TRAVEL: Northern Ireland from the eyes of a chinese tourist

北爱尔兰必游景点推荐Recent travel recommendations of Northern Ireland by a recent visit from a Chinese family                                                                        

BELFAST CASTLE

再这儿你能够看到贝尔法斯特市和贝尔法斯特 湖的壮丽风景。城堡内的花园和餐厅绝对是休闲放松的理想场所

With this building again you can fully see Belfast city's style and the river’s magnificent scenery. The castle gardens and restaurant are an absolute relaxingly pleasant dream like area
       

                 DARK HEDGES 。                                                                                                                                            

 黑暗树篱位于北爱尔兰地区阿莫伊村（Armoy）附近，被誉为世界上最美的十条树木隧道之 一。十八世纪五十年代，斯图亚特家族的成员在其别墅周围的大道上种下了一片山毛榉树，他们希望通过这些交错成长的树木给来访的宾客留下深刻印象。这些树木相互缠绕，用光与影创造出             

The Dark Hedges are situated in the Armoy area of Northern Ireland. It's regarded as the world’s most beautiful ten tree archway tunnel.In the 1850s,the owner of  the villa and its surroundings, made this street of beech trees. We passed through the wall of trees to pay a visit to stay in the hotel for a while, giving us a beautifully deep impression of the desired beauty  of  the entwined tree branches together in the light

                                 贝尔法斯特市政厅                                                                       阿尔伯特纪念钟楼

 Belfast City Hall and the Albert clock                                                      

 市政厅气势恢弘，其显著特点是主圆顶和意大利大理石设计而成的华丽楼梯         

贝尔法斯特城堡建成于1870年，是一幢苏格兰式的豪华建筑，目前是贝尔法斯特最具有历史 价值的建筑物。

City hall holds a demeanour of vast grandeur, it's outstanding feature is the main dome and interior gorgeous Italian marble design staircase completes this.

Belfast city hall was completed in 1870, it's a luxurious Scottish designed building. It's currently Belfast’s feature building with the most historical values.

RMS TITANIC

 泰坦尼克博物馆是贝尔法斯特的最新地标，建筑漂亮而独特。博物馆内用科技手段非常全面 地介绍了泰坦尼克从建造、下水、准备到出发的详细过程，还有复原船舱的展出，和一些交互项目 可以亲身体验。  The RMS Titanic museum is Belfast’s newest landmark, the building is not only beautiful but unique. The museum use of science and technology is really comprehensive, introducing the Titanic’s construction, launch, preparation details and course of events, the restoration of the hold of the ship exhibited put together as an interactive project, a good experience for oneself.  

   

巨人之路Giant's Causeway                                                                     

 世界自然遗产，约4万根玄武岩柱组成的6公里海岸，非常的壮观                

Natural world heritage site collectively around 40,000 hexagonal stone pillars over 6km of shoreline, an exceedingly spectacular sight.

卡里克索桥         

                                                                            

 Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge                                                                                       

通过卡里克索桥的确是一个很刺激的体验，桥会随着风一起摇摆     

Carrick-a-rede rope bridge Is a certainly a very exciting experience, the bridge sways along with the wind!

TRAVEL: NORTHERN IRELAND

Recent travel recommendations of Northern Ireland  by a recent visit from a Chinese family;

北爱尔兰必游景点推荐       

                      

                         

巨人之路Giant's Causeway                                                 

 世界自然遗产，约4万根玄武岩柱组成的6公里海岸，非常的壮观              

 
Natural world heritage site collectively around 40,000 hexagonal stone pillars over 6km of shoreline. A exceedingly spectacular sight.

卡里克索桥                                                                

 Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge                                                             

 通过卡里克索桥的确是一个很刺激的体验，桥会随着风一起摇摆        

Carrick-a-rede rope bridge Is a certainly a very exciting experience, the bridge sways along with the wind!

                                                 

贝尔法斯特市政厅                                                    阿尔伯特纪念钟楼

 Belfast City Hall and  the Albert clock                                              

 市政厅气势恢弘，其显著特点是主圆顶和意大利大理石设计而成的华丽楼梯          

贝尔法斯特城堡建成于1870年，是一幢苏格兰式的豪华建筑，目前是贝尔法斯特最具有历史 价值的建筑物。

City hall holds a demeanour of vast grandeur, it's outstanding feature of  the main dome and gorgeous Italian marble design staircase complete this.

Belfast city hall was completed in 1870, it's a luxurious  Scottish design building. It's currently Belfast best feature and building with the most historical values.

BELFAST CASTLE

位于贝尔法斯特市郊区的卡弗山上，再这儿你能够看到贝尔法斯特市和贝尔法斯特 湖的壮丽风景。城堡内的花园和餐厅绝对是休闲放松的理想场所

Situated in school district at the top of cabin hill, with this building again you can fully see Belfast city's style and the river’s magnificent scenery . The castle gardens and restaurant are an absolute  relaxingly pleasant dream like area

RMS TITANIC

 泰坦尼克博物馆是贝尔法斯特的最新地标，建筑漂亮而独特。博物馆内用科技手段非常全面                                                                                                      

 地介绍了泰坦尼克从建造、下水、准备到出发的详细过程，还有复原船舱的展出，和一些交互项目                                                                                                      

 可以亲身体验。      

The RMS Titanic museum is Belfast’s newest landmark, the building is not only beautiful but unique. The museum use of  science and technology is really comprehensive, introducing the Titanic’s construction, launch, preparation details and course of events, the restoration of the hold of the ship exhibited put together as an interactive project. A good experience for oneself.                     

