Belfast Untold
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Port
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Activity Level
Moderate Activity
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Excursion Type
Information Not Currently Available
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At (prices in USD)
$250
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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 included
From your motorcoach, admire Belfast's many Victorian and Edwardian buildings in the evening light. 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.
View 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.
Some 'alternative' sights of Belfast include the political murals -- a cultural statement that colorfully expresses wide-ranging opinions about Belfast's divided history. You'll have time here for photographs.
Watch for the former Crumlin Road Gaol (Jail), which housed more than 20,000 prisoners from 1845 until it closed in 1996.
At a local establishment, 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 Belfast Untold. Try sean-nós and céilí dancing as the entertainers sing and play some local melodies and street songs that would have been heard in the shipyards, mills and markets of old.
Rejoin your motorcoach for the return journey to Belfast port and your ship.
Please note: Availability and group size will determine the venue, which in turn determines wheelchair accessibility; if accessibility is required, please consult with the Destinations team on board before booking.