Belfast tours and excursions
Belfast tours
Black Cab tours
Belfast tours don’t come better than a Black Cab Tour where witty, knowledgeable guides take tourists to the Peace Wall in West Belfast, an ugly, prison-like concrete and metal barrier built to separate Belfast’s Catholic and Protestant communities. Working the Falls and Shankill Roads during the Troubles, cabbies take in both sides of the fence, plus the political murals, in around 90-minutes.
Tel: +44 799 095 5227.Website: http://www.belfastblackcabtours.co.uk
Pub tour
An essential part of Belfast nightlife is its historic pubs. A good introduction is provided by the Belfast Pub Tour, which visits evergreen favourites such as McHugh's and The Albert Clock. Each tour features four pubs, stopping in a couple for a tipple. Tours last around 4 hours.
Tel: +44 771 260 3764.Website: http://www.belfastcrawl.co.uk
Belfast excursions
Giant's Causeway
Northern Ireland's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Giant's Causeway, is a 90-minute drive from Belfast. According to local legend, two feuding giants from Ireland and Scotland built the Causeway so they could travel across the sea to do battle. Formed around 65 million years ago by the cooling of volcanic rock, this unique geological feature consists of a protrusion of basalt hexagonal columns jutting into the sea.
Tel: +44 28 2073 1855.Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway
Bushmills Distillery
Bushmills is Ireland’s oldest whiskey distillery, and a visit is often included in a County Antrim tour. Every bottle begins life with un-peated malted barley, which means it’s dried with hot air rather than over a peat fire, so the whiskey is free from the smoky flavour often associated with other drams. Tours take in the Mixing Room, the Fermentation Halls and the Distillery, but the best part is trying the different whiskeys at the end.
Tel: +44 28 207 33218.Website: http://www.bushmills.com
