Belfast's Political Mural Taxi Tour
Description
At Belfast.tours we pride ourselves in providing our customers with a professional,informative and thought provoking tour.All our guides have grown up and lived through this most recent conflict in Irish history. This is real people with real stories. Our Belfast mural taxi tour guides have over 20 years experience and use their natural gift for storytelling to share the stories behind each mural,building, the neighborhood and Belfast's history. Belfast is an ever changing city with a fascinating history and no-one tells it's stories better than our guides here at Belfast.tours.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Travel to the famous Falls road and arrive at one of the most iconic buildings in the city (Divis tower). Here you will listen to an introductory talk to set the context of the tour and explain the series of events that lead up to August 1969 and the beginning of a period of conflict in Ireland,more commonly known as the'Troubles'.
Belfast is often described as the largest open air art gallery in the world. Let our local, knowledgeable guides bring these beautifully painted murals to life with their natural gift of storytelling. Have ample opportunity to take photos and have all your questions answered honestly.
Cross through the 'Peace Gates' where you will find the largest of our many 'Peace Walls' that divide our city.Here you can follow in the footsteps of people like Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama and write your very own message of peace on the wall.
Enter the famous SHANKILL ROAD which is renowned as a Protestant, British, Unionist and Loyalist community.Listen to the stories from your local,knowledgable guide and have numerous photo stops at important and iconic buildings and murals.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
All pick-ups and drop off for the Belfast Political mural taxi tour will be at the Leonardo hotel, formerly (Jury's Inn hotel) on Great Victoria Street Belfast city centre. All other requested pickups and drop off, for example, Cruise ship port ,Belfast international airport and City airport will incur an additional charge.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(1,348)
This tour was amazing and well worth the time! I would actually do it again and ask for Tony! This experience needs to happen!
We had very little knowledge of the troubles in Norther Ireland before the tour. Our guide Tony was absolutely great and provided so much historical insight into the troubles and described moving personal experience of the troubles. We would advise anyone to take an hour of their time in Belfast to take this tour. Absolutely brilliant!
A great historical and current events tour with a professor of Belfast culture as our guide. My mixed Orange and Green family remember it well from the safe haven of California. I am emotionally touched by the balanced presentation Jimmy gave us this Sunday morning. Keep hope alive. Dr. JP
Thank you for another excellent review. Jimmy is an exceptional guide and he'll be so delighted to read your kind words.
Absolutely brilliant and our guide Pat was fantastic, thoroughly eye-opening and excellent all round, well done 5+ stars xx
Thank you so much for taking the time to write your review. Your feedback means a lot and we're so happy to know you enjoyed your tour with Pat.
Even if, or perhaps, particularly if, you think know a lot about the conflict in the North, you'll know so much more after this tour. Eye opening, moving, shocking in places, our tour was thoroughly informative and our guide, Tony, was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and growing up in 70s and 80s Belfast he had some tales to share that add a further perspective on Belfast's complex narrative.
Thank you Caroline for your feedback it's very much appreciated and we're delighted to know you enjoyed your time here in Belfast and your tour with Tony.
Jimmy our driver was excellent. Very educational and inspiring. Learned so much and gained even more respect and concern for the people who were affected by the Troubles. Thanks so much !
Thanks so much Ken for taking the time to write your review it's very much appreciated and we're delighted to know you enjoyed your tour with Jimmy.
We really enjoyed this political mural taxi tour and found it to be very interesting. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and explained the history and significance of the murals in a way that was easy to understand. He also had a great sense of humour, which kept the tour engaging throughout. We came away feeling like we’d learned a lot about Belfast’s history and the Troubles, and it gave us a much better understanding of the city. The only downside was the price. While we thoroughly enjoyed the experience, we did feel it was quite expensive for the length of the tour. Overall, we’d definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Belfast who wants to learn more about the city’s history from a knowledgeable local guide. We booked this through trip advisor.
Our guide Craig was very informative and passionate about his country. Can conveniently picked us up at the cruise pier.
Thanks so much for your feedback it's means a lot and we're so happy to know you enjoyed your time here in Belfast.
Lovely and informative tour around Belfast! Micheal was a great guide and had good craik 😂 we really enjoyed ourselves and definitely would recommend!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to write your review it's very much appreciated and we're so happy to know you enjoyed your tour with Michael.
Absolutely superb experience from start to finish! Jimmy, our guide, was friendly, warm & funny but also incredibly informative and knowledgable. (He also didn’t mind, one little bit, us asking & him answering loads of our questions during the tour) I would highly recommend this, seriously informative, tour by the people at Belfast.Tours 10/10
Thanks so much for your feedback it's very much appreciated and we're delighted to know you enjoyed your time here in Belfast and your tour with Jimmy.
