Belfast Audio Tour: Historical Landmarks

Explore Belfast at your own pace

Belfast is a city built on foundations of smoke, iron, and secrets that still pulse beneath the cobblestones. Beyond the polished shopfronts lie the echoes of brutal rebellions and silent scandals that shaped the soul of the North.

Unlock these layers with a self-guided audio tour designed to peel back the facade. Navigate through the grandeur of the Grand Opera House and the shadowed naves of St Anne's and St Peter's to discover the narratives usually hidden from the casual tourist.

Why did the city once tremble during a night of unexplained phantom bells? What scandalous secret remains buried within the intricate stained glass of the cathedrals? Can you find the specific brick marked by a forgotten revolutionary?

Photo: Korng Sok, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 5.1 km (3.2 miles)
• Stops: 13 landmarks, including Belfast Grand Central station, St Finian's Primary School, St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
• Audio: up to 33 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Belfast Grand Central station

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

• Belfast Grand Central station
• St Finian's Primary School
• St Peter's Cathedral, Belfast
• Divis Tower
• Grand Opera House, Belfast
• Ulster Hall
• St Malachy's Church, Belfast
• Titanic Memorial, Belfast
• St Mary's Church, Belfast
• Assembly Rooms, Belfast
• Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
• St George's Church, Belfast
• Queen's Bridge, Belfast

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: St_petersbelfast.jpg (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); Korng Sok, Jaldeep Patel (Unsplash).