Belfast Castle, Belfast

Very cute gardens with a cute cat finding game, the castle itself internally looked quite basic the downstairs visitor centre looked a bit bleak and the interactive parts didn't work when pressed. Still a gorgeous castle though so I would recommend a visit for the view. But you can tell its a castle that is used for weddings and things as its not really a museum as such.

This is certainly in my top five places to visit in Belfast. The castle itself is beautiful to look at, but it also hosts beautiful gardens and there are lots of loop walks to be taken around its surroundings. You can either take small loops around the adjacent gardens or take a full hike up the mountain behind. There are a number of carparks that we noted, one either side of the castle, but both were reasonably busy on the two occasions we visited so I would recommend visiting reasonably early to find parking easily. Reasonable fitness is needed fir the longer walks, but the immediate gardens are easy to walk however there are a number of steps that must be navigated.