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UPDATE: November 2024 – Our ‘A History Of Terror’ tour is scheduled to run every day at 10.30am and the ‘Best of Belfast’ tour normally runs Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 10.00am. As we get into the quiet season, we won’t run a tour if there are no online bookings by 6pm the day before, so please book ahead to secure your spot! For private tours, please get in touch at least a week in advance for availability and a quote.
Our Best Selling Belfast Walking Tours
A History of Terror
The No.1 Belfast walking tour since 2014. Our award-winning expert guides explain the Troubles and the peace process with honesty and great insight from an entirely neutral perspective. The tour visits the locations of major events in the city centre during the most turbulent period of the conflict in the early seventies. It lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes and covers 1½ miles. Learn more….
The Best of Belfast
Our Best of Belfast walking tour is the perfect way to discover what makes our city unique. You’ll explore Belfast and hear the stories and history behind our people, culture, architecture and art over a route of 2 miles. Packed with insider knowledge from our local guides, you’ll also discover hidden corners of the city centre to ensure you make the most of your trip! Learn more…
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Meet our guides
The guides on our Belfast walking tours are all locals (with one very special exception!), and experts in their fields. Our lead guide is the UK’s ‘Top Tour Guide 2019’ (Wanderlust World Guide Awards) and we are graded 5 Stars by Tourism NI.
Paul Donnelly, lead guide
“I’ve been the lead tour guide at DC Tours since 2013. I love what I do because it’s real, powerful and cathartic.”
Mark Wylie, Owner & Tour Guide
“I want my tours to be meaningful experiences where guests get to really connect with the city and understand what makes it tick.”
Read our reviews!
“This was hands down the best walking tour I’ve ever done. Mark was informative, funny, and personable. The content didn’t focus on one side vs another but rather a regular civilian perspective. I also really enjoyed how much of the focus was on how Northern Ireland can move forward.”
“This was by far the best tour I’ve been on. Our guide Steve was well full of witty insights and stories and we got to discover many new parts of the city.”
“It was massively interesting, sent my head spinning with thoughts and filled me with empathy, and immensely compelling. An absolute must for any traveller who wants to get under the skin of Northern Ireland today. ”
“James was an absolutely fantastic tour guide, giving us a rich and thorough overview of Belfast, weaving a rich tapestry of history and personal anecdotes. We highly recommend this tour for newcomers to Belfast! ”
“What an absolutely incredible tour. If you want to understand what this city is about, take this tour. Our highlight in Belfast. ”
“Steve’s knowledge is only matched by his humour and passion for the subject as he guides you though hundreds of years of history. Your trip to Belfast would be lacking in you did not take in this walk.”
“It was the most memorable part of a fascinating trip to Northern Ireland.”
“Super engaging and gives a nuanced and in depth look at the history of Belfast. A really great way to get to know the place.”
“This was the most thought provoking, informative and riveting tour I’ve ever experienced.”
“The best walking tour I have ever been on – We had Paul as our guide! He was absolutely phenomenal. A funny and vibrant storyteller.”
“Little did we realise how this tour would help us leave two days later with the city having captured a place in our hearts.”
“Paul really knows his stuff, it’s presented factually and impartially, and he’s a cracking storyteller.”
Read our blog!
Our blog is packed with historical stories and our guides personal reminiscences of growing up in Belfast in the Seventies and Eighties. It’s the perfect way to start preparing yourself for your trip to Belfast!
The Northern Bank Robbery
A few steps from where we start our tours at the front of Belfast City Hall is the site of a shocking and audacious crime that took place twenty years ago. On the 20th December 2004, £26 million was stolen from the Headquarters of the Northern Bank (now Danske Bank) in one of the largest bank robberies in British or Irish history.
Putting Belfast art galleries on the map
If you've been on our Best of Belfast tour, you'll know that you get a free downloadable map with 40 of our favourite places to eat, drink, shop and generally have fun. Well now you can also pick up a new map of Belfast art galleries, thanks to a Belfast Visual Arts Forum project funded by Belfast City Council.
Voices of ’74: The Ulster Museum’s new oral history project
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Ulster Workers Strike, which I wrote about a few months ago. Now the Ulster Museum has launched a new oral history project about the strike on its website, as part of its ‘Troubles and Beyond’ programme.
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