Travel North by Train
Titanic Belfast & Belfast City
Discover Belfast!
A day tour to the northern capital enjoying the Enterprise Express train to Belfast and then a Hop-On-Hop-Off City Sightseeing tour stopping at all the city's major attractions, including the Titanic Quarter, Crumlin Road Jail, Falls Road and The International Wall Murals. Visit the Titanic Centre (included) before making your way back to Dublin at your leisure.
- Return Rail Travel.
- Reserved Seats on the train.
- Hop-on-Hop-off City Tour.
- Visitor Attraction Admissions.
1 Days
From
$157pps
From price is based on 1 adult.
"Railtour to Belfast and Titanic Quarter"
Jul 2015 by Murray, Ireland
We bought this trip via the net from New Zealand. We loved the trip. The train journey from Dublin to Belfast was lovely, about 2 hrs 15 min and the guide Paddy, was great and very very informative and helpful. When we got to Belfast we we're booked on the Hop on Hop off bus. We walked around town a bit first then got on the bus to the Titanic Quarter and the attraction there. It was very well done and this is included in the price for the journey. We then did the rest of the bus tour and it was great, up to the Irish Parliament and through the areas of the troubles and also some magnificent buildings around Belfast. An excellent way to capture a small piece of Belfast with the limited time we had in Ireland.
Visitor Attraction Admissions included: Hop-on-Hop-off City Bus Tour & Titanic Visitor Centre.
- Return Rail Travel.
- Reserved Seats on the train.
- Hop-on-Hop-off City Tour.
- Visitor Attraction Admissions.
Book any two day tours and receive a Free Upgrade: 48hr Hop-on-Hop-off Dublin City Sightseeing Tour tickets.
DAY
1
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Dublin to Belfast
Check-in is 20 minutes prior to Train Departure Time.
Meet our representative in their bright yellow jacket in the main concourse area of Connolly station.
Check-in for 06:50 departure from Connolly Station, built in 1844 as the terminus of the Dublin & Drogheda Railway, now the administrative headquarters of Iarnród Éireann, Ireland’s National Railway.
We depart northwards through the Dublin suburbs, which soon gives way to farmland. Soon we pass the exclusive coastal village of Malahide before we cross the wide Broadmeadow Estuary, followed by Rogerstown Estuary. Fine views of the sea appear as we pass through the coastal town of Skerries, followed by the fishing village of Balbriggan. A few kilometres further on we pass Gormanston, an Irish Air Corps military airfield – on the landward side. Red flags on the seaward side indicate military exercises are in progress. We travel through Drogheda. Immediately north of Drogheda we cross the historic river Boyne by a magnificent viaduct, with great views of the town. It was here that Oliver Cromwell put the entire population to the sword in 1649. At little further upstream is the site of the Battle of the Boyne, where [Protestant] King William of Orange defeated dethroned [Catholic] King James in 1690 – an event which is still celebrated annually by ‘Orangemen’ or ‘Northern Protestants’ on the 12th of July. We now begin to climb into the foothills of the Camlough Mountains and border country.
We arrive into Belfast, where there is a short transfer to Belfast city centre, where you will join the Belfast Hop-On-Hop-Off tour. The tour not only explores the city centre, but also the Titanic Quarter, Fall’s and Shankill Roads and the Peace Wall. The Railtours representative will show you to the transfer where you are then free to Explore all the Northern capital has to offer.
There is plenty of free time for shopping before returning to Dublin.
Guests can choose a number of return times to Dublin from Belfast.