             

DARK HEDGES 。                                                                                                      

 黑暗树篱位于北爱尔兰地区阿莫伊村（Armoy）附近，被誉为世界上最美的十条树木隧道之 一。十八世纪五十年代，斯图亚特家族的成员在其别墅周围的大道上种下了一片山毛榉树，他们希望通过这些交错成长的树木给来访的宾客留下深刻印象。这些树木相互缠绕，用光与影创造出   

Dark hedges is situated in the Armoy area of Northern Ireland. It's regarded as the world’s most beautiful ten tree archway tunnel.

In the 1850s,the owner of  the villa, its surroundings made the main street  of beech trees. We passed through the wall of trees to pay a visit to stay in the hotel for a while, giving us  a deep impression of the desired beauty  of  the entwined tree branches together in the light.

TRAVEL:TITANIC BELFAST

Titanic Belfast Named Best Attraction in Europe  

 Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, located on the spot where the famous liner was built and launched, has been named as Europe’s Leading Visitor Attraction at the prestigious World Travel Awards held in Sardinia, Italy, last night.  Titanic Belfast beat off stiff competition from the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, La Sagrada Familia, Spain, The Eiffel Tower, France, Acropolis, Athens, Buckingham Palace, England, Ribeira do Porto, Portugal, and The Roman Colosseum, Italy for the top spot.It is also the first-time an attraction from Northern Ireland has won the accolade in its 23 year history.  Titanic Belfast Chief Executive, Tim Husbands MBE, commented, “We are absolutely thrilled to be Europe’s Best Tourist Attraction and to bring the award back to Ireland! After only four years in operation, to be recognised and beat off stiff competition from Europe’s most iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Roman Colosseum is a true honour. We know what we offer at Titanic Belfast is special – the enduring story of Titanic and the appeal of its home where she was designed and built captures hearts and minds throughout the world. We are pleased that we are recognised world-wide as the ultimate Titanic Experience and a must-see for anyone visiting Belfast, Northern Ireland and Ireland. We would like to thank everyone who has supported and voted for us.”  Since opening in 2012, Titanic Belfast has established itself as a world-class attraction on the local, national and international stage, and continues to go from strength to strength.  Last month, it welcomed its three-millionth visitor, having once again exceeded visitor number expectations. This milestone came during a record-breaking August, as the visitor attraction experienced its busiest day to date.   The world-class attraction has welcomed many VIP guests includes Her Majesty The Queen, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, TITANIC director James Cameron, the discovery of Titanic, Dr Robert Ballard, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and, as well as celebrities including Adele and Michael Bublé, to name a few.   It is home to some of the most significant Titanic artefacts, including the last letter ever to be written on board the Titanic by Essex-born Esther Hart and her seven-year-old daughter Eva and the SS Nomadic, the last remaining White Star Line artefact.  

 The award adds to Titanic Belfast accolades as it was recently included in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Travelist of 500 of the world's most striking locations, featuring everything from imposing temples to hidden gems, after only three years in operation.

 About Europe’s Leading Visitor Attraction – Titanic Belfast 

Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience, located on the spot where the famous ship was designed and launched, has been named Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction. To celebrate here are 15 things you may not know about award-winning attraction:  

• Titanic Belfast beat off stiff competition from the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin, La Sagrada Familia, Spain, The Eiffel Tower, France, Acropolis, Athens, Buckingham Palace, England, Ribeira do Porto, Portugal, and The Roman Colosseum, Italy to be awarded Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction.  
• It’s not the first time, Titanic Belfast has stolen the top spot from the Eiffel Tower as it was named Europe’s Best Tourist Attraction for Groups at the European Group Travel Awards last year. 
• In four and half years, it has welcomed 3 million visitors from over 145 countries. 
• It had its busiest day to date this August. 
• Titanic Belfast is the world’s largest Titanic visitor experience. 
• It is located at the sport where the Titanic was designed and launched – it only took 62 seconds to launch Titanic from the Slipways on 21st May 1911! On the same day, the Olympic, and the tender ships, Nomadic and Traffic left Belfast, drawing over 100,000 spectators and journalists travelling from London and America.  
• It can hold over 3,547 visitors at any one time, the same number as the capacity of Titanic!  
• Since opening, it has welcomed Her Majesty The Queen, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, TITANIC director James Cameron, the discovery of Titanic, Dr Robert Ballard, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and, as well as celebrities including Adele and Michael Bublé, to name a few.  
• The world-class exhibition, which has been described as ‘magnificent and dramatic’ by TITANIC movie director, James Cameron. 
• The building’s overall shape represents the bow of the ship and the hulls are the same height of Titanic from keel to Boat Deck! 
• From the sky, the building is the shape of a star, which represents the White Star Line connection. 
• The plaza surrounding the building is actually a map (one of the largest maps of the Northern Hemisphere at 10,000 m2) and follows the route of the Titanic from Belfast to South Hampton, Cobh towards its final resting place. 
• The wooden benches encircling the building and are spaced in Morse code sequence. Moving clockwise around the plaza they read “DE (this is) MGY MGY MGY (Titanic’s call sign) CQD CQD SOS SOS CQD” – the distress message that Titanic sent after hitting an iceberg. 
• Since opening, it has sold 338,000 postcards and over 20,000 Titanic snow globes! 
• It has also sold over 73,000 Americanos, 65,000 Cappucinos and 60,000 Lattes! 

To delve deeper, visit the home of the story - Titanic Belfast. The Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction is easily accessible. For more information, visit www.titanicbelfast.com.