Audio tour · United Kingdom
Belfast
A self guided audio tour of Belfast.
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A self guided audio tour of Belfast.
Belfast earns its place slowly, through the weight of what happened here and the quieter pleasure of what has come since. You feel it in the Victorian streets of the Cathedral Quarter, in the murals of the Falls and the Shankill, in the long industrial sweep of the waterfront where the great ships were built. It is a city that has lived hard and knows it, and walking it rewards the patient visitor with an honesty that shinier cities rarely offer.
In the app, 51 stops in Belfast are narrated aloud, about 1h 27m of listening across 7 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 69 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You might be walking past a place that has seen massive changes."
"You're standing here at a place that has seen nearly 750 years of action."
"You can really feel the history when you walk around this place."
"You are standing here now, looking at a Victorian mansion built between 1867 and 1870."
"You are standing in a place that has seen massive changes over the last 250 years."
"You're standing in a building with a very complex history."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A south-west sweep from the Gaelic heart of the Falls through the university quarter to the green riverbanks at Shaw's Bridge.
Arts venues, Victorian spires and a soaring skyscraper carry you from the Lyric Theatre down to the Albert Bridge on the Lagan.
Cave Hill's landmark castle anchors a wide arc through North Belfast's parks, churches and the wild heights of Belfast Zoo.
A compact city-centre loop from the soaring nave of St Anne's Cathedral to the grand civic pulse of Donegall Square.
History runs deep on this cross-city walk from the Crumlin Road Gaol and the Republican History Museum all the way east to Victoria Park by the waterfront.
Cricket pitches, a quiet moat park and a Norman-era church make for a peaceful east Belfast afternoon well beyond the city bustle.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.