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Belfast
is fast becoming one of the most popular tourist destinations in europe 
and is earning a reputation, this time for all the right reasons.
Large cruise ships are adding Belfast to one of their ports of call, with two and sometimes
three per weak visiting during the summer months.
Belfast is a compact city that offers the visitor a wealth of selection from
places to eat and drink to theatres and nightlife combining all this with the famous
museums and galleries. All this makes Belfast an excellent base from which to tour the
other parts of Northern Ireland and the stunning County Antrim Coast.
Contrary to what the world media portrays a holiday in Belfast is safe, it is easy to walk
around and with less street crime than many other Cities around the
world this surely offers real opposition to many other European destinations.
All
visitors are welcomed with open arms and immediately you will feel at
ease, but lets face it a Belfast holiday does not get a good press and
people who have never been here often think its a war torn place
perhaps like Bosnia or some place like that. The truth is its a young
City in the sense that we are 10 years out of a
conflict and we are really the hidden jewel that a holiday maker is
looking for.
A lot of visitors to Northern Ireland choose to bypass Belfast and
visit the more rural areas, but if you follow our advice and use the
same common sense, as you use when visiting any foreign Country, there is
nothing to fear or worry about.
A suggestion
of Places to visit in Belfast:
East Belfast click to see Pictures from East Belfast
You
probably will be a bit wary of the places to go in Belfast so a good
place to start is in East Belfast This is the place where the famous
Titanic was built. An excellent place to begin your visit is The
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Here you can see Ireland as it was
in bygone days, with actual houses taken apart brick by brick and
re-erected in the grounds of the museum. Be sure and bring your
walking shoes as this is a long walk around the park, but it is well
worth it and one of the best attractions Northern Ireland has to
offer. Later in the evening a good place to settle for the evenings
entertainment is the Oddeysey. Northern Irelands newest entertainment
complex, and while you are there you can take a tour round the
Titanic Quarter on the Lagan River Boat. A nice pleasant cruise to
end a busy day. ( all these attractions and more can be viewed in the
East
Belfast
page.
West Belfast Click here to see Pictures from West Belfast
West
Belfast better known as the Falls and Shankill Road areas. Bombs,
guns, shooting, rioting, burning buildings and
the list goes on. This is what the worlds media would like you to
think about West Belfast. The truth is none of the above. We are in
these areas every day, so we have a first hand view and its nothing
like what the media would like you to believe.
Sure
from time to time there are tensions, but again a lot of this stems
from media reporting. There is a sort of romance
and for a lot of the people bitterness you pick up from these areas.
Everyone will have a story to tell you and they will only be to glad
to, if given asked. Mind you don't take them all as gospel, the Irish
have been known to tell you a yarn or two.
When
to visit? Well Peace Line Tours travel these areas everyday and some
people will tell you to stay away from Belfast during the Summer
Months but these are the most colorful months, especially on the
Shankill Road where you will see a sea of red white and blue
bunting and flags leading up to the 12th of July
celebrations. Again August you will see the green white and orange
flags and streamers in Falls Road areas and again a tremendous site
to see, but all things considered we recommend a trip at any
time of the year.
The
main attraction you will be coming to see in these areas are the wall
murals and the peace line, a 30' high wall separating the two
communities. These where once frightening roads to drive up and down,
but for the past 10 years tourists have been coming to see these
sites and where it was once strange to see people standing next to
these sites getting their photograph taken, now no-one gives it a
second thought.
In the future as with all tourist attractions these sites
will not be shown in their true sense and will be more tourist
orientated, so if you want to get a sight off these murals etc. in
their natural setting you should plan a trip now. See West
Belfast
now .
South Belfast Click here to see pictures of South Belfast .
South Belfast is the upper class
part of Belfast. The Malone Road area house prices being the most
expensive in Northern Ireland. This is where the world famous Queens
University site is and just around the corner is the Ulster Museum.
For
people wishing to trace their family tree in Northern Ireland the
Public Records Office is in South Belfast. The staff are very helpful
and will assist you in getting your search started. Close to the
Public Records Office is the Kings Hall. At different times of the
year there are some interesting exhibitions here.
The
Lisburn Road is now becoming an up-market place to shop with
numerous designer and quality restaurants here.
North Belfast Click Here to see Images from North Belfast
North
Belfast? Well what can be said, there is always a black sheep in
every family. While Belfast has been getting on and making peace this
area of Belfast has gone against the grain. Catholic and Protestant
live in close proximity to each other, and there has
been more street disorder here since the ceasefire's than in any
other place in Northern Ireland.
There
have been too numerous incidents here to even contemplate in
recording, but maybee the most famous in recent times was the Holycross
school dispute, where the school girls where stopped getting to
school. This is a complicated area with each side blaiming each other.
As I have said before I am not here to get into the politics
of events so I can just tell you don't judge a book by its cover.
North Belfast is a beautifull place to visit and with all areas of Belfast
the people will go out of their way to welcome you. Here you will
find the home of the Belfast Zoo. A nice place to visit with
the most astonishing views of Belfast, even if you don't go to see
the animals its worth a visit to get an aerial picture of Belfast.
Visit our North
Belfast
page for other things to see
City CentreImages of Belfast City Centre
Belfast
city centre has everything a City Centre needs, you have heard the
saying 'big enough to cope, small enough to care', well
that's just like the city centre. It has all the variety of shops you
need, restaurants, and night life.
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