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Directions

From Dublin
Distance: 145 miles / 232 km Time: 3.5 hours approx
From Dublin take the N2 north to Derry, (Derry is clearly signposted on the M50). Travel to Slane, Ardee, Carrickmacross, Castleblaney, Monaghan, and into Northern Ireland at Aughnacloy.
From there travel on the A5 to Omagh and Strabane. You will arrive at junction for Craigavon Bridge (Derry). Enter Derry city by the bridge and you will come to a small roundabout.
Take 3rd exit and follow road by the River, go straight through another roundabout and you'll arrive at Queen's Quay where the City Hotel is situated.
From Belfast
Distance: 73 miles / 117 km Time: 1hr 30 mins
The A6 motorway runs directly from Belfast to Derry. Exit routes are clearly marked from the city. You will pass through Glenshane Pass, Dungiven and Drumahoe on your journey.
At the Altnagelvin roundabout take 2nd exit signposted City Centre, forward towards Waterside roundabout and take 1st exit. Forward through Duke Street roundabout and you will arrive at the junction for Craigavon Bridge (Derry).
Enter Derry city by the bridge and you will come to a small roundabout. Take 3rd exit and follow road by the River, forward through another roundabout and you'll arrive at Queen's Quay where the City Hotel is situated.

Within 10kms

Giants Causeway
44a Causeway Road, Bushmills, BT57 8SU Tel (048) 20731582 www.nationaltrust.org
The Giant's Causeway, 43 miles from Derry, is Northern Ireland's most famous sight. The Causeway proper is only part of its attraction. The 6km of sheer cliffs, rising to over 90m and forming a series of bays, are spectacular. The National Trust has provided a coastal path about 8km long from the entrance to the Causeway to beyond Dunseverick, near Whitepark Bay. A small bus takes visitors down to the Grand Causeway.
The Grand Causeway is an astonishing complex of basalt columns packed together, whose tops form 'stepping stones' leading from the cliff foot and disappearing under the sea. Similar columns appear on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides: hence the legend that this was a road built by the giant Finn MacCool to enable him to cross over to Scotland.
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
North Antrim office, 60 Causeway Road, Bushmills BT57 8SU Tel: 028 2073 1582 / 2143 Fax: 028 2073 2963 carrickarede@nationaltrust.org.uk
Carrick -A- Rede Rope Bridge is located on the North Antrim Coast between Ballycastle and Balintoy. It is an ideal spot to visit when visiting other attraction in the area such as the Giants Causeway or Dunluce Castle. Local fishermen have kept a bridge here since the mid 1600s. The name Carrick-A-Rede (Carraig-a-Rade) means the rock in the road the road being the sea migration route of salmon past the island to which the bridge crossed from the mainland.
Ulster Museum Folk Park
2 Melon Road, Omagh Tel 048 8224 3292 www.folkpark.com

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Thompsons on the River
Thompsons on the River has quickly established itself as one of Derry's finest restaurants.
Overlooking the river, it takes its name from Thompson's Mill, which formerly occupied the site on which the hotel is now built.
There is a wide choice available on the a la carte menu and our Table;d'hote menu along with ours Company Menu, fantastic value with 2 courses and a bottle of wine for two people at a total of £29.95;