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By Experience Belfast

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Free cancellation available
Price is £24 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

    • Walk from City Centre to both the Falls and Shankill Roads — hear the full storey
    • Stand at the Peace Walls and understand why they are still standing
    • See powerful murals on both sides — two communities, two stories
    • The human storey of the Troubles — objective, deep and unforgettable
    • Discover a Belfast that looks forward as much as it looks back

Activity location

    • Belfast
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Donegall Square N, Belfast BT1 5GS, UK | Meet your guide on the pavement outside the large railings of Belfast City Hall. The guide will be located outside the grounds of the City Hall on the pavement beside a blue information table. The guide wears green and carries a large green and white golf umbrella. There is a small blue information board positioned between two large, black, ornamental lamp posts. Across the road is the main shopping avenue. Some map applications are directing people to Donegall Square West where the buses park. The meeting point is directly between two large ornamental lamp posts. If you look through the railings into the grounds of the City hall, you will see a large statue of Queen Victoria. Across the road, there are shops and a Nationwide Building Society. If you cannot see the guide or meeting point, you may be at the back of the City Hall as some satellite location devices misdirect people there.
    • Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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Belfast: The Troubles Walls & Bridges Guided Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£24.00 x 1 Adult£24.00
Total
Price is £24.00

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Expert local guide with first-hand knowledge of the Troubles
  • Inclusions
    Whispering Sets — hear every word of your guide's commentary
  • Exclusions
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 14 years
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • This is not a standard sightseeing tour. It is a deep dive into the political divisions that sparked the Troubles, placing Belfast within the context of a fast changing world — reflecting our humanity and sometimes our lack of it.

    Walk from City Hall towards Divis and the Falls Road, the Irish heartland of West Belfast. Learn how the conflict exploded with mobs and housing set ablaze. See the first mural — a statement of pride in Irish identity — before reaching the vibrant International Wall, where political murals change to reflect local and world events.
    Pass through heavily fortified security gates — a border between two communities — and walk into the British Shankill Area. Here you will see powerful loyalist murals telling an entirely different storey of identity, loyalty and loss.

    From the Shankill, walk to the Peace Walls — learn why they were built and why they are still standing. Return to the Falls Road through new imposing security gates. Walking back to the city centre, learn about the economic and political backdrop to the peace process and the people who dedicated their lives to building bridges — musicians, boxers and historians.

    Belfast does not sit alone — the forces that shaped this city are reshaping the world. The tour looks back at the past but also forward to what comes next.

    The tour finishes at a historic church at the heart of Irish history — a fitting place to reflect on everything you have seen and heard. You will see the main sights associated with the conflict but you will also see very ordinary things that tell a bigger storey. Greater truths can be learned from what is hidden in plain sight. Often it's not what you see but what you don't see that tells the bigger storey.

    Please note the tour contains graphic content relating to the Troubles. This tour is designed for adults — the minimum age is 14 and parental discretion is advised even for guests of this age. The content is delivered as intended and cannot be adapted during the tour. If you require a tailored experience, private tours are available — please get in touch to discuss. The tour covers a significant amount of detailed historical, political and social information over three hours and a good level of English is essential to obtain the full benefit of the experience. Listening sets are provided throughout.

Location

Activity location

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    • Belfast
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Donegall Square N, Belfast BT1 5GS, UK | Meet your guide on the pavement outside the large railings of Belfast City Hall. The guide will be located outside the grounds of the City Hall on the pavement beside a blue information table. The guide wears green and carries a large green and white golf umbrella. There is a small blue information board positioned between two large, black, ornamental lamp posts. Across the road is the main shopping avenue. Some map applications are directing people to Donegall Square West where the buses park. The meeting point is directly between two large ornamental lamp posts. If you look through the railings into the grounds of the City hall, you will see a large statue of Queen Victoria. Across the road, there are shops and a Nationwide Building Society. If you cannot see the guide or meeting point, you may be at the back of the City Hall as some satellite location devices misdirect people there.
    • Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom