Belfast is best known to many around the world as the birthplace of the Titanic. Her story can be appreciated at the dockyards, whose Titanic Belfast takes visitors through the shipyard and to the bottom of the ocean using interactive galleries.
The capital has more to offer than just the legacy of the infamous passenger liner. Admire the 19th-century St George's Market, pick up a bargain at the CastleCourt shopping centre or catch a show at the Grand Opera House. Afterwards, you can dive into one of the cosy bars to linger over a pint before heading to one of the city's hip eateries.
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10 Best Things to Do in Belfast
The best things to do in Belfast could include learning about shipbuilding, turbulent politics or checking out a vibrant city with great restaurants, tourist attractions and nightlife. In truth, the capital of Northern Ireland retains all 3 of these alter...
The best local restaurants in Belfast showcase an impressive variety of cuisines and dishes. The Northern Irish capital is something of a foodie haven. Hearty local cookhouses, gastropubs serving creative local fare, and boutique cafés with homegrown dishes all abound...
Looking for the best places to go shopping in Belfast? Our guide will show you all the major shopping centres and unique boutiques that will keep you busy with a true Belfast shopping spree.
This guide will cover the quirky markets, outlet malls, local shopping centres and great souvenir shops in the area. Whether you’re looking for something memorable to take...
Belfast is renowned for its love of a good time, what locals refer to as ‘the craic’, and you’ll find a rich and varied nightlife to keep you entertained during your stay.
This compact city is known for its lively pub scene – you’ll find everything from historical alehouses serving pints of stout to the lilting melodies of traditional Irish music...
Belfast is a bustling city that has lots to offer visitors, especially those on a budget. Despite its previous incarnation as a dangerous sectarian hotspot, in recent decades it has reinvented itself and gained a deserved reputation as a safe...
Our Belfast Travel Essentials lays out the essential information you need to help planning your trip to one of the most popular destinations in the UK. No matter how frequently you travel, some questions will always need answers: What’s the...
A Belfast city break offers visitors a new view of Northern Ireland’s first city. Experience grand Victorian buildings transformed into luxury Belfast hotels and cultural centres. Make the most of the famous Belfast welcome with modern Irish dining and traditional music in pubs.
Revealing history
Discover old Belfast on the High Street in the city centre, home to Belfast’s very own leaning tower, the Albert Clock. The yellow Samson and Goliath cranes in the Titanic Quarter, visible across the city, are a reminder of Belfast’s maritime past and the ill-fated RMS Titanic that was built here. Many try to understand the Troubles on tours of Belfast’s political murals, while at Holywood’s Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, you can explore rebuilt Belfast houses.
Ulster on a plate
There’s a food revolution happening in Belfast. Local foodies head to St George’s Market on Saturdays for fresh Portavogie fish, Armagh beef and Tyrone goat’s cheese ice cream. South Belfast restaurant Beatrice Kennedy serves traditional Irish cuisine with style, while Michelin-starred Deane’s does it with an international twist. The Ulster breakfast of fried potato bread and soda bread remains a favourite. The meat pasties at Long’s Fish Restaurant in West Belfast are legendary.
Belfast nightlife
Sup Guinness and enjoy traditional music cocooned in a snug (private booth) and enjoy traditional Irish music or bar-hop along the Golden Mile to South Belfast’s lively university area. Follow the trail of the 1798 United Irishmen rebels to the city centre’s Kelly’s Cellars, and explore the alleyways off High Street and the Cathedral Quarter, home to the city’s oldest watering holes.
A song and dance
The restored Ulster Hall hosts popular music and the Ulster Orchestra, which also performs at the modern Belfast Waterfront. Big-name bands fill the Titanic Quarter’s vast Odyssey Arena, while the city centre’s Grand Opera House presents ballet and musicals within its Victorian grandeur and 21st-century architecture.
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