Belfast History Tour: Explore Murals & Peace Wall

Discover Belfast’s history with a local guide. Explore murals, sign the peace wall, and enjoy 90 minutes of engaging stories and laughter.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Belfast - When you are picked up by your Belfast Taxi Tour Guide they will bring you onto the famous Belfast Falls Road which is the Catholic side of the community, and the famous Belfast Shankill Road which is the Protestant side of the community. Your Taxi Tour guide will explain the conflict in detail from start to finish while driving you…
What's Included
  • Tour guide / driver
  • Pick up point or hotel
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

You’ll gain a wealth of knowledge from someone who was born and raised in the community where the tour takes place, with 17 years of experience giving these tours. I am one of only five tour guides in all of Belfast who can say this. You’ll experience both sides of the community where the conflict occurred, with an unbiased perspective and numerous…

Location
Great Victoria Street
Leonardo Hotel Belfast. formerly (JURY'S INN) BT1 6DY
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sap440
Jun 13, 2025
Black Taxi tour of the Troubles - The excellent guide, whose name I can’t possibly spell, but I’ll try GERMIT(?), spoke from the heart of his lived experience as a boy raised during the troubles. He was as objective as one can possibly be, having lived through it. I had not understood that there was still a wall dividing protestants from Catholics. My eyes were opened.
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Geraldine_m
Jun 11, 2025
Don’t miss this opportunity to get the real story on The Troubles. - Caolain was an exceptional tour guide. He grew up in Belfast and was able to take us on a great tour past all the gates which separated the Catholic and Protestant sides of the conflict. We saw the Peace Wall, many murals and toured both neighborhoods. The details and photos that Caolain shared were incredible. His experience living here now and during the Troubles made this one of the best tours we have ever taken. We learned so much and now have a better understanding of the Troubles.
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Jenl855
Jun 1, 2025
Captivating Tour - Our tour guide was Diarmaid. I was captivated the whole tour with his wealth of knowledge on Irish history and his admirable passion for his work. Importantly we were shown both sides of the community and educated in a honourable unbiased approach. The tour minibus was clean & comfortable with cooled water readily available. Which was greatly appreciated on the hot day we had done the tour. I highly recommend Belfast’s Past Tour Company & hope anyone will be as privileged as our group had been to have Diarmaid as their personal tour guide.
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530aislingc
Jun 1, 2025
A must do when in Belfast - Having moved up to Belfast from Galway over 2 years ago, this tour was on my bucket list. Diarmaid our guide was fantastic, super informative, a power of information, totally non-bias showing us both sides of the conflict that what went on in both communities. This was impressive as there was a lot I wasn’t aware of. Diarmaid made me very comfortable and gave personal experiences throughout the tour. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to know about Irish history…..
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Haleyinaustin01
May 31, 2025
A must-go! - I think our guide’s name was Kerrigan & he was FANTASTIC! We appreciated the unbiased delivery of Irish history. He picked us up from our hotel, was very hospitable, had a very clean van to tour Belfast. We spent 2 hours discussing historical strife within Belfast & Northern Ireland. He offered us additional sources to look up as well a various photos. Highly recommend and will go again when our kids are old enough.
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Karen_b
May 18, 2025
Exceeded Expectations! - This tour was extremely informative and Caolan was very personable and enthusiastic!. He was a wealth of information. We learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed our time with him. He was so good at explaining both sides of the troubles and the history and politics of Ireland. He didn't takes sides, just laid out the facts. He even gave us some information that we could explore on our own after the tour. Also, I can't thank Caolan and Diarmaid enough. I mistakenly left my sunglasses in the taxi after the tour. I contacted them and both of them went out of their way to help me get them back. Much appreciated!!!
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Ann_r
May 13, 2025
The driver and his... - The driver and his knowledge were excellent. We learned so much from the experience and have a better understanding of the conflicts in Belfast
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Jenni_k
May 9, 2025
If you want to know more about ’The Troubles’, do this tour - Don’t be afraid to ask questions as our guide Caelin (? Spelling) was an absolute fountain of knowledge- he lived through it! He was simply amazing 🙏
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Jlm522015
May 29, 2025
Good result - Unfortunately due to car trouble, we were late to our designated pickup spot. The dispatcher was very courteous and made several attempts to contact our driver who had left. He also attempted to find another driver but was not successful. After our return to home I contacted TripAdvisor and was able to receive a quite fair partial refund.
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Dennis_h
May 11, 2025
one sided tour - On this tour we expected an overview of the war between the Irish separatists and the English colonialists but what we received was extremely biased in favor of the Cathlic separatists. Very disappointing, since we wanted to hear both sides and make up our own minds. The tour was advertised as presenting both sides but failed miserably. Our tour guide, Kenyan, was personable enough and thoroughly versed in the Irish version of events but reluctant to discuss other views. Maybe a little too enthusiastic for a tour guide. We would not become recommend this tour if you want to hear the full story of the Troubles.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).