Overall

I'd never been to Ireland before, let alone Belfast. Our trip was tempered with a little apprehension because of recent troubles in the province but in all honesty we had nothing to worry about. The people we met were amazingly friendly. We were invited to the Belfast City Transport Club, which was, for complete strangers, quite an honour. We found the city a little disjointed in terms of visiting places of interest and surprisingly the Ulster Museum is undergoing a major refurbishment and won't be open for at least another year. Didn't do the bus tour round the city. Felt that at £10.00 per person it was probably more cost effective to go on the black cab tour (£25.00) which was more personal. The Crown is a must-see place and if you like jiggy music Fibbers is the place to go. Be warned though, it gets absolutely packed out! The only downside I found were the hoardes of Romanian beggars hassling people for money. They were ostensibly selling the Big Issue, whether illegally or not, but in my opinion they were doing "genuine" Big Issue salesmen a massive dis-service and devaluing the good work that Big Issue has done for genuinely homeless people over the years. (Apparently, the Romanians come up from Dublin every day on the train) Would I ever go back? Possibly, but only if the beggars are moved on.

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Great for: Nightlife

Last Visit: March 2007

27 March 2007 | A Yahoo! User

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