Focusing on the social history of Belfast, this fascinating panoramic tour lets you get a real feel for how the city boomed during the industrial revolution and became a major shipbuilding centre. The best known product of this era is undoubtedly the unfortunate Titanic and the tour includes a stop at the place the ship was built. But the tour also gives you an idea of how the so-called “Troubles” affected the city for 30 years prior to the ceasefire in 1994. The impressive murals you will visit at Falls Road and Shankhill Road form a starkly fascinating reminder of this dark period of political strife. You will also pass the former security gates that once served to keep warring communities apart before continuing on to the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which rose to dubious fame as the place where the Titanic was constructed. During the last part of this panoramic tour, you will also pass several churches, various important buildings dating back to the industrial revolution and the parliament building in Stormont, the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. Replete with fresh memories, you will then be returned to the pier and your ship at the end of the tour. Please note: limited number of guides in languages other than English. Should a tour guide for your language be unavailable, the tour will be provided in English only.

Price per person $80.00 Adults $56.00 Children

   

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        After boarding your coach at the quayside, you will first be taken on a drive around the city centre, focusing on city hall and the Titanic Memorial that stands in its grounds, before heading for the totally immersive “Titanic Belfast Experience”. This brand new, dramatic, innovative and exciting exhibition fills a total of nine viewing galleries and serves to give a blow-by-blow account of how the story of the Titanic really happened. From the moment the grand idea of the ship was conceived in the early 1900s, through her construction, launch and ultimate untimely end, right up to the discovery of the wreck and attempts at salvage, the “TBE” creates a sense of encounter with the past and breathes new life into the story of the iconic ship. The multi-faceted exhibition draws on a whole host of unusual ways to illustrate and explore the Titanic theme in new and insightful ways. This informative and entertaining tour ends with your return to your ship. Please note: limited number of guides in languages other than English. Should a tour guide for your language be unavailable, the tour will be provided in English only.

Price per person $107.00 Adults $75.00 Children

   

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      Give yourself a chance to see one of the most incredible phenomena of the natural world: the so-called Giant’s Causeway situated along the craggy northern coastline of County Antrim. After boarding a modern coach at the quayside, your journey first takes you through the lovely Antrim countryside before reaching your spectacular destination. On the way, a photo stop will be made at Carrick-a-rede, where a death-defying rope bridge serves to link a small salmon fishery situated on a tiny stone stack out at sea with the mainland – and all that at a height of some 80 feet above the sea. The last few miles up to the Causeway will give you just enough time to get your camera ready to capture what certainly numbers among the world’s natural wonders. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, the area encompasses around 40,000 mainly hexagonal interlocking basalt columns – the result of violent volcanic activity many millions of years ago – on an outcrop of land in the Atlantic Ocean. In geological terms, the Giant’s Causeway is the counterpart to Fingal’s Cave on the uninhabited Scottish island of Staffa, which also consists of tightly packed hexagonal basalt columns of volcanic origin. From the Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre, a short walk or bus ride will then take you down to the causeway itself, with time to explore the area. The tour ends with your scenic return drive to Belfast and your ship. Please note: limited number of guides in languages other than English. Should a tour guide for your language be unavailable, the tour will be provided in English only. This tour is not suitable for guests with mobility difficulties or using a wheelchair.

Price per person $115.00 Adults $81.00 Children

   

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      Situated a leisurely drive to the south from the port of Belfast, the Ards Peninsula in County Down is one of the most beautiful areas of Northern Ireland, with the Irish Sea to the east and Strangford Lough to the west. The route out through the city’s southern suburbs will first take you past Stormont, the grand seat of the devolved government and legislative of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and then the mid-19th-century Scrabo Tower, which makes a dramatic statement in the countryside surrounding the town of Newtownards. As you travel along the shores of Strangford Lough, you can enjoy more superb views en route to Mount Stewart House, a place that is truly steeped in history and the former home of a fascinating circle of political leaders. After viewing the wonderful house, complete with its fine furnishings and celebrated paintings, there will also be time to explore the magnificent gardens, which were originally planted in the 1920s and in which many rare plants continue to thrive in the mild climate of the Ards Peninsula. On the leisurely return journey to the port of Belfast via the pretty towns of Ballywater and Donaghadee, a photo stop will be made at the impressive ruins of a former Cistercian monastery, the 12th-century Grey Abbey. Please note: limited number of guides in languages other than English. Should a tour guide for your language be unavailable, the tour will be provided in English only. This tour is not suitable for guests using a wheelchair.

Price per person $101.00 Adults $71.00 Children

   

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