4-Hour Private Tour: Discover The Best of Belfast in Luxury SUV

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Belfast City Hall experience — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Guests enjoying our rich history and culture — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

This fully private tour differs from routine Belfast tours because it includes Irelands origins with a visit to a 5000 year old site right through to todays troubled history and where we are post conflict. This will give you a great unbiased understanding of our history, past and new including our beautiful buildings and landmarks.

We look forward to welcoming you on our tour

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At a glance

Duration: 4 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Exclusive Ni. Tours

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Bottled water
Included: Driver and guide with commentary
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Not included

Not included: On-board restrooms: Restroom on board
Not included: Gratuities
Not included: Meals

Itinerary

Giant's Ring

30 min

We start of our tour at the Giants Ring on the outskirts of Belfast. Here we will give you a timeline for our history and where better to do this than at ancient monument predating the pyramids to a time around 5000 years ago
Queen's University

20 min

Travel into south Belfast with its lovely houses and a look around Queens University which is a beautiful building
Peace Wall

45 min

A visit to the peace walls helps to explain and put in context the conflict that took place in Northern Ireland from the late 60s that most are familiar with. We show you both sides of the divide and give you a historical unbiased overview of the city
Cathedral Quarter

50 min

This area has a fantastic history with beautiful buildings and monuments right around the city centre. Now a lively tourist area with many bars and restaurants we can drive around this area and see the sights.
Belfast City Hall

20 min

Construction started in the late Victorian era and city hall was built to celebrate Belfast gaining city status with its mighty industries of shipbuilding and linen production being the best in the world. You will have time to stroll around its grounds and see inside this magnificent building and the area around it.
Titanic Belfast

30 min

Stop at the titanic Museum visiting the shop and seeing where Titanic launched from. We also see one of the last surviving battleships from the First World War and the mighty cranes from Harland and Wolf shipyards who built the Titanic

We then pass through into East Belfast where we see some examples of Victorian Belfast and some more murals depicting the troubles from the British perspective.
Parliament Buildings

30 min

The beautiful grounds and building known as Stormont, built in 1921 and opened in 1932 is next on the tour where you can see inside with its Greek classical style opulent marble. This building was formed as part of the new governance of Northern Ireland after partition and has a great history.

We then finish the tour where you will have seen the best of the city past and presented hopefully a great understanding of our rich history.