Signature Belfast tour any visitor would be mad to miss. A Belfast history timeline.
When booking please note the total cost will always be the same value no matter the size of the party booking.
You be travelling in a comfortable 16 seater Mercedes sprinter mini coach.
Belfast meaning “mouth of the sand-bank ford”, is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. It is the 12th-largest city in the UK and the second largest on the island of Ireland. It has roughly a population of 311 ,152 as of 2019. Belfast suffered greatly in the Troubles. In the 1970s and 1980s it was reported to be one of the world’s most dangerous cities, with a homicide rate around 31 per 100,000. But that has all changed now.
By the early 19th century, Belfast became a major port. It played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname “Linenopolis”. By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the RMS Titanic, was the world’s biggest shipyard. Belfast as of 2019 has a major aerospace and missiles industry. Industrialisation, and the inward migration it brought, made Belfast Northern Ireland’s biggest city and it became the capital of Northern Ireland following the Partition of Ireland in 1922. Its status as a global industrial centre ended in the decades after the Second World War of 1939–1945.
This tour can leave from Derry or begin from the City Centre in Belfast, where your tour guide will meet you. This tour is a Belfast walking tour of the city centre but can contain a private bus journey to Belfast for those travelling from Derry for the tour. Schools, universities, groups and tourists alike have enjoyed this very tour. Belfast tours can take 1.5 – 7 hours depending on what you would like to see. Our qualified tour guides will take you through the scenery in a timely manner spending time looking at key points of attraction like:
Options (although not essential):
Our qualified tour guides will take you through the scenery in a timely manner spending time looking at key points of attraction like:
Options (although not essential):
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