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Derry is located in the centre of Ireland, and therefore is ideally suited for use as a base of operations from which to explore the rest of Ireland. The City of Derry Airport is located towards the edge of the town and serves limited international flights and domestic flights to the rest of Ireland and locations in the UK. A full range of international and European car hire companies maintain premises within the airport such as Hertz, Avis, Europacar and Budget. The airport makes an excellent choice of pickup location to your hire vehicle. Having the use of your own personal hire vehicle allows you to visit some of the more out of the way attractions in and around Derry.
One of the more unique attractions local to Derry is the Giant's Causeway, this beautiful stretch of coastline features some breathtaking rock formations and basalt columns which were formed over 60 million years ago. For sports aficionados a trip to the Inishowen Peninsula may be in order, this is the most Northern spot in Ireland and is renowned for its beautiful natural scenery an excellent outdoor sporting facilities, visitors can take advantage of the five golf courses, have access to fishing in the river lakes will see, or simply spend time walking the cliff tops. As we can see, by availing yourself of a well priced rental car very becomes the perfect location from which to hand out into the surrounding countryside and discover Ireland from the comfort of your own private vehicle. |