This is Belfast Walking Tours. Our history, our culture.

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. Our starting point where the Salmon of Knowledge known locally as the Big Fish (cos its a big fish!) is based on a story of legend and myth. Her scales tell the story of Belfast and its people but also symbolises the links to the River Lagan, shipbuilding and Belfast Lough. Underneath flows a hidden river...the Farset which gives the city its name.

   15 min

2. Hear of how Belfast punches way above its weight in the age of the industrial revolution and commerce. To its place as a gathering for public meetings to its use now as a fantastic amphitheatre for summer music.

   10 min

3. Landmark memorial clock built after the death of Prince Albert, beloved husband of Queen Victorian. Discover the clocks big secret!

   10 min

4. Belfast High Street is the birthplace of the city. With its famous entries we will hear the story of the liberal and revolutionary Henry Joy McCracken, Presbyterian leader of the United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798.

   15 min

5. A historic church in the heartland of Presbyterian Belfast home of liberal forward thinking radicals and driving forces in the development of Belfast commercially and socially. Hear of the brave stand by one such Presbyterian against slavery

   10 min

6. From a rundown forgotten area of the city to its status as the entertainment and food hub ! The origins of Belfast punk music, the famous Duke of York pub and the beautiful Merchant Hotel.Then to the stunning and historic Cathedral itself...

   15 min

7. Stories of Victorian grandeur symbolic of a city of being one of the the world economic powerhouses

   15 min

8. The jewel in the centre of the city. The focal point for protests, meetings, commemoration and celebration. Hear how the city hall bore the story of the troubles and a positive future. We finish by the sombre tranquility of the Titanic Memorial

   15 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 30 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

Know before you go

How it compares in Belfast

• Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 583 experiences we list in Belfast.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 105 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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