In November, Tourism Ireland sent me to Belfast to stay in the hotel Malmaison and explore Northern Ireland.
On the first day, we grabbed coffee and brunch at Established Coffee (nice but the service was sl-o-w), visited the Ulster Museum and Botanic Gardens - both of which were excellent - ate gigantic burritos at Boojum, and drunk mulled wine and beer at the Christmas Market.
Day two we explored St George's Market and enjoyed the music of the Ulster Orchestra, took a long stroll along the river and up to Titanic Belfast. We headed back to the market for lunch and on to The Crown Liquor Saloon, an authentic 1820's Northern Irish pub, famed for its ornate decor.
On our final day we visited Belfast Castle, which was tiny but pretty with an amazing cat garden. We spent the rest of the day walking around Belfast Zoo (small, quiet, and probably not best visited in winter), afterwards we revisited Boojum for pre-flight food and returned to Malmaison for coffee before catching our flight back to Birmingham.
Nice! You're lucky to be given free holidays! I really like that building in the second photo.
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Lucky to receive a sponsored trip. I want one too. Great photos ! xo
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What a gorgeous selection of pictures! I really want to visit Northern Ireland - or Ireland in general - in the future! It's such a beautiful place!
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I seriously love your pictures, Sophie. Always nice to see them! :)
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ReplyDeleteThose pictures look amazing!! :)
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Belfast is on my hit list. It's so close, but I think that's why I put it off and go on holiday further away. Maybe a city break is in order soon!
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Cat Garden?! That sounds so amazingly brilliant I can't comprehend.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the pictures.
ReplyDeleteI will maybe plan a trip over there.
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what a beauitful city!
ReplyDeleteI don't think lucky is the right word but I'm certainly very fortunate :))
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely very fortunate, yes. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really would like to go back and visit more of Northern Ireland.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Carla
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ReplyDeleteOh, that's awesome to hear - I definitely plan on taking more photographs and posting more content like this so I am super pleased you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI totally get that; I always go somewhere slightly further afield but Ireland is well worth visiting and so easy to get to.
ReplyDeleteIt was AMAZING. I really love it and I bet the garden looks beautiful in summer.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you do, I'd love to hear what you thought of it!
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ReplyDeleteIt looks like you guys had a wonderful trip. I went to Ireland on my honeymoon but didn't get to travel to Northern Ireland. I am intrigued by the Cat Garden! We visited Powerscourt outside Dublin and they have a large cemetery of family pets there that was very sweet, with inscriptions on the graves and everything!
ReplyDeleteMy hometown! Interestingly, I've never heard of the Cat Garden before - must check it out next time I'm home. The Ulster Museum is fabulous, it's just had a much needed makeover and is looking great these days!
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