A weekend in the Causeway Coast

Stay in Ballintoy. Day 1: Old Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills, Lissanduff Earthworks and Dunluce Castle; day 2: Iron Islands Kingsmoot, Kinbane Castle and Ballycastle Museum.

Make it yoursstart from your town, pick the month, swap any stop

Day 1 · the Causeway Coast

Old Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills in Bushmills
Lissanduff Earthworks Scheduled monument, in Portballintrae 2 km from the last stop
Dunluce Castle Scheduled monument, 2.3 km from Portballintrae 3 km from the last stop

Lunch: Bush House in Bushmills
If it rains: Giant's Causeway Visitor Experience 3.1 km from Bushmills

Open day 1 in Google Maps

Night 1 · Ballintoy

2 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · the Causeway Coast

Iron Islands Kingsmoot in Ballintoy
Kinbane Castle Scheduled monument, 4.1 km from Ballycastle 4 km from the last stop
Ballycastle Museum Grade B+ listed, in Ballycastle, just outside the area 4 km from the last stop

Lunch: House of McDonnell in Ballycastle, just outside the area
If it rains: Sheskburn Recreation Centre in Ballycastle, just outside the area
On the way: Ballintoy Parish Church, Gates and Walling Grade B+ listed, in Ballintoy

Open day 2 in Google Maps

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads the Causeway Coast's pages rank, for anyone, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, three a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend in the Causeway Coast?

Ballintoy. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Ballintoy: 2 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Old Bushmills Distillery in Bushmills, Lissanduff Earthworks and Dunluce Castle: the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full