Belfast Tourist Guide: Historical Sites•Attractions•Holiday Resorts•Vacations•Ireland Tourism-Places To Go•Things To See+Do

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#800040"> <P><A NAME="Belfast"></A><BR></P> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/nilogo.gif" HSPACE="50" ALT="Belfast Tourist Guide: Historical Sites - Attractions - Holiday Resorts & Vacations - Ireland Tourism Information" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" WIDTH="196" HEIGHT="100"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> Belfast Tourist Guide</FONT></H1> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><I><FONT COLOR="#008000">Places To Go • Things To See & Do</FONT></I></H1> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </SCRIPT></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/belacc2.htm#CityR"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/cityresorts.gif" BORDER="2" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60"></A></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Northern Ireland Tourism Information</FONT></H1> <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#008000">Historical Sites • Natural Attractions • Holiday Resorts<BR>Vistors Tours • Travels • Vacations</FONT></H2> <HR SIZE="3"> <P><BR></P> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Belfast Castle</FONT> <IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/belcastle.jpg" ALIGN="MIDDLE" HSPACE="100" WIDTH="250" HEIGHT="200"></H1> <P><B>Belfast Castle, constructed for the 3rd Marquess of Donegall in the 1870s, has a Scottish baronial architecture. In the grounds there are beautiful gardens and a heritage centre housing a permanent exhibition concerned with the castle and its surrounds. The castle is situated on the slopes of Cave Hill, which is part of Belfast Hills, providing splendid views of Belfast city and Belfast Lough.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Antrim Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Belfast City Hall</FONT><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/cityhall1.jpeg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="50" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="200"></H1> <P><B>Belfast City Hall is located in the centre of the city. It has an impressive and imposing Edwardian structure, and its interior, lavishly decorated with beautiful Italian marble works, is quite splendid. It was built of Portland limestone during 1898-1906. The City Hall houses a number of local government departments.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Donegall Square</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Botanic Gardens</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/botanic.jpeg" ALIGN="MIDDLE" HSPACE="100" WIDTH="355" HEIGHT="273"></P> <P><B>Botanic Gardens, located beside The Queen's University of Belfast and Ulster Museum, has beautiful rose gardens, colourful flowerbeds, variety of trees, a Tropical Ravine (built in 1887) and a Victorian Palm house (built in 1839) all of which combine to provide an exotic environment.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Stranmillis Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </SCRIPT></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Cave Hill Country Park</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/cavehillpark.gif" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="50" WIDTH="355" HEIGHT="285"></P> <P><B>Cave Hill Country Park is a large park which sprawls over part of the Belfast Hills providing spectacular panoramic views of Belfast city and beyond. There are a number of walking paths and the 5 famous Neolithic caves, after which the park is named, can be accessed. The top of Cave Hill, known as McArt's Fort, is where the United Irishmen planned their 1795 rebellion.</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/cavehill.jpg" WIDTH="412" HEIGHT="309"></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/panorama.jpg" WIDTH="412" HEIGHT="309"><BR></P> <P><BR></P> <H3><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: near Belfast Castle, Antrim Road</B></FONT></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="eire1.jpg" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="190" HEIGHT="150"> <IMG SRC="dublin6.jpg" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="170" HEIGHT="150"> <IMG SRC="dublin7.jpg" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="170" HEIGHT="150"> </P> <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="ni" HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/belfast_estate_agents.htm">Northern Ireland Estate Agents • Belfast Properties For Sale</A></H2> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Giant's Ring</FONT> <IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/giantsring.jpg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="60" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="180"></H1> <P><B>The Giant's Ring is a mysterious site reckoned to be 4000 years old. It has a circular earthwork embankment with a bouldered structure in the centre which could have been an important meeting/ritual place for Neolithic man. From the embankment there are splendid views across the Lagan Valley towards the Belfast Hills.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: near Shaw's Bridge</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Grand Opera House</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/operahouse.jpeg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="30" WIDTH="340" HEIGHT="200"></P> <P><B>The Grand Opera House, opened on 23 December 1895, hosts a wide range of local and international entertainment encompassing theatre, musicals, opera, ballet, comedy, concerts, pantomime and much more. Designed by the famous Victorian theatre architect Frank Matcham, it has great gilded plasterwork and exquisite painted ceilings.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Great Victoria Street</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Harland & Wolff - The 'Titanic' Shipbuilder</FONT></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/harlandw1.gif" ALT="Harland & Wolff Shipyard" WIDTH="238" HEIGHT="222"></P> <P><B>Harland and Wolff Shipyard are world renowned Belfast shipbuilders, dating from the 1860s. The most famous ship built by H & W was the <FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Titanic</FONT>.</B></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/titanic.jpeg" ALT="Titanic" WIDTH="237" HEIGHT="187"><BR></P> <P><B>Built during 1910-12, the Titanic was a super luxury liner 882.5 feet long, 92.5 feet wide, and with a crew of 700 provided luxurious accommodation for more than 1, 500 passengers. Lack of adequate number of lifeboats led to the loss of 1, 517 passengers and crew members (out of 2, 207) when she sank on the fifth day of her maiden voyage, after striking an iceberg off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on the way to New York.