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From Holywood the road runs via Crawfordsburn to Bangor (pop. 55,000), the most popular of Northern Ireland's seaside resorts, with wide sandy beaches, beautiful promenades and plentiful facilities for sport and entertainment.

Bangor is a university town, sailing center and a good base for trips to the beautiful island of Anglesey, which is connected to the mainland by Telford's Menai

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Suspension Bridge.

Tourist Attractions in Bangor

Belfast - St John's Point
Beginning at St John's Point a superbly scenic road makes its way along what is surely the loveliest stretch of coast in Northern Ireland to Newry (39mi/62.5km), then on round the wide bay of Dundrum, large areas of which are exposed at low tide, to Newcastle.

Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff is one of the loveliest of the nine Glens of Antrim.

The Glenariff Forest Park offers spectacular walks with three waterfalls, trails along the sheer sides of the gorge, mountain view lookouts and a visitors center.

Island Magee
Island Magee is a peninsula 7mi/11km long and 2mi/3km wide. A striking feature on the east side of the peninsula is the Gobbins, a stretch of basalt cliffs 253ft/77m high containing a number of caves. There are numerous legends associated with the cliffs and caves. At the end of the peninsula can be seen a megalithic chambered tomb (dolmen).

Belfast - Grand Opera House
West of the City Hall in Great Victoria Street stands the very ornate Opera House, well worth seeing.

How to reach Bangor

By rail :
Bangor lies on the North Wales Coastal Line, and can be reached from either the direction of Holyhead, for those traveling from Dublin, or from Chester, for those traveling from the mainland. Bangor is on the Holyhead → Chester track, and can be reached from either with trains running roughly every hour. Bangor can also be reached the following ways:

• Liverpool Lime Street → Chester → Bangor - about 2 hours travelling time. £18.10 for standard day ticket.
• Manchester Picadilly → Chester → Bangor
• Cardiff → Bangor
• London Euston → Crewe → Bangor - roughly every hour, taking about four hours. £96.50 for a standard open single, £62.90 for a saver single (available most days). Booking in advance may get you a ticket for £51.
• London Euston → Bangor direct - three times a day. Takes just over 3 hours, but same price as above.

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