HMS Caroline

City Sightseeing Belfast - The open-top bus tour gives you the chance to ride around the city, whilst hopping on and off at many different bus stops around Belfast at your own leisure. The tour takes in the ever-changing Titanic Quarter, birth place of the RMS Titanic, and now an exciting new development for the city. The tour then continues onward to visit the impressive Parliament Buildings at Stormont. Then you'll make your way back into the city center to visit the political areas of the Shankhill Road as well as the political Wall Murals and peace lines at Falls Road. The tour then makes its way through the Queens University area back to the city center. Route Tour stops: 1. Belfast City Hall 2. SSE Arena 3. Titanic Quarter 4. HMS Caroline 5. Titanic Belfast 6. St George’s Market 7. Great Victoria Street 8. Dublin Road 9. Shaftsbury Square 10. Queens University 11. Eglantine Avenue 12. Cultúrlan McAdam Ó Fiaich 13. Falls Road 14. International Wall Mural 15. Belfast Peace Wall 16. Spectrum Information Centre 17. Shankill Memorial Garden 18. Crumlin Road 19. Donegall Street.

Dublin has a lot to offer, but if you feel you have "been there, done that," why not hop aboard and take a trip to historical Belfast, which is just 2 hours up the road? See one of Irelands "7 Wonders" - The Belfast Peace Wall. In addition you will see the amazing countryside that Northern Ireland has to offer and you will stop at various sites of historic significance on this amazing Belfast tour from Dublin. After a short coffee break along the way, your first stop is Belfast City. Enjoy a political/historical guided tour of the city, visiting some of the political hotspots as well as the Republican Museum, with a large collection of artifacts and prison handicrafts, representing various phases of the struggle for Irish Freedom.   Thereafter you will have some free time to explore the city and have some lunch, and maybe change some money to Pound Stirling as you are now in the United Kingdom! Afterwards, you will get to see the highlight of the tour, the Titanic Experience. Here you will learn all about Titanic’s tragic maiden voyage across the Atlantic.  Sadly all great adventures must come to an end but the memories will last a lifetime. Sit back while your guide plays some traditional music and enjoy reminiscing about your day as you make your way back to Dublin.

Start your guided walking tour with a visit to the Titanic Memorial Garden on the grounds of Belfast City Hall. Discover how Belfast became the shipbuilding capital of the world during the Industrial Revolution. See the names of all those who perished in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. On the way to the next stop, hear more about the commercial and industrial history of Belfast. See Belfast's waterfront along the Lagan River before arriving at the Beacon of Hope statue. Visit the “Big Fish” and hear about the tale of the legendary giant, Finn McCool. See the Custom House and the Albert Clock, Belfast’s own "leaning tower”. Cross over the Lagan Weir Footbridge and arrive in the Titanic Quarter. Visit Belfast’s marina and take in a magnificent view of the SSE Arena, the SS Nomadic, and the Titanic Visitor Centre. Continue into the heart of the Titanic quarter and get an up-close view of the SS Nomadic, the world’s last remaining White Star vessel, which was built in Belfast. Pass the Titanic Visitor Center and walk on the slipways where the Titanic and her sister ship, the Olympic, were built side by side. Stop at the Great Light, one of the largest optics of its kind in the world, and a unique maritime heritage object with significance to Belfast’s economic, maritime and industrial past. Finally, arrive at Titanic Dock and Pump House to finish the tour.