Prepare for your adventure where your local guide who will take you on a tour of the world famous Belfast murals where you will learn how the troubles/conflict began, of daily gun battles and explosions!
Discover the poignant and politically charged artworks that adorn Belfast’s streets on this 1.5-2 hours tour of the Belfast murals. Learn about the city’s compelling street art and how its striking murals marked the conflicts and protests of The Troubles of Northern Ireland. See the colourful murals created by both the Catholic/Nationalist/Republican and Protestant/Loyalist/Unionist communities, including the notorious 25 Foot 3 Miles Long Peace Wall, featuring the signatures of the Dalai Lama and President Clinton.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Free Belfast Hotel/AirBnb pickup and drop-off (if requested)
✔ Private tour
✔ Local Professional Driver Tour guide
✔ Belfast Black Taxi
✖ Drop off after at Titanic Museum or Crumlin Road Gaol an extra £10 paid directly to your guide
✖ Pickup/Drop-off From Belfast Cruise Ship Port £20 Each Way Cash
✖ Upgrade to Luxury Mercedes Benz Extra £20(Only if Available)
Pickup Locations
1. Premier Inn Belfast Titanic Quarter Hotel
2. Guestouse50
3. Belfast City Cathedral Quarter hotel
4. The Harrison
5. Good Rooms
6. Leonardo Hotel Belfast
7. The Merchant Hotel
8. Grand Central Hotel
9. Europa Hotel
10. Travelodge Belfast Central
11. Hilton Belfast
12. Titanic Hotel Belfast
13. Belfast
14. Ibis Belfast Queens Quarter
15. ibis Belfast City Centre
16. Hampton by Hilton Belfast City Centre
17. Maldron Hotel Belfast City
18. Dukes at Queens
19. Holiday Inn Express Belfast City, an IHG Hotel
20. Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre, an IHG Hotel
Additional Info: Pick up Free Central Belfast
Cruise Ship Passengers Extra Charge of £20 Each Way Cash
Itinerary
1
Divis
This is a personal guided tour around the famous Belfast murals. Painted by ex-prisoners from both sides of the community, these murals tell individual stories of conflict, community strife, civil rights and unrest, stories of inspiration, prison protests and much more. Your guide, using local knowledge, will relate stories to you in an understandable format, using photographs/video from the 1970s onward depicting the neighbourhoods you will visit. You can almost feel the atmosphere as you stand at the exact spots these events took place on over fifty years later in the present.First Stop is at the Welcome Wall at the very start of the World Famous Falls Road the Heart of West Belfast which is a Republican Area. Your Guide will show you the Amazing Wall Art Associated with the 854 Years Old Republican Struggle for Irish Freedom. You will also see the infamous Divis Tower which was Occupied by the British Army as an Observation Tower and a Snipers Nest During the Troubles!
Duration: 10 minutes
2
International Mural Wall Divis Street
The Largest Outdoor Gallery of Politically Charged Art in Western Europe, Capture amazing Photos of Republican Wall Art including the Ten Hunger Strikers who gave their lives for their Political beliefs in 1981 including the Revolutionary Icon Bobby Sands. Your guide will explain the Battle between the Iron Lady aka the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. You will also see murals associated with other conflicts around the World including Palestine/Israel, the most recent Mural to the addition is that of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Other Murals include Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.
This is also where you will Capture a Photo of the Peace Gates and your Guide will explain their significance.
Duration: 10 minutes
3
Peace Wall
Capture Photos of The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly republican and nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly loyalist and unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics (most of whom are nationalists/Republicans who self-identify as Irish and Protestants (most of whom are Unionists/Loyalists who self-identify as British.
The peace lines range in length from a few hundred yards to over three miles (5 km). They may be made of iron, brick and/or steel and are up to 25 feet (8 metres) high. Some have gates in them (sometimes staffed by police) that allow passage during daylight but are closed at night.
The majority of peace walls are located in Belfast, but they also exist in Derry, Portadown and Lurgan
Duration: 10 minutes
4
Shankill Road
Find out about King Billy the bonfires and the House of Orange, see the murals from the Loyalist Shankill Road including Stevie "Top Gun" and see the flags which adorn the Shankill which is seen as the heartland of Ulster Loyalism, your guide will explain about the part that Loyalists played during the Troubles, you will also stop at the Bayardo Bar Memorial as well as seeing pictures of the Queen and UVF paramilitaries.
Duration: 10 minutes
5
Next stop is at The largest section of the infamous Peace Wall where you will see where the US President Bill Clinton as well as the Dalai Lama signed the wall, Here you too can write your name and leave a little message as well as an opportunity to take pictures to show your friends and followers on social media!
Duration: 10 minutes
6
Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden
Irish Republican Memorial Garden
Duration: 10 minutes
7
International Mural Wall Divis Street
International Wall Murals including Bobby Sands IRA Hunger Striker
Duration: 10 minutes
8
Visit the World Famous Falls Road and Bobby Sands Mural at the Political Wing of the IRA at the office of Sinn Féin.
Duration: 15 minutes
9
Visit the IRA D Company Garden of Remembrance on the Falls Road in the Heartland of Republican West Belfast. Includes the names of IRA Volunteers Killed in Action.
Duration: 10 minutes
10
Visit the Loyalist Memorial Garden at the Site of the Former Bayardo Bar.
Duration: 10 minutes
11
Photo the Murals of Armed Loyalist Paramilitaries
Duration: 5 minutes
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• A maximum of 18 people per booking
• Tour start times are 9am 11 am 1pm 3pm 5pm
• Please state when booking your pick up point and preferred time
