I've been on this tour roughly four times over the past 10 years as a visitor from Portland,…read moreOregon, USA. Each time, there are a million new and fantastic pieces to see. The guides are so knowledgeable because they are artists and organizers who truly care about art and the quality of life in the city. Do yourself a favor and book this tour!

If I was to recommend one 'must do' activity in Belfast for locals and tourists alike it would be…read morethe Street Art Walking Tour run by Seedhead Arts. I attended today, Sunday 5 February 2017, and found it fantastically enthralling. Our Tour Guide Adam delivered an informative and entertaining two hours, which at only £8 per person, was great value for money. We wandered at a leisurely pace viewing a huge number of beautiful, thought provoking and inspiring artworks. It's great to see there's so much more to Belfast than old, sectarian murals from our troubled past. Instead this tour highlights recent, contemporary, Urban Art in and around Belfast's Cathedral Quarter which has sprung up over the last few years revitalising and brightening the city. We learnt how different pieces of Street Art were created, the techniques employed, who the Artists are and background stories of how the works came to be. Thanks to Seedhead Arts, this is definitely the best thing currently happening in Belfast. I very highly recommend this Tour - it's wonderful food for the eyes and uplifting for the soul.

With a few friends I attended EastSide Late Night Art Bus Tour on 3 Aug 2017, and it was one of the…read morebest evenings I've had in a very long time. Cost was £10 per person and ticket booking via Belfast Art Tours website. Pickup was 6pm in the City Centre and over the course of three hours we visited a range of galleries including: Golden Thread The Bath House ArtisAnn EastSide Gallery (EastSide Visitor Centre) Whalley Gallery Framewerk Artcetera There were refreshments galore at each stop, including wine and beer, all of which were free. A few smaller galleries had tip-bowls so you could throw in a couple of pounds to contribute to the cost of your drink. Our tour guide Rhonda was wonderful, telling us all about the galleries, artists and exhibitions and ensuring we knew exactly how much time we had to spend at each place. Late Night Art occurs on the first Thursday of each month, during which galleries, studios and art spaces open their doors to welcome in the public. Although Belfast has a lively art scene, it can be intimidating visiting galleries, so a bus tour is a fantastic idea. The beauty of it being that you can do this tour numerous times and it'll never become stale, because there are so many galleries in Belfast and different exhibitions each month. A brilliant tour, which I recommend everyone should try and I'm looking forward to attending a few more.

A great way to see a lot of different parts of the city. Very reasonable price for the amount of…read moretime & the many places you see. Definitely recommend!

This was an amazing tour. David is so friendly and easy to be with. He presented the history of the…read morecity in an biased manner, which is not easy in a city like Belfast. We saw so much, including riding around the Titanic Museum and surrounding docks. We heard the history of the Titanic and stood where it was built. We saw several of the Game of Thrones stained glass windows. The show was filmed at the studio next to the Titanic Museum. We rode down curvy alleys that contained pubs we never would have known about. The peace wall and history of The Troubles was very interesting and moving to see. Once again, David did a great job of presenting both sides of the issue. You must do this tour when next in Belfast.

Best best best tour. Fully engaging. Learned so much and laughed so hard. Highlight of our trip…read more Paddy was amazing and took us to many places not seen by tourists. His van is clean an luxurious. Do t tour with anyone but Paddy

Paddy took us on an amazing tour of the peace walls in downtown Belfast. His ability to recount the…read morehistory while staying neutral to the conflict was nothing short of amazing. He was incredibly knowledgeable and very funny and gave our family a truly great experience!

The present site of the Harbour Office has been in use since 1847 as the headquarters of the…read moreBelfast Harbour Commissioners. The building was constructed between 1847 - 1854, firstly designed by George Smith in 1854 and later by the Belfast architect William Henry Lynn. The building was done in style of an Italian palazzo. It features some gorgeous marble mosaic floors and stunning stained glass windows the most impressive of which shows the Seal of Belfast Harbour Commissioners, others depict commerce, ship building and enterprise as well as featuring a number of the coat of arms of cities with which Belfast has done business. The site is also home to a fascinating art galley. The collection here has been built up over the years by Harbour Commissioners. The gallery is located in ornate and opulent rooms decorated in Victorian fashion, the art works nestle themselves happily on these walls. The rooms boast work from prominent Irish artists such as; William Conor and Joseph Carey. There are also a number of sculptures from France and Italy. Mainly though the collection is impressive in its historical importance. There are a number of old landscapes, historical events and relevant scenes from Belfast's past. For example there is an 1851 painting of Belfast Harbour's Ferry Steps. Other pieces include the portrait of Sir Robert Baird, Proprietor of the Belfast Telegraph and Harbour Commissioner from 1932 to 1934. As part of European Heritage Weekend on 11th & 12th of September the Belfast Harbour Office will be open to the public for a chance to view the fascinating history within its walls and sneak a peek at the famous art collection.

As part of the European Heritage Open Day two friends and I visited this impressive building. The…read moreguide was very interesting and knowledgeable and gave us a thorough account of the Commission, its role, its inception and its future. I really was impressed with everything the commission is responsible for!!

