The Troubles Tour- Two Stories, One Journey
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover Belfast’s past while exploring life during The Troubles, when conflict, fear, and resilience shaped everyday reality. Guided by two local women — one from a Republican background and one from a Loyalist community — you’ll walk the Falls and Shankill Roads, where murals, streets, and memories reveal how identity, division, and community shaped their childhoods. They share personal stories of loss, strength, everyday routines under threat, and the courage required to hold families and neighborhoods together. Though separated by politics and walls, their experiences reflect a shared determination to protect loved ones and hope for a better future. You’ll also learn how women on both sides supported dialogue, helped sustain the peace process, and continue to work toward reconciliation today. More than a sightseeing tour, this is a reflective, human encounter with lived history — an invitation to hear real voices and understand Belfast through the perspectives of its women.
Inclusions
What's included
- Two Local certified Guides
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Was the tallest building in Belfast and house a British Army observation building on its roof and was the location of the tow of the first deaths on the night the troubles broke out in August 1969
A wonderful array of murals depicting local events and international conflicts both past and present.
A garden to remember local Republicans who lost their lives in the conflict from the Lower Falls Road area. One of two gardens that we visit and can be controversial as they honour the dead of IRA members.
One of the most famous murals in Belfast, Booby Sand who died on hunger strike in the Maze prison in 1981
Fr, Alex Reid was the resident priest who was instrumental in the beginning of the talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement being signed.
The second of the Memorial Gardens we visit, this time dedicated to the Republicans of The Clonard area and the location which is generally accepted as being the location where 'The Troubles' broke out in August 1969
Gates between the Loyalist Shankill Road and the Republican Falls road that still close nightly
Sign the 14m high "Peace Wall that divides the two communities and leave your thoughts on peace.
A UVF Mural in remembrance of 7 members of the UVF that lost their lives in the Conflict
Shankill Bomb Site where 9 people lost their lives
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Meet Infront of the Gold Coloured building
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 25 travellers
- Operated by
- Yellow Umbrella Tours Limited
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tour is approximately 3 miles (4km) walking
How it compares in Belfast
- Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 583 experiences we list in Belfast.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 90 of 583.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Belfast
Belfast is Northern Ireland's capital, a harbour city between hills and lough, known for shipbuilding, Victorian pubs, murals and the Titanic story.
Belfast grew with the linen and shipbuilding trades, and the giant yellow cranes of the old shipyard still stand over the docks where the Titanic was built and launched in 1911. The Titanic Quarter now holds a large museum on that story. In the centre, the domed City Hall, completed in 1906, stands in a square of Victorian and Edwardian buildings, and the Cathedral Quarter has cobbled lanes and old pubs.
Top-ranked sights in Belfast: Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Dark Hedges.
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