Ireland is known as one of the world’s best destinations for road trips. The island's compact size, stunning variety of landscapes, and excellent road network connect vibrant cities with remote coastal gems, creating versatile and exciting road trip routes, of which I will share 3 with you in this blog!

For my 4th visit to Ireland in 2 years I had my mind set on a Northern Ireland road trip to explore more of the rugged northern coastlines.

How I love Ireland, land of wide nature plains, castles, heritage and turbulent history, but also strong culture, friendly people, good food, lots of pubs, beer, and as it turns out many Instagrammable sights and hotspots as well! Last year I visited Ireland for the first time and explored the Cork region in the south west, about which you can read more in these blogs: Instagrammable spots of Cork County and Top 5 south west Ireland. But the north was long on my list as well

In my previous blog you’ve read about the most Instagrammable spots, the colorful houses and very photogenic markets & shops of Cork County. And saw many pictures already of all the beautiful towns and sites we visited during our 3 day press trip through this largest and most southern county of Ireland. But naturally the more traditional sights of Ireland are highly photogenic and very Instagrammable as well! Especially when you like old rugged buildings, ruins and the wide

What comes to mind when you think of Ireland? For me that was the stereotype of high cliffs, castles, lots of nature plains, wide meadows and quaint little towns. Last week during my first ever visit to this country on a press trip through county Cork this was confirmed but also proved surprisingly underestimated. Pic credits: Zoover After less than a 2 hour flight from Amsterdam to Cork I found out that Ireland is so much more than that! During our 3 days trip through the