Belfast Untold
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Port
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$189.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
Approximately 3½ Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
This option is available to guests who are returning to the ship.
Approximately 3½ Hours
Price: $$$$
From your motorcoach, admire in the evening light the many Victorian and Edwardian buildings of Belfast. Many of them feature elaborate sculptures over their doors and windows. Stone-carved heads of gods, poets, scientists, and kings and queens peer down from the high ledges of banks and old linen warehouses.
Belfast has a long and often turbulent history. This tour of the capital city of Northern Ireland takes you to the landmarks that have played their part in the city's colorful development -- from its great industrial triumphs to the civil unrest that has tarnished Belfast's image.
Your guide will tell you about the Grand Opera House, the Albert Memorial, City Hall and Queen's University. The latter was established in 1845 by Queen Victoria as one of the three Colleges of Ireland, the others being at Cork and Galway.
Some 'alternative' sights of Belfast include the political wall murals -- a unique cultural statement that colorfully express wide-ranging opinions. You'll have time here for photographs.
Watch for the former Crumlin Road Gaol (Jail), where more than 20,000 prisoners were housed from 1845 until it closed in 1996.
A local establishment hosts you as local entertainers lead you on a virtual journey through the hidden back streets and lost lanes of Belfast -- a music and dance performance with a harp, uilleann pipes, bodhrán, guitar, flute, fiddle, concertina and whistles pulses with the city's heartbeat, expounding The Story of Hidden Belfast.
Notes:
Tour is not necessarily wheelchair accessible -- availability and group size will determine the venue, which in turn determines wheelchair accessibility.