This guided walking tour of Belfast offers a detailed insight into the origins and development of the Troubles, taking in key historical sites in the city center. Guided by local historians, it combines historical context and personal testimony to understand the conflict, its impact on daily life and the road to peace.

Travel back in time and delve into Northern Ireland's complex and turbulent socio-political history with a guided walking tour of Belfast. For approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, expert local guides will lead you through the city center to explain how the so-called "Troubles" originated and how they deeply marked Belfast and its people. Throughout the tour you will visit key sites where some of the most decisive events of the conflict took place. You will learn about the long and difficult road to reconciliation and peace, as well as the challenges that may still lie ahead. The visit will also give you an insight into what it was like to grow up and live in a city divided by conflict, and how this reality affected all sectors of the community. The guides, specialists and historians of the conflict, enrich the tour by sharing personal experiences that bring the facts to life, transporting you to Belfast in the 1970s and offering a deep and human insight into the recent past. The tour starts daily at 10:30 am.
Your guide will wear a black jacket or t-shirt with the DC Tours logo on the left chest. Please arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the tour starts.
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