Belfast Day Tour From Dublin: Including Titanic Experience
Description
A simply essential Belfast day tour & day trip! Explore the beauty & history of Belfast city with Titanic Experience Included!
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Itinerary
With everyone on board, the day begins with a two hour drive from Dublin to Belfast. Sit back and watch Dublin city fade into the background as we enter the green Irish countryside and receive a primer to the history and culture of Northern Ireland from your guide.
Half way to Belfast we'll leave the highway and make a short pit stop at the haunting ruins of Monasterboice. See an amazing 10th century stone round tower in pristine condition and learn how our ancestors sought refuge there from vicious Viking raids in the area. Touch the most beautiful hand carved stone Celtic crosses in Ireland, standing tall over the Irish countryside for over 1,000 years.
Titanic ExperienceTitanic Belfast extends over nine interactive galleries, with multiple dimensions to the exhibition, drawing together special effects, dark rides, full-scale reconstructions and innovative interactive features. Explore the shipyard, travel to the depths of the ocean and uncover the true legend of Titanic, in the city and dockside where it all began.Enjoy approximately 120 minutes to explore the exhibition at leisure, your entrance fee (GBP 19.00) will be included in the cost of your tour.
Consider an optional Black Taxi tour of the Falls and Shankill Roads along with the infamous political murals and the "Peace Lines" (walls) separating Irish Nationalist and British Loyalist neighbourhoods. Highly recommended by Lonely Planet and all the leading guidebooks. The Black Taxi fare is GBP 12.50 per person (approx. EUR 15.00). OR Take the free time for lunch and shopping time in Belfast bustling downtown shopping area. Use your free time to explore this magical city. Visit the Crown Liquor Saloon for a glass of Bushmills Whiskey or check out Belfast's own leaning tower, the “Albert Clock”.
We'll regroup around 16:00 and head back towards Dublin. After crossing the border we'll return through the rolling countryside of County Louth. We'll make a comfort stop en-route if required and drop you off in Dublin at approximately 18:30.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Bookings made through Viator will automatically be signed up for the pickup point and collection time specified in the booking.
- If you wish to change your reservation to one of the other pick-up locations offered by Paddywagon Tours, you will need to contact us by telephone or email not later than 17:00 the evening prior so that we can guarantee the change. Please note that changes are only guaranteed once confirmed in writing by us.
- Infants must have a booster/baby seat. Please advise at booking.
Reviews(236)
It was nice to see Belfast on a festival day and the titanic museum. It was 90 minutes longer due to traffic and stops to drop off and pick up other tour guests. A 10 hour tour took 11.5 hours. That was frustrating. The guide was knowledgeable and friendly.
The Booking was very easy - highly recommend the black taxi tour, a must do. The tour guide made the day. Very educational. Dealt sensitively with different subjects and made it a fun and memorable day
Perfect. Amazing experience. INCREDIBLE tour guide. So so friendly. We loved everything.
Excellent tour to and in Belfast. Tour guides were knowledgeable and humorous. Really loved my time in Paddywagon coach and joking back and forth with driver Liam. He made can be a somber visit, meaningful. Thank you Liam !
Cancelled trip and didn’t give any of us notice until we arrived at the meeting point. Now to Kate to book another tour.
Very informative which is what I was looking for the bus driver and black cab driver were both very interesting Everything was kept on schedule with enough stops for bathroom breaks
Really good trip. Our guide / driver Gordon was absolutely amazing, fun and good to tell. Titanic museum was really nice a good experience
We had a great time on this tour. The Titanic Experience is very informative and covers the building of the ship as well as the tragedy and how the wreck was found. Seeing some of the recovered artifacts gives you a moment of reflection as well. We were a very small group so we couldn’t do the black cab tour in Belfast. Our driver/guide Aiden was excellent and gave us a very good explanation of what we would have seen and reviewed the history of the Troubles. On our way back to Dublin the All Irish Hurling Championship game was being played and he had it on the radio. I’d never heard of Hurling before and only being able to hear it I had no clue what to visualize, but it seems an exciting, fast paced sport.
Since there were not many participants (17), we made the trip to Belfast in a small bus; it was less comfortable than the large tour buses we had used on other excursions. The guide talked a lot, a lot, or played his playlist for us; it was more restful for the ears on the way back. We had considered adding the black taxi option, but at the price of €30 per person for 75 minutes, we passed; it was starting to make the day very expensive! Instead, we had 2 hours of free time in Belfast before taking the bus back to be dropped off at the Titanic experience. Interesting and quite engaging visit; we had 2 hours and 30 minutes planned on site, which was more than enough while visiting the floors at our own pace. The gift shop offers products at exorbitant prices, but it is the same thing at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. In short, no regrets about having taken this ten-hour excursion.
Nice tour. Fantastic experience with fantastic team.
