Saturday, 5 March 2016

Belfast Castle

March isn’t the best of times for a holiday in Britain; and so our itinerary was at the mercy of the weather. Once we’d worked out our sunshine days; we decided to head out to Belfast Castle for a view of the city. Today, this is more of a stately home used for wedding ceremonies rather than a historical monument; but it’s an excellent base to explore the adjacent Cave Hill park (which sadly we didn’t have time for). Instead we climbed from the bus stop up the hill (which was a considerable climb and we could have saved ourselves a few minutes by following the footpath) and took in a good value coffee break inside the castle’s downstairs bar. The thought was quite novel but it did feel like we were in the vicinity of a small pub. However, the outside building and gardens are well worth seeing alongside the views of the city below.  

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