I recently visited the city of New Orleans for the first time, with my two brothers-in-law as guides. They lived there many years ago, so no better fellas than them to show us the best places to eat and drink in the city!
New for 2025, we are pleased to announce a new range of combinations of our signature tours for guests who have the time and curiosity to explore a little further.
We are feeling a bit sad because our good friend Gabe has decided to hang up his walking boots and retire as a DC Tours guide.
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.
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.
Jamesy and I enjoyed our recent tour of McConnell's Distillery so much we decided to make a regular thing of it and try a few more Belfast tours! I've always wanted to try Alternative Ulstours, so we booked on to their Spirits of Belfast tour.
Growing up in Belfast in the Seventies, Halloween will be forever associated with memories of stabbing yourself in the hand while attempting to carve out a raw turnip into a lantern, the smell of candles burning into said turnips, and costumes based on bin bags and sweaty plastic false faces. Oh, and indoor fireworks. We weren't allowed the real ones, for obvious reasons.
Exploring Belfast on a tour with us is a fantastic way to dive into the city’s rich history and vibrant culture. But why not make the most of your day by adding a few more experiences before and after the tour? That’s where GetSociable comes in.
Thompsons Dock will be the stage for a sound and light show this weekend. But if you can't make the show, you should still take time to explore the dock - it's the largest original relic of the Titanic.
A few weeks ago I was talking to the team at the new McConnell’s Distillery and they very kindly offered me a tour! I am partial to an Irish whiskey or three, and so is Jamesy, so we decided that this would make an excellent busman’s holiday and headed up to the distillery’s new home in Crumlin Road Gaol!
The old Corporation Gas Showroom has been given a new lease of life and is now the home of the Golden Thread Gallery. I went down to the official opening to take a look...and I got a bonus view of the old Police Station!
A look at the history of the Belfast Workhouse and how the city was affected by the famine in 1845-46, followed by the typhus epidemic in 1847 and the cholera epidemic in 1849.