was wrong. Giant\u2019s Causeway is, quite simply, an absolutely fascinating natural wonder. Somehow, molten lava from an ancient volcanic eruption created this wonder, which looks like nothing much from afar, but a miracle of nature up close. Essentially, it\u2019s a whole collection of hexagonal interlocking basalt columns that fit together like an intricate puzzle. Some of them push up into the sky, some can be walked over like paving, all are perfectly formed and \u2013 even stranger \u2013 perfectly uniform. They\u2019ve been fitted together by some master puzzle-maker to create a mind-boggling display.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing that makes Giant\u2019s Causeway such a special attraction is that unlike most places you visit (where you have to walk around a strictly cordoned off area), Giant\u2019s Causeway is open to the public. It\u2019s right on the edge of the ocean, and you\u2019re allowed climbing all over it. What this means is that you get to have an entirely personal experience of it, right down to finding the right stones to sit between and lean back, armchair-style.<\/p>\n<p>And the name? Legend has it that the giant Finn McCool created it as a path across the water\u2026 A legend that makes an enormous amount of sense when you look at the tops of the columns forming stepping stones that start at the cliff and disappear beneath the waves. Whatever the origin, today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/giantscauseway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giant\u2019s Causeway<\/a> is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. Be sure not to miss it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant\u2019s Causeway is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland. 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