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Queens Island</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </SCRIPT></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Lagan Weir & Lookout Centre</FONT> <IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/weir.jpg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="210" HEIGHT="184"></H1> <P><B>The Lagan Weir is a series of steel barriers that move with the tide ensuring that the upper reaches of the River Lagan remains constant. It is accessible to the general public who can see how the weir mechanism operates. There is also a permanent well equipped exhibition which shows the social as well as commercial history of the Lagan and its surrounds. The Lookout Centre provides splendid views of the river.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Donegall Quay</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B>Lagan Valley Regional Park</B></FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/laganpark1.gif" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="10" WIDTH="390" HEIGHT="326"></P> <P><B>Lagan Valley Park is a 12 mile stretch of open grasslands, wooded areas and nature reserves through which the River Lagan flows. It also has the Lagan Canal Towpath which is aligned to the river providing scenic walk going right up to Lisburn town bypassing Shaw's Bridge, Drumbeg and Lambeg.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Lockview Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"><P></P> <P ALIGN="CENTER"> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </SCRIPT></P> <P></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon Park</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/dixonpark1.jpeg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="335" HEIGHT="305"></P> <P><B>Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park, also commonly known as Dixon Park, was part of the Wilmont estate. It is a large and most beautiful park containing the City of Belfast International Rose Garden which was opened in 1990 and features intricate landscaping, trial beds and around 20,000 rose bushes. It also has as a Japanese garden.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Upper Malone Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">St. Anne's Cathedral</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/stannes.jpeg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="30" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="200"></P> <P><B>St. Anne's Cathedral is a large, impressive Anglican cathedral. The architecture is neo-Romanesque and the interior has exquisite mosaic works with a floor made of stone brought from all over Ireland. The body of Sir Edward Henry Carson, architect of Ireland's partition, is buried inside the cathedral.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Donegall Street</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="northern_ireland_property.htm"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/real_estate.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="60" BORDER="1"></A></P> <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/northern_ireland_estate_agents.htm" NAME="ni"> Properties Northern Ireland : Estate Agents In Belfast</A></H2> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Stormont Parliament</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/stormont.jpg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="40" WIDTH="294" HEIGHT="175"></P> <P><B>Stormont is a big classical building set in large parkland. It once housed the Northern Ireland Parliament but now serves as government administrative offices. Nearby is the Scottish Baronial Stormont Castle which contains the offices of the Northern Ireland Secretary of State.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Upper Newtownards Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">The Queen's University of Belfast</FONT><BR></H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/qub.jpeg" WIDTH="351" HEIGHT="201"></P> <P><B>The Queen's University of Belfast is a major university catering for most disciplines of study. It plays an important role in the educational as well as industrial and cultural activities of the province. The university hosts the annual Belfast Arts Festival. The main building, with cloisters and an entrance tower, was designed by Lanyon in 1849 and has a similar architecture to that of Magdalen College, Oxford.</B></P> <H3 ALIGN="LEFT"><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: University Road</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Ulster Museum</FONT> <BR><BR><IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/museum.jpg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" WIDTH="189" HEIGHT="101"></H1> <P><B>Ulster Museum is the largest museum in Northern Ireland. It contains impressive displays of archaeology, antiquities, Irish art, science and natural history collections. Also housed in the museum are the famous gold and silver treasures salvaged from Girona, the Spanish Armada's flagship which sank off the Antrim Coast, near Dunluce Castle.</B></P> <H3 ALIGN="LEFT"><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Botanic Gardens</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="eire1.jpg" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="190" HEIGHT="150"> <IMG SRC="eire4.jpg" WIDTH="170" HEIGHT="150"> <IMG SRC="dublin7.jpg" HSPACE="5" WIDTH="170" HEIGHT="150"></P> <H2 ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="ni" HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/belfast_estate_agents.htm">Estate Agents Belfast • Property Northern Ireland For Sale</A></H2> <HR SIZE="3"> <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Waterfront Hall</FONT> <IMG SRC="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/waterfrnt.jpeg" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" HSPACE="20" WIDTH="310" HEIGHT="175"></H1> <P><B>The Waterfront Hall is a state-of-the-art concert and conference centre providing a wide range of entertainments. It can accommodate up to 2300 people and has excellent facilities including restaurants and bars that provide great views of the River Lagan and Belfast city.</B></P> <H3><I><FONT COLOR="#008080"><B>Location: Oxford Street</B></FONT></I></H3> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><B><A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/index.html">Home Page</A> | <A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/accguide.htm#accmguides">Accommodation Guide</A> | <A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/bizguide.htm#bizguides">Business Guide</A> | <A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/vacancies.htm">Employment Guide</A> | <A HREF="http://www.guide-to-nireland.com/visguide.htm#visitors">Visitors Guide</A></B></FONT></P> <HR SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT COLOR="#008080">Copyright © 1997 - 2007 Zaray Internet Consultants. 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