City Tour of Belfast

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  • Duration: 7 hours
  • PRIVATE

The city of Belfast was voted one of the 20 most interesting destinations by the National Geographic in 2011, describing it as the capital with ambitions of reinventing itself in the eyes of the world after the Titanic. The city still bears the scars of its troubled past and at the same time oozes trendiness as a cosmopolitan city that enjoys significant capital investment.
Your guide will explain Northern Ireland's turbulent past, using political murals located in Shankill Road (Protestant) and Falls Road (Catholic) to illustrate the stories. These murals were mostly made in the period of conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants, and almost all of them have an intrinsic political meaning.
We will pass through the Peace Walls, which separate the Catholic district from the Protestant district. The doors were previously completely guarded by the police and the British army to control the passage of Catholics and Protestants from one district to the other. We will also walk by the Palace of Justice and the former Crumlin Road Jail, which is now a museum.
We will then complete a panoramic tour of the city centre, where we will visit the town hall, which demonstrates a renaissance period style from the early 20th century. We will also see the commercial areas of the city with shops such as Carrolls or the famous Avoca.
Then we can take a break and visit a pub. Here you will be able to try a pint of one of the local beers.
Afterwards we will pass through the shopping centre at Victoria Square, which claims to be the largest in Europe and is home to all kinds of brands and franchises. The Clock Tower Memorial of King Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of England, is known as the Big Ben of Belfast and is a Victorian tower that leans to one side due to the instability of the ground underneath it.
On the way to the port area, we will also see the old customs house that was used in the 19th century and the "Big Fish". After crossing the Queen's Bridge we will arrive at the newly opened Titanic Museum, which is situated where they built the legendary ship in 1912. Now you can take a tour to learn about the era in which the ship was built, the people of that era and the project that took place in the city. Finally, we approach the Stormont Parliament building, which was completed in 1932 in a classic Renaissance style. This building is currently home to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Visit to the Titanic Belfast
Tickets: adults £19.00, Child (5-16) £8.50, Child under 5 - free.

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