4 Hours Private Guided Belfast City Tour
Belfast
Experience a personalized 4-hour guided tour of Belfast City and its surroundings. See famous landmarks, explore troubled streets, and learn about the city's history and politics.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Belfast Castle - Take a visit to Belfast Castle, a 17th Century Castle which sits overlooking Belfast, and is nestled below Cave Hill, situated in woodland and parkland. The Normans had built a settlement here as far back as the 12th century. Great views of Belfast City and Belfast Lough. Take a walk around the gardens and see if you can find the nine cats. Visitors can also take a look inside the castle and their is a cafe available also.
  • Parliament Buildings - Visit the home of the Northern Ireland Parliament. This stunning building is situated in stunning grounds, which are popular with families. The building can be observed from many points throughout the city, it is situated on the outskirts of East Belfast. The Parliament Building was opened in 1932. The first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir James Craig is entomed on the site along with his wife. Visitors can also access the building for a closer look.
  • Queen’s University - Take a look at Queen’s University Belfast, a mixture of tudor and gothic styles. This fine building was designed by the architect Sir Charles Lanyon. The university was opened by Queen Victoria and is the 11th oldest university in the United Kingdom.
  • City Hall - Visitors can wander around the grounds of Belfast City Hall, a stunning building which sits right in the heart of Belfast City Centre. This grand building is the centre point of the city, and the meeting point for many who either live in or visit the city. Their are several statues, and memorials within the grounds, the Titanic Memorial being one of the most poignant. Visitors can also access the building, their is a cafe located within, with exhibitions usually on display.
  • Titanic Belfast - Take a look at the stunning Titanic Museum, which is located at the Titanic Quarter, the area which was once Queen’s Island. Many thousands of shipyard workers made their way to and from the famous Harland and Wolf Shipyard, which built the Titanic.

Visitors can do a tour of the museum, but tickets will have to be purchased. Visitors could spend hours looking around this wonderful exhibition.

Entry is free to the building but any tour of the exhibition has to be paid for.

  • Peace Wall - Take a drive to the Peace Wall, which divides the Protestant Shankill district of Belfast from the Catholic Fall’s district of Belfast. View the many political and historical murals which adorn the many gable walls of the terraced houses in these working class neighbourhoods, which were the locations of many terrible incidents during Northern Ireland’s troubled past. Visitors will be driven along the Falls Road and Shankill Road, and through some of the streets. Even though these areas suffered greatly during the conflict, many older residents can speak of happier times and childhoods in these working class streets.
What's Included
  • Political and historical exploration of Peace Wall, Shankill, and Falls Road
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tickets for Titanic Museum are not included in price of tour.
  • fee will be charged for pick ups outside with Belfast City Centre
  • Titanic per person is around £25.00
Additional Information

Embark on a distinctive, individualized journey around Belfast City and its nearby areas, taking in sights of the city’s notable landmarks, ranging from the famous cranes of Belfast’s Harland and Wolf Shipyard - builders of the Titanic, to Stormont, the seat of the Northern Ireland Parliament. You’ll also have the chance to observe Belfast Castle, comfortably situated on Cave Hill and visible city-wide, alongside a variety of other intriguing locations.

Pause to appreciate the magnificence of Queen’s University and Belfast City Hall, then journey through Belfast’s historic quarters, witnessing the murals and political visuals that embellish the end walls of buildings in the Protestant Shankill and Catholic Falls areas.

Conclude your trip with a refreshing pint of Guinness in the renowned Crown Bar.

The tour includes a description of the city’s history, its popular landmarks, as well as a political tour of this formerly unsettled city.

Location
Belfast Castle
Antrim Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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