Belfast Troubles Self Guided Walking Tour with an APP

Belfast Troubles Self Guided Walking Tour with an APP

By Trippy Tour Guide

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Features

Free cancellation available
3h
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Multiple languages

Overview

Walk through Belfast’s divided areas and uncover the real stories of The Troubles on this powerful self-guided audio tour.

This route features 29 stops over 2-3 hours, taking you through key sites that shaped modern Belfast. Explore peace walls, political murals, memorial gardens, and interface areas while learning how loyalist and nationalist communities experienced conflict and chose peace.

Starting in Cathedral Quarter, you’ll visit Falls Road, Shankill Road, Bobby Sands’ mural, and Crumlin Road Gaol. Offline GPS and audio guide you at your own pace, with no data needed after download. Ideal for history lovers and curious travellers.

Activity location

Saint Patricks Church
- 199 Donegall Street
- BT1 2FL, Belfast, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

Olo Hair
- 43 Donegall Street
- BT1 1NH, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Belfast Troubles Self Guided Walking Tour with an APP in Multilingual

3h
Opening hours: Sun 09:00-20:00
English

Travellers

Languages available

Price details

€8.18 x 1 Adult€8.18

Total

20% off

What's included, what's not

Detailed directions to both well-known attractions and hidden spots
Audio Guide
25+ narration points of popular locations in Belfast
Access to the Explore Belfast Troubles Self Guided Walking Tour on our App
Fully offline map – no need for Wi-Fi or data.

Know before you book

Public transport options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Saint Patricks Church

15m
Admission ticket included

Belfast's oldest Catholic church (200+ years) lost 100 parishioners during Troubles. Prince Charles visited, calling for peace. Represents centuries of religious division dating to 1688 Protestant victory.

Carlisle Memorial

10m

Former 'Methodist Cathedral' closed in 1980 due to violence. Located at crossroads of Catholic/Protestant areas. Built during Belfast's industrial peak, now restored as community hub after decades.

Memorial Garden

5m

West Kirk Presbyterian Church built by displaced congregations. Memorial garden honours loyalist victims with wreaths, flags. July 12th Orange Order parades celebrate 1690 Protestant victory.

Bombay Street

5m

Site of August 1969 destruction when loyalist mobs burned 7 homes. Families fled with only clothes. Quiet residential road today, but holds pivotal moment when Troubles truly began.

Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden

5m

Phoenix memorial rising from stone symbolises community rebirth after Bombay Street destruction. Sacred ground for republicans honouring IRA volunteers and civilian victims of conflict.

Kashmir Road

5m

End of Bombay Street where destruction spread in 1969. Turn towards Peace Wall shows how ordinary residential areas became battlegrounds during sectarian violence and community displacement.

Clonard Monastery

10m

Red-brick Catholic landmark at crossroads of Falls/Shankill. 1969 sanctuary for fleeing families. Secret peace talks venue in 1980s-90s. Fr. Reid and Reynolds helped broker 1994 ceasefire.

Europa Hotel

5m

Europe's most bombed hotel (30+ attacks) never closed. Journalists' headquarters during Troubles. Clinton stayed 1995, legitimizing peace process. Symbol of resilience and international confidence.

Ulster Museum

15m

Tour finale at Northern Ireland's largest museum. Edwardian-modern architecture houses ancient artefacts to Troubles footage. Free entry. Adjacent Botanic Gardens offer peaceful reflection space.

Location

Activity location

Saint Patricks Church
- 199 Donegall Street
- BT1 2FL, Belfast, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

Olo Hair
- 43 Donegall Street
- BT1 1NH, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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