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Belfast Day Tour: Private Driver-Guided History and Titanic Experience
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18 Ratings
Belfast
Discover the rich history of Belfast on a private driver-guided day tour. Explore key sites, learn about the political conflict, the Titanic, and Belfasts industrial development. Experience Irish craic!
Discover the rich history of Belfast on a private driver-guided day tour. Explore key sites, learn about the political conflict, the Titanic, and Belfasts industrial development. Experience Irish craic!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- City Hall - Spend 30 minutes exploring the City Hall Exhibition, strolling through the gardens (including a visit to the Titanic Memorial), and wandering the nearby streets in the city center.
- Falls Road - Explore the political murals and monuments that commemorate significant events of the political conflict in Belfast’s renowned Irish…
- City Hall - Spend 30 minutes exploring the City Hall Exhibition, strolling through the gardens (including a visit to the Titanic Memorial), and wandering the nearby streets in the city center.
- Falls Road - Explore the political murals and monuments that commemorate significant events of the political conflict in Belfast’s renowned Irish Republican area, including a visit to the Republican History Museum.
- Shankill Road - Discover the political murals and monuments that highlight key events of the political conflict from the British Unionist perspective in Belfast.
- Titanic Belfast - Delight in a 60-minute tour of the Titanic Quarter, where a guide will share the Titanic’s history, show the construction and launch sites, and offer opportunities to photograph the iconic Titanic Centre and visit its gift shop.
- Parliament Buildings - Enjoy a drive through the Stormont Estate, where a guide will detail the peace process that led to the establishment of the new power-sharing assembly at the iconic Stormont Parliament Building, which you can also photograph.
- Queen’s University - Take a walking tour through the charming grounds of the iconic Lanyon Building (the headquarters of Queen’s University) and the nearby Victorian Botanic Gardens, including a visit to the renowned Palm House.
What's Included
- Private transportation included
- Private transportation included
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Tea and coffee
Additional Information
Always earning 5 stars on Tripadvisor, this all-encompassing journey is guided by professionals knowledgeable in every facet of Belfast’s past, encompassing all pivotal locations in the city. Tourists will gain insights into the intricacies of the political turmoil and the peace settlement, the narrative of the Titanic, the evolution of Belfast as an…
Always earning 5 stars on Tripadvisor, this all-encompassing journey is guided by professionals knowledgeable in every facet of Belfast’s past, encompassing all pivotal locations in the city. Tourists will gain insights into the intricacies of the political turmoil and the peace settlement, the narrative of the Titanic, the evolution of Belfast as an industrial epicenter, all while experiencing the charm of Irish humor and sociability!
Location
City Hall
City Hall Donegall Square N
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(18 Ratings)
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Travelsister07
Sep 16, 2026
Four Days Tours of Northern Irekand - Fourteen family traveling together booked 4 days of tours with Michael Cooper who had been our tour guide Ten years earlier. Michael is an outstanding guide as well as a very nice person. He is extremely knowledgeable. He is also kind and his communication skills are great. As we planned the trup Michael’s response time was almost immediately. I highly recommend Michael.
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Kenneth_e
Aug 6, 2026
Belfast - Dean was a wonderful guide and told us alot about the history of Belfast. We also enjoyed a fabulous lunch at a small restaurant with live music! Titanic museum was also a great experience.
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Ileniaw2022
Jul 9, 2026
Accomodating and informative bus tour of Derry - Michael led a fantastic tour of Derry, providing us with a comprehensive picture of the history and political climate in Derry. He was incredibly helpful in accomodating our requests and altering the tour to suit our group's interests. He was very responsive throughout all our communication and the bus was on time and comfortable. Overall a very enjayable and informative experience.
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N869ekmanuelv
Apr 28, 2026
Great tour of Derry - Great experience with Michael. I really enjoyed the tour.
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Tomwj1926jn
Nov 5, 2025
Exactly what we wanted to have. Super guide with deep knowledge and a good way of presenting. - Like our Derry tour earlier this year, the Belfast tour October 31th was an incredible experience. No tourist blah,blah tour but proper information, facts and figures but never boring. A lot of background and related facts completing the picture of what was, is , and as well some chances of what might be. Exactly what we wanted and expected after our Derry tour. We will come again to Northern Ireland and for sure we will do a private guided tour again. All questions were answered in a way that even without deep knowledge of what happened,we could understand what happened and why it happened.
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542debbiem
May 28, 2025
Michael Cooper was awesome! - My adult daughter and I had an amazing opportunity to spend a day with Michael Cooper as our driver to tour around the Belfast area. We went to Giants Causeway with its stunning views and the Old Bushmills Distillery which was really interesting to see an operational distillery.
Michael was a very interesting man with a wealth of information about Northern Ireland. His personal experience starting as a teenager and continuing today as a politician and an author of several books about the history of the country made our discussions about the area so interesting.
He was also so open about his family and his day to day life, his music interests, etc. I could have spent days listening to him. I highly recommend spending a day with him.
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Nancyku4899yg
Sep 15, 2024
Fantastic tour company. Do not even consider using any other one! - We have toured with Michael seven times in the last 8 years. We have toured way too many places to list! Sometimes we plan an itinerary and sometimes we rely on Michael to plan an itinerary and many times a combination of the two. His history and political knowledge of both The North and the Republic are simply unmatched. We would NEVER plan another trip without Michael being a major part of it.
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Dianelz3622sd
Aug 22, 2024
Excellent tour of Belfast by our guide, Jackie! - Our Belfast tour guide, Jackie, did an amazing job! He is very knowledgeable and packed a TON of information into a short amount of time. He was funny, compassionate and super accommodating to us. We were so very impressed with our tour.
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F8831mzjulies
Jul 2, 2024
Exploration of family roots in N Ireland - My son and I had a most excellent tour with Michael. He's knowledgeable, enthusiastic and has first hand experience. We learned so much and Michael was a pure pleasure to spend time with.
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Y876bemichaelh
Oct 14, 2023
Words can’t describe how amazing this company and tour are but, I’ll try - Our cruise got a mid cruise addition of green castle and we decided to take a bus into Derry. My mother has mobility issues and can’t walk a lot so the walking tour was out. I emailed the company and Michael (the owner) emailed back within the hour to offer a 90 min taxi tour and had a time that would work for us. When we got off the ship the next day we found out the bus was heading back much sooner than anticipated and I asked him if we could do it in a hour. Again no problem. I still don’t know how Michael crammed in so much information into the 50 min we were together.
His knowledge is second to none.
We left feeling like we had not only seen and heard things that we had heard about when they happened and learned a ton. But, truly like we had made a friend. We had two days earlier gone on a black taxi tour in Belfast that was great too but comparing it to this it’s night and day different.
We look forward to being able to come back and get the full tour and see the museum that Michael is working on too.
If you are looking for a derry tour or thinking maybe you might want to just do it you will not regret it.
Michael, thank you again if you read this you went so far above and beyond and this truly was one of if not the highlight of our trip and Derry is at the top of the list of places to go back to in Ireland.
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