A walk through county Down in Northern Ireland...

Northern Ireland is formed of six different counties which county Down is just one of them, which is located in the northeast of the island of Ireland. County Down is one of the thirty two traditional counties of Ireland and is within the province of Ulster.

There are different things to be done in county Down and there are magical views and scenery to be spotted, and that is definitely one of the different reasons why the people of Belfast consider it their getaway since it is just a short drive away; they can hike, enjoy the calm and beautiful scenery, or just even play golf.

There are different things to be done in county Down - which you could definitely include in this walk - these things include climbing the Mourne Mountains, visiting Tollymore Forest ([ Ссылка ]), enjoying a golf game, roaming Mount Stewart ([ Ссылка ]), visiting the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum ([ Ссылка ]), checking St.Patrick's ([ Ссылка ]), enjoy the beauty of Strangford Lough ([ Ссылка ]), visit Down County Museum ([ Ссылка ]) and enjoy the beauty of nature in general which you will definitely fall in love with when it comes to county Down.

The combination between having a peaceful time, enjoying the nature, visiting some old Irish castles, playing around, and even checking some of the destinations that appeared in the famous movie series Game of Thrones, is considered the perfect combination that would be calling out for visitors and tourists to come and visit county Down with all the beauty that it tends to offer.

Game of thrones is one of the famous movie series that people all around the world are watching, and travelling to Northern Ireland in general will bring a dream true to all the fans because they will get the chance to see some of the locations in which the movie was filmed and even check some of the doors that appeared throughout the episodes. While being in county Down, checking Castle Ward will be one of the things to be done by those fans, which will tend to bring part of county Down to them as well.

County Down is divided into different towns, the largest of them is Bangor which is located on the northeast coast, and there are also three other large towns and cities on its border; Newry lies on the western border with county Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with county Antrim.

County Down contains both, the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point). There are different interesting geographical information that one should know about county Down in Northern Ireland, such as the two significant peninsulas that it contains: Ards Peninsula and Lecale Peninsula.

Northern Ireland is known with its beautiful nature and the different greenery which the eyes will get to see and part of this is found in county Down. County Down has several islands off the Down Coast: Mew Island, Light House Island, and the Copeland Islands, all of which lie in the north of the Ards peninsula. Gunn Island lies off the Lecale coast, and this comes in addition to the number of small islands in Strangford Lough.

There are different places of interest to be visited when it comes to county Down in addition to the ones already mentioned. In county Down there is Exploris which is the Northern Ireland aquarium that is located in Portaferry, there is also Scrabo Tower which is located in Newtownards, Saul where St. Patrick said his first eucharist in Ireland, the Old Inn in Crawfordsburn is one of Ireland's oldest hostelries with records dating back to 1614, and lots of other beautiful places that one would not want to miss.

County Down borders county Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, county Armagh to the west, and county Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest, and this could pretty much sum up why county Down is considered one of the most favorite when it comes to tourists - it brings everything for them just like that.

This is all what you will need to know about county Down in Northern Ireland and the top attractions in it, and by now you should know where you want to go during your upcoming visit to Northern Ireland.

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