|
|
|
|
You are here: home | Travel Guide | East Belfast |
|
Index Home Page |
The Titanic boat and bus toursDo you live in Belfast or have you visited lately? CLICK HERE to write a review and share your experiences with other Peace Line Tours users.
The Odyssey Arena,
Stormont Castle and estate
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Harland and Wolff
Poverty in East Belfast
|
|||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
The Titanic was built in Harland
and Wolf at the Queens Island shipyard in
Belfast for the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, commonly known
as the White Star Line. She was registered at 46,328 gross tons
with a length of 852.5 feet and at the time was the largest ship
ever built.
The Odyssey Arena is the showpiece of Northern Ireland's
Landmark Millennium Project. The Odyssey complex is Northern Ireland's Largest Indoor Venue
and features the home the Belfast Giants ice hockey team,
W5, an interactive science and technology center, Sheridan IMAX®
theater and the Sheridan Pavilion featuring bars, restaurants,
shops and the Warner Village Cinemas multiplex with 12 screens.
The home of Northern Ireland's Government Stormont Castle is
Situated about three
miles from the city center, Stormont site has a floor space of
five acres and it stands at the end of a one mile driveway set in
300 acres of parkland which is open to the public.
It is well worth a
visit just to see this impressive building, and depending on
security restrictions a guided tour is highly recommended.
The Ulster Folk museum ranks among Ireland's foremost visitor attractions, recapturing a disappearing way of life, preserving
traditional skills and celebrating transport history. Stroll
through yesteryear's countryside and a typical Ulster town
just minutes from Belfast.
Your
journey into the past will take you to cottages and to farmhouses
where you'll learn about the daily lives of their inhabitants.
Farmland is tilled and livestock reared using methods and
equipment of a bygone age. Small rural industries are also a
feature of the landscape.
