Belfast Home...Perfect for families ❤️

We are situated close to the city yet only a two minutes walk to a beautiful river walk filled with wooden walkways and little waterfalls!
Beside our house is a beautiful home bakery, small local shop, a couple of small eateries and our childrens favourite, a Mauds ice cream shop!
We are ten minutes walk to the upmarket Forestside shopping centre and Ravenhill/Kingspan stadium - home of the Ulster Rugby team. And only a few minutes drive to stunning Stormont gardens and Ormeau Park.

If you fancied a trip into town you could visit the famous Titanic quarter where the ship itself was constructed over 100 years ago. Or take a dander through St Georges Market, a firm favourite on a Saturday /Sunday morning, buzzing with people and live music. Or take a Black taxi tour and get a feel for what the 'Troubles' was all about...
Belfast has so much to offer for young and old, come check it out!!
We are 1. 5 hours drive from Dublin and only an hour to the North coast and the famous Giants Causeway (or if you are a Game of Thrones fan, the Dark Hedges!!) Belfast is a fantastic base to visit all of Northern Ireland and further afield! We are within 15mins drive of beautiful Helens Bay with glorious sandy beaches and unbelievable rock pooling in Groomsport for those marine biologists out there. And less than an hours drive to the stunning Mourne Mountain range to get your hiking fix!
Come visit, you'll not regret it!!

Belfast City is right in our doorstep for a night out or for access to the best bars/restaurants. It has a fabulous children's science museum W5 www.w5online.com
And if course not forgetting the awesome Titanic museum and docks! Www.titanicbelfast.com

While we have numerous, safe, walking and biking trails very close by, we tend to make the 60 minute drive to the Mourne Mountains on a regular basis for 'proper' hillwalking - the scenery is stunning and there are many different levels of walking in the area.
(https://walkni.com/mourne-mountains-destination/), an hour and a half to Dublin (https://www.visitdublin.com/) and about the same distance to the North Coast - handy for visiting the Giant's Causeway. Northern Ireland is sure to appeal to those interested in food, music, culture and the great outdoors, with Belfast recently being voted UK's Best City (Guardian and Observer Travel Awards). We are about 40 minutes drive to the nearest sandy beaches, in Newcastle, and Murlough Beach and Nature Reserve is a great place to go for a walk (https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/walks/murlough-national-nature-reserve-county-down-northern-ireland/) to view the basking seals and other wildlife.

St George's Market (https://visitbelfast.com/partners/st-georges-market/) is a traditional Victorian market and was recently voted Britain's best market and is one of Belfast's top attractions. It's especially great at Christmas time, where they have additional opening hours - great for crafts, food and music. We have a wealth of 'foodie' tours, showing off the best of local produce - you can even catch and cook your own fish if you can get up for the early start on the Catch and Sea tour. (https://discovernorthernireland.com/food-and-drink/tours-trails-and-experiences).

Northern Ireland also hosts many fabulous golf courses, all of which are within easy reach. For links golfers, we have the two 'Royals' - Royal Portrush (home of the 2019 British Open) and Royal County Down but we also have numerous parkland courses within easy reach.

. We have two exceptional living history museums in the vicinity, which are well worth a visit. The Ulster American Folk Park and the Folk and Transport museums (https://www.nmni.com/our-museums/Our-Museums.aspx) are a great way to spend a day. Belfast is great for indoor fun - with the Ice Bowl (Dundonald) for ice skating and Indianaland and We are Vertigo for the World's largest indoor inflatable park and Ninja Warrior Course. You can also do indoor skydiving lessons.
Another lovely trip for those of you who are fans of the series, The Game of Thrones, is to do a tour of the film locations https://visitbelfast.com/article/game-of-thrones-filming-locations-belfast-northern-ireland

We have Let’s Go Hydro, which is about a 10 minutes drive from our home, which is great fun – they have Ireland’s largest aquapark, cable wakeboarding, a drive in cinema and open water swimming, as well as other activities.

A lovely day trip would be to drive up to the Causeway Coastal Route on the North Coast to visit the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, the Giant’s Causeway, Bushmills Whiskey Distillery (it’s the oldest licenced whiskey distillery in the world), Dunluce Castle and Mussenden Temple.