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I am thinking of visiting to use a BA voucher from having to cancel a visit to attend the roadshow earlier this year. Does anyone know does the Titanic Experience include a tour of H&W. Also anything else I should visit.
stokey12,
From my recent visit to Belfast, I would highly recommend the city.
If your budget stretches to it, stay at the Titanic Hotel. It is located in the former drawing rooms of H&W and is a museum in itself, you can spend hours wandering around and getting a sense of the history of the company and shipbuilding in general. From there, you can walk around Queen's Island and get an idea of the scale of the yard and how busy it may, or may not, be. Shamefully, we did not have time to visit the Titanic Museum, located right next door to the hotel. As far as I am aware, there are no public tours of the H&W yard itself.
Belfast has some great bars and restaurants and a really lively vibe. I can also recommend the hop-on, hop-off bus tour, which has a stop right outside the Titanic Hotel. From this, you get a decent overview of the troubled history of the city.
You can even walk from BHD airport (into which BA flies) to the Titanic Quarter, should you be so inclined!
I'd agree with BP, definitely fo the hop hop off bus tour. Belfast is a very walkable city so try and stay some fairly central and you won't need any buses, taxis, etc. Titanic hotel is lovely, another option is the Europa hotel, famous as being the most bombed hotel in Europe (safe enough these days now). Both are reasonable enough as long as you book them a little in advance.
Some great bars inc The Crown and Kelly's Cellars (for the fiddly dee music).
Crumlin Road Gaol is a good tour although busy, so advise booking this before you go over.
The glass dome at the top of the Victoria Centre gives a great view around the whole city and free too.
If maritime floats your boat (soz, lol) then there's the HMS Caroline tour and also the Nomadic tour. Nomadic is a tender that was used for the Titanic and is permanently moored now in the Titanic quarter area of Belfast.
St George's Market is also a nice way to spend a few hours and they have live music there Saturday and Sunday.
If you're here for a few days or travelling outside the city I can give you a few more ideas if you want.