Game of Thrones and Antrim

Leaving Belfast, we trace the A2 Coast Road north, skirting Antrim’s basalt cliffs: 95 km to the Dark Hedges via Ballycastle, with easy spurs to Ballintoy Harbour and the Glens of Antrim. The Atlantic reads like geology in motion here—basalt columns, schist beaches, and a beech avenue planted around 1775. HBO mapped Winterfell, the Iron Islands, and the Kingsroad onto these contours. Between stops, the driver eases onto Torr Head; on a clear day Scotland sits just 21 km away. Distances stay short, light shifts quickly, and the fun is pairing scenes with real ground, season by season.

The day flexes around you: pick‑up and drop‑off at your Belfast hotel, Mercedes on standby, and waiting time included. With a private chauffeur in Belfast managing pace and slots, we time a coffee in Cushendun while traffic thins, catch the caves at low tide, roll into Ballintoy for geology and Greyjoy lore, then reach the Dark Hedges after the coaches leave. You tour and taste—fish chowder in Bushmills or a whiskey at the historic distillery—while your driver reads the weather, parking, and coastal alternatives.