Hi Bluesmama! There are two parking areas at the Giants Causeway. One is right next to the visitors center where you have to pay to park and to enter the Causeway! There is a parking lot further up the hill that you still have to pay for, but, it is free to enter the Causeway. Parking there is not expensive. I want to say that it was less than 10 pounds. That said, walking distance from that parking area to the Bushmills factory is pretty far. For me, it was worth paying the $. Additionally, since the Bushmills tour is timed, I would recommend going there as early as possible then spending most of my time at the Causeway. It's a pretty far walk from the entrance down to the six sided stones. You really want to budget a good deal of time to relax, enjoy, and take it all in. On the way back to the car, spring for the 1-2 pounds to take the shuttle back up the hill. Your feet will thank you. Have a great time!

Yes it is

No need to purchase in advance now. We walked in and only 7 people in the tour

There is definitely a fee for the tour - this includes a tasting at the end. Our tickets were 9 GBP each. As we were there in August, it was busy. Reservation was not required but it was a good thing we arrived in the morning. Tour buses were arriving at a steady rate.

Yes the tour is not suitable for children under 8 years old.

At 8-10 they could certainly do the tour, up to you on if they might find it interesting or boring! The village of Bushmills is close enough for your sister inlaw and children to find something to do while you are on the tour, is a beautiful wee village. Enough tasters to put you over the limit to drive? To the best of my knowledge, you are provided a token for one free drink at the bar, I do not know your constitution for alcohol, nor am I up to date with the local driving limit, that is a decision you need to make for yourself- but certainly there is nobody at each station forcing a taster down your throat and you make your own decision of if and when to drink alcohol when driving?

Hi Micheal Just to let you know you can only book in advance if you have a group of 15 or more. If it’s only a couple or few people you just turn up and book the next available tour, sometimes it’s busy and you just wait to the next tours going. If you check their website , they give you times for last entry to tour, otherwise there a tasting you can do for £8pp. And you can get that at the 1608 bar with out booking. It’s good , If it’s a tour your looking to take you to the distillery then look no further I can arrange it all for you. Check out. Theirishtourguide. Thanks .. The Irish tour guide

Yes the tour is a great tour and well worth going on, but if you only have a short time you can just do a tasting at the 1608 bar and there’s pretty good food st the cafe, then there’s the shop and you can buy limited addition whiskey there., it’s all good .

No just turn up. Check their website for opening times.

Hi, it takes approximately 50 minutes in all.