Attractions
With her reputation growing during the 19th Century
as a merchant city and a centre for commerce and shipbuilding
Belfast became first city of the British Empire. It was here that
the empire builders expressed themselves in brick and stone and
this blueprint subsequently became the model for some of the
largest urban developments across the Victorian world. Today
Belfast is still one of the great Victorian cities of Britain. From
Belfast
Castle in the hills overlooking the city to Harland
and Wolff Shipyard on the edge of Belfast Lough to the great
merchant villas in the south of the city, Belfast commands your
attention.
Take a bus tour or glide by in a black taxi and take in the vast
presence of City Hall holding court in Donegall Square bordered by
equally impressive edifices in stone, then sweep around
Writer’s Square to view St Anne’s
Cathedral with its awesome Spire of Hope. As you cross
the dreamy Lagan be captivated by the truly modern
Waterfront Hall to your
right and the Odyssey Complex
on your left and on then to visit Stormont, home of the Northern
Ireland Assembly as you approach along the Prince of Wales Avenue.
As your journey returns you will pass the iconic
Lanyon Building that is the home
of the Queen’s University of Belfast,
not far from Botanic Gardens and the fabulous Ulster Museum and
soon you are back in the city centre just in time for tea!
Hop aboard a Metro bus and visit Belfast Zoo which over
140 species of animal call home and enjoy the stunning views over
Belfast Lough. You might even spot your ship! Don't
miss the Titanic Quarter where the most famous ship in the
world was built and launched and witnesss how Belfast is bringing
Titanic home by visiting the Titanic's Dock and
Pump-House and opening in April 2012, the
iconic new visitor experience, Titanic
Belfast.
Belfast is beautiful, bold and optimistic, never
disappointing and never matched.
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