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NATURE AND LEGENDS OF THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY<\/strong><\/h1>\n

NATURE AND SCIENCE
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The Giant’s Causeway, a UNESCO heritage site since 1986, is an expanse of about 40,000 basaltic columns, mostly hexagonal, up to 28 meters high<\/strong>.
\nScience teaches us that over 60 million years ago, a submarine volcanic eruption<\/strong>brought to the surface a large lava mass that, in contact with wind and sea, cooled quickly, solidifying, contracting and generating the cracks that gave rise to these particular columns.<\/p>\n

This is the Giant’s Causeway<\/strong>, constantly changing because column movements.<\/p>\n

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\"Ireland<\/p>\n

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THE LEGEND OF THE GIANT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Obviously this particular place can inspire a lot of legends.
\nOne of the more known is about Fionn mac Cumhaill <\/strong>(name often Anglicanized in Finn McCool<\/strong>).
\nThe gentle Irish giant built the road to reach Scotland and fights against rival giant Benandonner<\/strong>.
\nAfter building the causeway, tired from the great work, Fionn fell asleep.
\nhe next morning, Fionn’s wife, Oonagh<\/strong>, found her husband snoring and heard the thunderous sound of Benandonner’s footsteps crossing the causeway. He was really huge and Fionn would have no hope of defeating him.
\nSo Oonagh decided to put a nightgown on Fionn asleep to make him look like a child.
\nWhen Benandonner arrived home, he asked to meet the cowardly rival but Oonagh asked him not to scream or he would wake his son.
\nBenandonner, seeing the size of the “child”, worried about how great Fionn could be and so, frightened, he fled to Scotland destroying the causeway behind him.<\/p>\n

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VISIT THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The entrance fee costs \u00a3 10, including the multilingual audio guide necessary to understand the origin of this particular site and the legends that surround it.
\nYou can reach the columns either with a panoramic walk or with a bus (for a fee).
\nAt the Visitor Center, sustainable and with an original structure that brings back to the basaltic columns, there is a bar and a souvenir shop.<\/p>\n

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HOW TO GET<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Car<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Outside the visitor center, big parking is available<\/p>\n

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Public transport<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you don’t have a car, public transports are a great way to come here.
\nSpending \u00a3 17 for the iLink Zone4<\/strong> allows to use trains and buses for 24 hours.<\/p>\n

The city of Coleraine<\/strong> is the hub of connections with Belfast (buses 218) and Derry (buses 234).
\nFrom here you get on bus 172, direction Ballycastle<\/strong>, and get out at The Giant’s Causeway<\/strong> stop, 150 meters from the entrance to the Visitor Center.<\/p>\n

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