My husband is attending a film festival in Belfast next month, and I'm joining him with our two daughters (3 & 7).
6/11 - arrive Dublin and head to Belfast
6/12 - 6/16 - Festival in Belfast (have hotel through festival)
6/17 - 6/20 - On our own. We're thinking of staying in Portstewart or Portballintrae - not sure if we should do b&b or hotel (Bayview hotel is booked, unfortunately). Planning to head back to Dublin the night before our flight. Need to figure out if we should take the train or bus from Dublin to Belfast. We're also planning to rent a car from Belfast for our time on the coast and need to figure out if it makes sense and is a possibility to drive to Dublin with it or if we'd need to return it to Belfast.
6/20 - Dublin
6/21 - return to Los Angeles from Dublin
My husband and I have been to Ireland a few times (north and south), so there's not really anything we're set on needing to see. We mostly want our girls to have fun. We're trying to decide if we should spend one or two nights in Dublin. Any insight is appreciated!