The Gobbins Cliff Path
Islandmagee, County Antrim
An Edwardian cliff path of iron bridges and sea-cut tunnels bolted to the base of black basalt crags, where the Irish Sea breaks at your feet.
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Clifftop paths, railing-free pulpits and chalk arches across ten European countries — open any one for the full guide.
Cliffs of Moher
County Clare
Ireland's most famous Atlantic rampart — eight kilometres of sheer rock rising to 214 metres, crowned by O'Brien's Tower.
Preikestolen
Lysefjord, Rogaland
A flat granite pulpit hanging 604 metres above the Lysefjord — the most photographed cliff ledge in Norway.
Falaise d'Aval, Étretat
Normandy, Alabaster Coast
The white chalk arches and needle of Étretat, painted by Monet and carved by the Channel into sculpture.
White Cliffs of Dover
Kent
England's chalk gateway — brilliant white walls streaked with flint, rolling down to the narrowest point of the Channel.
Cabo da Roca
Sintra-Cascais
The westernmost point of mainland Europe — a windswept headland of cliffs and gorse above the open Atlantic.
Cap de Formentor
Mallorca, Balearic Islands
Mallorca's northern tip — jagged limestone ridges plunging into turquoise water, with a lighthouse at the end of the road.
Navagio Viewpoint
Zakynthos, Ionian Islands
A clifftop platform above the Ionian's most famous cove, where a shipwreck rusts on white pebbles far below.
Königsstuhl, Jasmund
Rügen Island, Baltic Sea
Gleaming white chalk crowned with ancient beech forest, dropping to the Baltic in Germany's smallest great national park.
Dingli Cliffs
Western Malta
Malta's quiet high edge — terraced limestone cliffs some 250 metres above a deep blue Mediterranean.
Scala dei Turchi
Realmonte, Sicily
A dazzling staircase of white marl cliff, smoothed by wind and sea into soft wave-like terraces that step down into a turquoise Sicilian bay.
Dyrhólaey
South Coast, near Vík
A black basalt promontory above the North Atlantic, pierced by a vast sea arch, ringed by black-sand beaches and crowded with puffins in summer.