This was the Belfast Black Cab tour that we were on and it was AMAZING!!…read more Paul Stafford was our fabulously great tour guide and he jam-packed Northern Ireland history, social and cultural lessons in a very personal & fun way, during our 2hour tour. And in fact 2hours just wasn't enough time, so definitely recommend taking a longer tour of you are interested in learning about the history of "The Troubles." Yelp 132/ 2019

Keith was a very friendly and professional guide…read more He had a great amount of knowledge of the history of the local area and showed us and taught us a lot about both sides of the troubled time of Belfast's history. He was unbiased and made the experience interesting and enjoyable. Overall it was a great experience and well worth the £35 for the 1 and a half hour tour.

Marti gave us a brilliant city tour! Using the timeline of Belfast's history, his lived knowledge…read moreof the city was communicated clearly and we were shown aspects of the city some locals may not know about. A good walk on the 2 1/2 hour tour, from City Hall to St Anne's via the River Lagan was easy and Marti showed us the best vantage points for memorable photos. Highly recommended Tour Guide!

This is the walking tour you're looking for…read more Belfastology is the one-man LLC of Marti, a true local champion, horticulturist, history buff, moccasin-wearing institution. A Belfast native, he grew up during the era of the Troubles, but his memory stretches from the settlement days and in and around every corner. You'll find on his eclectic tours that you can steer the discussion in any direction you wish. You'll only fail at trying to temper his enthusiasm. I understand that he offers tours that focus on history or street art or other specific subjects or neighborhoods, but I imagine your best bet would be to do as we did and just unleash him. Belfast is a city with good restaurants and attractions but a good tour helps bring out the incredibly rich history and will certainly show you a hole-in-the-wall or two you'd never have otherwise found. We went out on the town for a pretty unscripted three hours. My 78 year-old father started to fade along the way, so Marti detoured to a nearby spot for a quick cuppa, enabling our small group the legs to carry on. Next time I may leave Dad behind in order that I might test Marti's stamina in full. And if you still aren't convinced this is a great way to introduce yourself to local lore, take a gander at the glowing comments on Trip Advisor.

The newest fad to hit Belfast...bus tours. They've suddenly popped up everywhere, being publicised…read moreon every street corner, with ads in every local magazine you read. Ulster Bus are the latest to join this craze, so we thought we'd check them out. My brother purchased three tickets online for £8 (I'll let you do the maths), which is a good few quid cheaper than the other tour companies charge. Off to a good start in my books! With five bus tours running a day, we chose the 11:30am one (there's also 10am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4pm) and set off for the Europa Bus Centre. The bus driver was a "jolly happy soul", and did remind me of Santa in his younger years, so this doubly pleased me. The Ulster Bus tours are quite different from the other tours in that the buses are not open top, which does restrict your photograph taking, but does keep you dry. Which is usually quite necessary in Northern Ireland. However, today the sun had decided to put its hat on, and the bus was decidedly warm. Continuous complaints of "oh my word, I'm gonna pass out" and "flip sake, I'm soooo warm" ensued from my sister. But she was right...it was a bit too hot, even with the air con. We're never happy, are we? Anyway, back to Mr Jolly Happy bus driver. He gave us some earphones - the comfy kind - and went on his merry way. Off we set, joined by an Aussie who was firing out questions left, right and centre. More than happy to oblige, we answered them all, and provided a few nuggets of information that the commentary didn't. Which brings me to my main complaint. The commentary wasn't long enough, nor detailed enough. The Aussie guy was getting his moneys worth, but if I had known nothing about Belfast before the tour, that knowledge would only have increased half of what it should have been. The route could have been extended a bit, but we got round all the major parts - right into the heart of West Belfast, up the University Quarter in the South, and towards the Titanic Quarter in the East. I wasn't hugely disappointed, but then neither was I hugely satisfied. The fact that the bus driver was so lovely, and 'the price was nice' does throw some positivity on things though, and if you're off for a bus tour on a wet day, Ulster Bus will sort you out nicely.

Before planning our trip here, I was unaware that the Titanic originated in Belfast. This museum…read moredid an incredible job of detailing all that went into the ship as well as all that went wrong after they were at sea. The place is very large and the tour takes a couple hours. You're taken through the processes that occurred during the massive undertaking it was to construct the ship, to the setup onboard and ultimately the voltage itself. The place flows very nicely, there's a delightful ride and the pictures/audio tell quite the story. It's a very powerful place. The SS Nomadic outside is the last surviving ferry ship in the fleet was great to walk on and around. This is a must see spot when you're up in Belfast!

I was blown away by this museum! Sure it's an extremely popular historic event with a huge movie…read moreto gather even more attention, but Belfast had done it right. I enjoyed every aspect to the gigantic museum, from the surrounding area , before you enter, to each and every floor full of displays, movies and interactive activities. Masses of people will be there, yet I never felt rushed or overwhelmed as I worked my way through. So many thumbs up to this iconic museum. Must see!

I love browsing through art galleries and the Engine Room is the latest small gallery in Belfast I…read morehave stumbled upon. Run by East Belfast Arts Collective, this Gallery has moved from its original location in a mill Engine Room to a street-level showroom just a little further east on the Newtownards Road. Since the Engine Room opened in the mid 1990s it has been according to the gallery "an engine at the core of the development of contemporary art in Belfast." The range of works on show include everything from oils and acrylics to prints, video, sculpture, arte povere, installation art and new technology. The gallery also aim to showcase lesser known local artists alongside more well known artists with international profiles. There are new exhibitions every month.

This is a great Gallery space in the heart of East Belfast. It hosts local, national and…read moreInternational exhibition. The latest exhibition from 1st April 2010 is a solo show by Deirdre Robb. works on display are paintings, installations and expeimental prints