Immerse in Northern Ireland’s giant spirit from your armchair

Tourism Northern Ireland has curated a list of marvellous virtual tours to inspire creativity, wellness and virtual exploration, allowing you to embrace NI’s giant adventures from the comfort of your home.
Gobbins Cliff PathGobbins Cliff Path
Gobbins Cliff Path

Using the very latest technology, immerse yourself in our beautiful landscapes. Watch our natural attractions come alive with colour and awash with sights and sounds that are a treat for the senses. Along with our stunning natural environment, you can choose to immerse in our history and cultural heritage, serene scenery and adventurous activities. There is plenty to keep you inspired, entertained and mindful as we all Stay at Home right now.

Panoramic Views of The Mournes, County Down

Enjoy panoramic views of the many awe-inspiring locations dotted throughout the stunning Mourne Mountains, including Ben Crom Reservoir, Slieve Donard, Slievenaslat, Knockcree Summit and Slieve Martin. You might not be able to walk there in person right now, but you can still enjoy the highest and most dramatic sceneries in Northern Ireland: http://www.mournelive.com/gallery-panoramicA Giant Experience on the Causeway Coastal Route

Armagh County MuseumArmagh County Museum
Armagh County Museum

Marvel in the truly magnificent with a 360-degree panoramic trip around Northern Ireland’s iconic Giant’s Causeway, a World Heritage site located on the spectacular Causeway coast. For nearly sixty million years, its unique rock formations have stood as a natural rampart against the unbridled ferocity of the North Atlantic storms. The symmetry of the columns will intrigue and inspire in equal measure: http://panoramas.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway/1/An Inspiring Celebration of Nurses at the Ulster Museum, Belfast

In a timely and unique celebration, the Ulster Museum is launching an exhibition of Northern Ireland’s nurses and midwives to mark 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale. Explore more with a virtual journey through the special exhibition that examines Nightingale’s impact here and the contribution nurses and midwives make to our health and well-being today. Here is a link to the tour: https://smartify.org/tour/florence-nightingale-200Coastal Adventure on The Gobbins, County Antrim

To sample another geological gem on the Causeway Coastal Route, take a virtual journey through The Gobbins cliff path at Islandmagee in County Antrim. Incorporating coastal bridges, caves, unique rock formations and tunnels, put yourself at the centre of the action. Follow the narrow winding cliff edge path which rises and dips around curves of curious geology where adventure awaits you: https://www.virtualvisittours.com/gobbins-cliff-path/Join a Legendary Celtic Clan at Navan Centre & Fort, County Armagh

Navan Centre & Fort is a place where myth and reality meet with a virtual tour that includes Ireland’s most famous and important archaeological sites, the legendary Emain Macha. Take a virtual step back 2,000 years and explore an Iron Age dwelling and uncover the daily life of the Celts in a highly interactive and unique experience: http://virtualvisitr.com/panoramas/Navan-Centre-Fort/tour.htmlBring History to Life at Armagh County Museum

The Mourne MountainsThe Mourne Mountains
The Mourne Mountains

While away an hour or two immersing in a range of stunning virtual heritage exhibitions at Armagh County Museum, the oldest county museum in Ireland. Current collections to include on your tour are Stray Sod by local artist Orlaith Cullinane, a beautifully curated exhibition featuring the Museum’s eclectic collection of historical artefacts from throughout the centuries. Those keen to explore more recent history will delight in Armagh in Focus, featuring photographic images of the beauty of the so-called orchard county from the 1950s to the 1980s:

Those seeking calm and serenity can indulge the senses at Antrim Castle Gardens, an historical gem featuring 400-year-old gardens. Take a tranquil stroll through its magnificent setting, visiting beautiful features such as the Large Parterre, Her Ladyship’s Pleasure Garden and Yew Tree Pond. Lovingly restored in recent years in a £6m Heritage Lottery Fund project, this virtual tour will lift your spirits and make your heart sing: https://www.virtualvisittours.com/antrim-castle-gardens/Explore 17th Century City Walls, Derry~Londonderry

History buffs can take the opportunity to peer into the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland and one of the finest examples of Walled Cities in Europe. A virtual tour includes the famous Shipquay Gate which offers a great viewpoint to look down on Guildhall Square and across to the Peace Bridge. Ferryquay Gate and Double Bastion offer a fine panoramic view over the Bogside and the slopes above, where Jacobite guns were positioned during the 1689 siege: