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Private Belfast Taxi Tour
4.7
173 Ratings
Belfast
Embark on a riveting journey through the famous Falls and Shankill Roads in Belfast, experiencing the history of Irish conflict. Travel in luxurious classic London cabs with knowledgeable local guides.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Divis - Divis flats was used as a British army base the top 2 floors when they occupied 1969 and stayed for over 25 years.
This is the foot of the Republican Falls road and you will go through the narrow street depicted in films such as The Name of The Father.
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Falls Road - The world famous Falls road the birth place of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Learn about 800 years of history of Irish history come and let your guide who lived throughout The Trroubles.
These murals have been painted by locals people explaining the plight of the Catholic community.
The Falls road is several mile long. - Crumlin Road Gaol - Built 1800s and was a hanging gaol also.This jail housed some of the most famous IRA,UVF ,UFF and INLA right up to the 90s when it got closed when the prisoners got released due to the Good Friday agreement.
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International Mural Wall Divis Street - With over 40 murals changing monthly for Palestine,Cuba,The Kurdish just to name a few.
You guide will explain each mural and the connection with Republicans -
Shankill Road - The world famous Shankill road the heart of loyalism and birth place of the UDA and UVF.
Let your guide explain the murals and bonfires 12th July and the plight of the Protestant people and their fight against the IRA -
Clonard Monastery - Beautiful gothic monastery created by Italian craftsmen and locals.
Father Alex Reid hosted the secret peace talks between Gerry Adams and John Hume -
Peace Wall - The famous peace walls of Belfast stretch throughout the changing city.
Built in 1969 to keep loyalist and Republican communities apart.
President Clinton Tiger woods Morgan Freeman to name a few have all left a quote for peace on the wall.
So why do you
What's Included
- Expert guidance from a professional tour guide
- Exclusive experience with a private tour
- Convenient port pickup and drop-off service
- Flexible hotel or port pickup and drop-off
- Comfortable travel in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This excursion presents an extraordinary opportunity to journey with the original chauffeurs who braved daily danger during The Troubles, striving to offer a taxi service in their black cabs to the inhabitants of the renowned Falls road and Shankill road. This captivating expedition into the latest chapter of Irish/British conflict. Your locally well-informed guide will furnish you with an understanding of the famous murals and monumental peacewalls scattered throughout Belfast. Your tour is vehicular, ensuring comfort in our plush traditional London taxis.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Divis
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(173 Ratings)
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Hayley_m
Jun 15, 2024
Ricky the awesome tour guide - This was an awesome tour! Saw some amazing street art and learned a lot about the troubled history of Belfast. Our guide Ricky was so good! He had some insane stories to tell about his own experiences - a very authentic tour and guide
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Eibert_d
Jun 6, 2024
Impressive tour with excellent guide/driver - We had a very dedicated chauffeur, Sean Mc. He is a very enthusiastic narrator and made the tour unforgettable. Lots of stops, so we could take enough foto's.
Sean went deeper in the history of the Troubles.
Very impressive!
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Macdaddy81
May 30, 2024
Powerful message of both horror & hope! - David was an amazing guide. It was both emotionally moving & fun. The personal stories made us feel like we were there.
Highly recommend this one for all.
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Fred_c
May 29, 2024
Black Cab tour with John R. - John R. Was an excellent guide, sharing a balanced perspective - rooted in his own experience - of Belfast during the Troubles. He took us to all of the principal landmarks in divided Belfast, and we never felt rushed during our 2-hour outing.
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Cyndi_s
May 21, 2024
High recommend - We enjoyed listening to Patrick’s through history lesson. Seeing the Peace wall and learning about its origin was very interesting as well.
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Dana_b
May 20, 2024
Eye opening, worthwhile experience - We had a great tour. Our guide was excellent, providing many personal experiences. It was all we hoped and more. Definitely recommend.
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Pats170
May 15, 2024
Gives you a better understanding of the Conflic - Didn't know quite what to expect; the tour was good but it was very depressing on the history of the conflict between the Catholics and Presbyterians We did tour the areas and saw the murals on the walls; the fences between the areas and the gates that close at night. While interesting, it was dismall. Our driver gave a good history and had great information to share about the conflict and the current state of affairs
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Linda_f
May 24, 2024
Black cab tour of the troubles - The driver was knowledgeable and showed us what we requested. He did charge us an additional 50 pounds for picking us up at the port and returning us there. I thought this was included in the price of the tour. Was I mistaken about that?
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Itw123
May 13, 2024
Fine as it is, but could be so much more - I have mixed feelings about this tour. If there were an option to rate it 3.5, I would choose that, but there isn’t so I’m choosing 3. I agree with all the other reviews that it was a great opportunity to see a fascinating history up close. It did help me to put some pieces together. Particularly seeing the Divis Flats which is featured prominently in the film ‘71. (Great film, by the way.) Our driver didn’t stop to let us out at any of the murals or the peace wall. Only later did I realize that other tours have had the experience of getting out and interacting with the murals. It could be because we had a bit of miscommunication and the tour guide was not at the location he was supposed to be at (simply because he was forced to circle the city center which took a few minutes, not his fault), so we started about 10-15 minutes late.
My biggest wish for the tour would be that the guides would be informed about how peace was achieved. Who were the people, especially everyday women, who worked every day to build relationships with each other towards peace? By complete happenstance I had just heard a talk by Avila Kilmurray the previous week, in the States. She and other women worked for years to organize together and build trust across lines. So I was primed to hear information about how Catholic and Protestant women worked together towards peace, including slipping out through gates to meet with each other and get to know each other. To learn about each other’s commonalities and common desire for peace. I explicitly asked about women’s roles and the guide did not have an answer.
So I was left feeling like the tour was a bit of a fetishization of the Troubles, instead of a lesson about how we can do the much harder thing - which is to learn to trust each other again. Belfast could offer some helpful insights that could give us hope for the war in Gaza, but this tour didn’t provide those insights.
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Loribhappy
May 21, 2024
Don’t do it! - One of the worse tours we have done
Our driver was only concerned about a port charge which our ticket said it was included he stopped the tour many times to ask us if we would pay cash which at the beginning of tour we told him if we needed to pay it we would I spent the entire time on the phone trying to solve issue and he was the worst guide tour itself wasn’t very good as we didn’t get much info
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