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Belfast Attractions - Private Tours

107 Dermott hill road, Belfast BT9 6ES, Northern Ireland
07702060573
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Ranked #30 of 74 activities in Belfast
Type: Tours
Owner description: Black Taxi Mural/Political Tours: Trip advisor winners of the award of excellence 2012, at the official Belfast attractions we have been offering our... more » Owner description: Black Taxi Mural/Political Tours: Trip advisor winners of the award of excellence 2012, at the official Belfast attractions we have been offering our award winning tours for over 15 years. We have had everybody from the Rev Jesse Jackson, Bob Baer (Ex special agent of the CIA, played by George Clooney in Syria) and Lady GaGa enjoy our tours. Even though our beautiful city is now almost unrecognisable from the bomb ravaged city of over 35 years ago, we feel it is important to help everyone understand what life in Belfast was like during the dark years of ‘the troubles.’ By taking you on a tour of the now world famous hotspots, such as the Republican(IRA) murals of the Falls Road and the Protestant(U.F.F &U.V.F) murals of the Shankill Road and by the use of important evidence such as newspapers, photos, videos and even plastic bullets we hope to paint a vivid picture of what life was like for the everyday Belfast resident. You will travel in style through the back streets of our city in an old vintage London black taxi cab as our guides, who all lived through the troubles, help you understand over 800 years of British / Irish political history. « less
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Tamworth, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 19, 2013 NEW

Brendan our guide, knew the in's and outs of both sides of 'the troubles'. It was great to be guided by a true local, a man who grew up in the thick of it. An great education was received on a difficult subject. Well worth the money, highly recommended.

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London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 17, 2013 NEW

Gerard is an absolute wealth of knowledge who passionately opened the pages of Irish history for us to share. The tour felt like a personal introduction to a people and land we had assumed much about. We are thrilled we have learnt so much in such a short time!

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 18, 2013

Thank You Molly for taking the time to write this amazing review. I hope Pete will make his friend smile with the pictures? More

Belfast, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 16, 2013 NEW

Excellent insight in such a short period of time. I would highly recommend. The neutral presentation of what is a highly political and controversial history was admirable.

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Swanwick, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 15, 2013 NEW

As we only had a short time in Belfast took the cab tour which was very informative. Thank you Brendan for a very good hour and a half

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 11, 2013

I don't know what the other Drivers are like, but the time we spent with our Driver, Brendan, was a wonderful experience! Brendan was not only polite and fun to ride with, but his knowledge and presentation was Educational, and full of detail. We learned a great deal more about the conflict in Northern Ireland, from both sides, including information... More

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 14, 2013

Hello First of all we like to thank you We have shown your guide your review and he's delighted and he like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to write ourselves a brilliant review.Your review will help promote a changing Belfast.Plus we employ local guides from both communties.The aims of our company is to deliver... More

St Austell, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 11, 2013

Where do I start. Myself and my son went into a tourist information shop and asked how we book a black cab tour. The lady called the cab for us and told us it was a 90 min tour. Our guide Gerry arrived within 5 mins and just short of 3 hours later was dropping us back at our pickup... More

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 14, 2013

Hello First of all we like to thank you We have shown your guide your review and he's delighted and he like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to write ourselves a brilliant review.Your review will help promote a changing Belfast.Plus we employ local guides from both communties.The aims of our company is to deliver... More

Ontario
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 10, 2013

Four of us took the black cab political tour through the Falls and Shankhill roads area and found the tour extremely interesting. We had Tom McNally as our driver and guide whom grew up in the area and witnessed first hand The Troubles. He was great; the entire hour and a half tour was great; and the price was unbelievably... More

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 14, 2013

Hello First of all we like to thank you We have shown your guide your review and he's delighted and he like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to write ourselves a brilliant review.Your review will help promote a changing Belfast.Plus we employ local guides from both communties.The aims of our company is to deliver... More

Sacramento, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 8, 2013

We arrived in Belfast on a cruise and Frank of Belfast Attractions was there to meet us at the pier. Six of us fit perfectly in his van and we were off for a day filled with wonderful stops and lots of picture taking opportunities. We beat the tour buses to many stops and he even took us to some... More

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 10, 2013

Hello First of all we like to thank you We have shown your guide your review and he's delighted and he like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to write ourselves a brilliant review.Your review will help promote a changing Belfast.Plus we employ local guides from both communties.The aims of our company is to deliver... More

Mykonos, Greece
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed June 7, 2013

We spent a fantastic day with Frank doing a tour of Northern Ireland. A taxi driver by day, Frank is also a knowledgeable tour guide who was vey accommodating as we asked to make adjustments in the itinerary on-the-fly. During the Troubles Frank was kidnapped three times by the IRA in attempts to smuggle explosives through British Army checkpoints. Although... More

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llovebelfast, Owner at Belfast Attractions - Private Tours, responded to this review
June 14, 2013

Hello First of all we like to thank you We have shown your guide your review and he's delighted and he like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking the time to write ourselves a brilliant review.Your review will help promote a changing Belfast.Plus we employ local guides from both communties.The aims of our company is to deliver... More

Perth, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed June 6, 2013

On our recent trip top Belfast we tossed up whether to do another Red Bus Tour of the city or take the 'Black Cab' tour. We decided on the 'Black Cab' tour and were extremely happy with our decision. Our tour guide/driver was Gerrard, a local who was a font of knowledge, he told us some history in a balanced... More

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