Belfast City Walking Tour - Wee Walks Big Talks

I share a collection of compelling, true stories some joyful, others poignant and thought-provoking all drawn from my own experiences. These tales, long forgotten by many, are brought to life as I guide you through some of Belfast’s remarkable history. Together, we’ll uncover the events and characters that have shaped the city’s journey, showing how its past influences the Belfast we know today. I’m excited to meet you and to share my deep affection for this incredible city. Join me for a relaxed morning or afternoon filled with captivating stories about the people, the architecture, and the moments that make Belfast’s story so extraordinary. I have a minimum requirement of 2 passengers minimum to allow the tour to run Even chat GPT recommend it..as “à hidden gem top quality tour “with constant top reviews by passengers

1. 1

   Belfast City Hall

   15 min

   Minimum 2 passengers to allow entire tour to operate At the city hall we will explore the outside of our beautiful City Hall with a brief history of the building and its significance to society. We will also visit the Titanic Memorial beside the City Hall.

2. 2

   Grand Opera House

   Pass by

   Here we will view the outside of the magnificent Grand Opera House and learn a brief history of the significance of this hall, one of the oldest buildings in Belfast.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   15 min

   We will walk along Great Victoria Street discussing the many historic buildings that have shared this space over the last 200 years, I will tell you interesting and forgotten stories about these buildings and why they are much loved by the people in Belfast. We will discuss the Troubles, the distant past and the more recent history to today and the amazing history this building has endured being the site of many of the bombs during the troubles,and the amazing resilience of this building snd the people who owned it surviving relentless bomb attacks

4. 4

   Titanic Memorial Garden

   15 min

   Situated in the grounds of the City Hall we will make a brief stop to ponder the names on the memorial highlighting a few of the more famous and some of the ordinary folk and share their story the things I tell you here will be a great background if you plan to go to the museum during tour time in Belfast I will tell you antidotes and interesting forgotten facts and true stories that never fail to surprise and amuse

5. 5

   Northern Bank Building - Belfast

   5 min

   You will see the spot (and old security footage !)of the biggest robbery of it’s time learn how this was the only heist where the robbers did not need to enter the building!

6. 6

   Stop 6

   15 min

   This beautiful pub is one of the most loved in Belfast restored to its former glory complete with nooks and gas lights. Its unfortunate location opposite Europes most bombed hotel gave it many challenges over the years to survice to this day.

7. 7

   St. George's Market

   15 min

   Although there has been a market here since 1604 the present building is from 1890,s morning tours on Fridays and Saturdays visit it food craft and variety market It was used as a temporary morgue during the Belfast Blitz

8. 8

   Waterfront Hall

   10 min

   This is included on Friday and Saturday morning tours only (or by request) this beautiful modern circular hall was opened with major regeneration of Belfast in 1997 learn about the tragic events that happened on this spot during the troubles

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Need to be capable of walking and standing for 2 hours

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.