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Belfast Black Taxi Tour: A Travel Into Irish/British History Through Iconic Murals and Peace Walls
4.9
239 Ratings
Belfast
Embark on a Belfast Black Taxi Tour and delve into the rich history of Ireland and Britain through iconic murals and peace walls. Travel in luxurious classic London cabs and gain insight from knowledgeable local guides.
Embark on a Belfast Black Taxi Tour and delve into the rich history of Ireland and Britain through iconic murals and peace walls. Travel in luxurious classic London cabs and gain insight from knowledgeable local guides.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Falls Road Library - Get a photo beside the most photographed mural in the world IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands MP, Falls Road, also Sinn fein head quarters
- Shankill Road - The Shankill road is the heart of Loyalism and the birth place of the U.V.F and U.F.F come and learn at first hand about the about The Troubles
- Peace Wall - Come…
- Falls Road Library - Get a photo beside the most photographed mural in the world IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands MP, Falls Road, also Sinn fein head quarters
- Shankill Road - The Shankill road is the heart of Loyalism and the birth place of the U.V.F and U.F.F come and learn at first hand about the about The Troubles
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Peace Wall - Come and write on one of the famous peace walls that stretch across a divided city see for yourself the scale of these walls 5 times bigger that the Berlin wall in height.
Lady gaga,Morgan Freeman,Presisident Clinton to name a free have wrote a peace quote on our walls. - International Mural Wall Divis Street - The international wall has over 60 murals painted by local artist with support to other countries around the world Cuba ,Turkey,Palestine to name a few
- Clonard Monastery - Clonard Monastery is in the heart of THE FALLS ROAD and where the secret talks took place between Gerry Adams and John Hume
- Bombay Street - Bombay Street is Where the Provisional Irish Republican Army where born after the community homes where burnout in 1969.Come learn 800years of British/Irish history and learn about The End game the peace process
- Crumlin Road Gaol - Built in the 1800s and a hanging jail right up to the 60s.Housed some of the most famous prisoners loyalist and Republican and had many escapes.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Private tour
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
- Professional guide
- Private tour
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This unique excursion lets you explore 800 years of historical events, accompanying the brave original drivers who risked their lives daily during The Troubles - maintaining transport service in their traditional black taxis for the residents of the renowned Falls road and Shankill road. This intriguing trip delves into the latest conflict in…
This unique excursion lets you explore 800 years of historical events, accompanying the brave original drivers who risked their lives daily during The Troubles - maintaining transport service in their traditional black taxis for the residents of the renowned Falls road and Shankill road. This intriguing trip delves into the latest conflict in Irish/British history. Your local well-versed guide will give you a glimpse into the renowned murals and massive peacewalls of Belfast. Your tour is transport-focused, offering a ride in our lavish classic London taxis.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Belfast City Hall
Donegall Square North
We can also pick up 1km from city hall hotels etc for free and we can collect from all cruiseship with additional cash charge
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(239 Ratings)
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Navigate618952
Jun 22, 2025
Amazing history lesson - This tour was great. Brendan took us around and explained the history of the area and conflict. He was very personable and had many personal stories. It really puts things into perspective. I highly recommend this tour and Brendan.
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Catherinecl7816sj
Jun 8, 2025
A fascinating well told account of Belfast’s history. - We had a fascinating experience of Belfast’s history with Ricky. I would highly recommend this tour and Ricky have an insightful account of the history of the Troubles and of Belfast past and present. Wonderful. Catheirne and Rod
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Amyhi4035th
Jun 7, 2025
Essential tour when visiting Belfast! - Nicky was fabulous and informative. My family and I learned so much and enjoyed the 2 hours as well. We appreciated Nicky’s personal stories and context. Highly recommend! Highlight of our trip!!!
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213brechjes
May 27, 2025
Impressive and interesting. - Very impressive and interesting. Learned a lot about ‘The troubles’, especially by the taxi driver / guide who has had to deal with it partly from his own experience.
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Michele
May 26, 2025
A trip that was 100% worth the time and money - Ricky was just amazing. He was responsive to questions and gave thoughtful answers. He drove us through the whole area of conflict and has clearly put a great deal of thought and work into the presentation.
I so appreciated his time an attention.
He was also pretty flexible as to the pick up spot when it changed! He had a minivan and it was really comfortable.
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N1120hidavidc
May 25, 2025
Tour through historical conflict areas in Belfast in old black taxi - The black taxi tour was excellent and was a highlight of our trip. Jim was very informative and an excellent guide. I highly recommend anyone visiting Belfast to take this tour.
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Sandy
May 24, 2025
Fantastic Tour - Stephen gave us the very best tour possible!! His knowledge of the history was amazing!! We learned so much on his tour!!
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Z8960ecrobertk
May 23, 2025
INFORMATIVE AND GREAT CRAIC - Firstly we would like to.say a big thank you.to our host and guide Ricky. He made the whole thing real. He set the scene well going back in time to when the French, Norman's really, (but you know how the Brits love to blame the French), invaded Ireland back in the 11th century. He took us on a journey through time explaining HenryV111 involvement and the pogroms of Oliver Cromwell through William of Orange and up to partition in in the 1920's all information we did not know. All we really knew about was what we heard nightly on the news in the late 1960's and through up until 1994. The IRA blew things up shot loyalists and soldiers and the Loyalists blew things up and shot members of the IRA, with both sides killing innocent civilians so much tragedy and pain and suffering.
RICKY brought all this to life and put it in perspective with his life experiences of being arrested by the army as a 12 year old for throwing stones something he had not done on the day of his arrest but said he had done the day before, to being hit by rubber bullets and interred as a political prisoner in an H block after being on remand in Crumlin road Gaol. He made it all real.
The murals,peace wall, and memorial gardens were all very poignant and sad and brought back a lot of memories. We both hope the peace continues and that the communities can learn to live with the past and look forward to a great future.
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Rbramlett11
May 11, 2025
Best thing we did on our trip - The tour was exactly what we had in mind. Our guide was knowledgable and shared his personal experiences living in the area during The Troubles. He answered all our questions and remained unbiased while still acknowledging atrocities from all angles. He went above and beyond!
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Jamesk_p
May 12, 2025
We want our money back!!!! - So this is the excursion we set up and paid Viator for and it NEVER HAPPENED 🤬🤬 We were very disappointed when we got off the ship at the port in Belfast and could not locate the “Black Taxi” nor the driver for our much anticipated tour. We even asked port staff for help to call the phone number on our reservation but they could not reach anyone. We waited extra time searching for our taxi and driver but they did not show up nor did they call us. We lost out on our money we paid VIATOR for the excursion. Later that day VIATOR sent a message that “they apologized but the ship yard did not allow the taxi or driver access into the port.” The message said we would be getting a full refund to our CC but as of today we have not received the refund. WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!!!!!
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