History activities in Europe
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Guided Walks
Tourist office–run, 1½ hour, heritage-themed walks that include Jane Austen's Winchester, Ghost Walks and Canons and Courtesans.
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Tours'n'Trails
Offers 1½-hour guided walking tours of the walled city, starting from the tourist office at 11am and 3pm Monday to Saturday from April to October. The price includes admission to St Columb's Cathedral.
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1916 Rebellion Walking Tour
The Easter Rising was the seminal event in the struggle to establish a modern nation, and this absolutely superb 1½-hour tour – starting in the International Bar, Wicklow St – tells it exactly as it was, with a decent sprinkling of humour and irreverence to boot. After all, what good are heroes if you can’t poke some fun at them? The guides – all Trinity graduates – are uniformly excellent and will not say no to the offer of a pint back in the International at tour’s end.
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Blackstaff Way
A fascinating 1½-hour historical tour through the city along the route of the Blackstaff River, which was channelled underground in 1881. Departs from the Belfast Welcome Centre.
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Titanic Tours
A two-hour luxury tour led by the great- granddaughter of one of the Titanic's crew, visiting various Titanic-related sites, for groups of two to five people; includes pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation.
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Lagan Boat Company
The excellent Titanic Tour explores the derelict docklands downstream of the weir, taking in the slipways where the liners Titanic and Olympic were launched and the huge dry dock where they could fit with just nine inches to spare; departs from Donegall Quay near the Bigfish sculpture. The Obel Tour (£20/18) combines a Titanic boat tour with a trip to the top of the Obel, Ireland's tallest building.
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