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Rating Summary based on 23 reviews

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  • 3 Stars
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  • Ease of getting around
  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  		• 4.3
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  		• 4.7
  		• 3.7
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  • 37 of 37 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 fizzytom

    Member since 21/07/2003

    Reviews written: 972

    4 Stars Get to Belfast - fast! 18/03/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Compact, easy to get around on foot, friendly locals

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Frustrating opening hours of some shops, bars and restaurants

    An e-mail from Easyjet advertising a seat sale quickly followed by one from the Travel Inn chain advertising a limited number of rooms for just a fiver a night (yes, really!) had us rushing to book a weekend away in Belfast. Neither of us had been before but we had heard that the city is much different from the images portrayed in the news in the 1970s and 80s and that the city is trying to establish itself as a prime destination for city breaks. We managed to glean bits and pieces of information from the internet before we went but found that unless you knew specifically what you were looking ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    x_helix_x

    5 Stars My Rough Guide to...Belfast Review with images 11/01/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages see review

    Disadvantages Disadvantages see review

    Being from Belfast myself this might be slighty biased but because no one has wrote a review on Belfast in a long time, I thought I had better tell everyone all about it. HOW TO GET THERE... Belfast is very easy to get to. The first option is to fly to Belfast, there are two airports: Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport. If you are coming from the mainland UK it is easier to get a flight to the City Airport as it is only 10minutes drive into the centre of Belfast. Flights are available on BMI, Flybe, British Airways, Flykeen and Euromanx from many airports throughout the UK ... more
  • 59 of 59 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Reynarda

    4 Stars BELFAST AND PORTADOWN Business is Booming 23/11/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Irish hospitality, architecture, Guinness and pubs with character

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Brrrr! It's darn cold there in Oct and it rains more than even in London

    Having spent a wonderful week last Christmas exploring Southern Ireland, I was quite excited about my first trip to Northern Ireland, this time on business. My travel guide for my trip to Southern Ireland was a great book, Pete McCarthy's Bar, which is all you really need. BOOMTOWN Business in Northern Ireland is booming and growing throughout the whole of Ireland. Property and houses are cheap by North American standards. S. Ireland benefits from the influx of funds, as being part of the Euro zone, and there is a lot of new building going on - and new houses, mean all that goes with them! My ... more
  • 82 of 82 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    christopherj84

    5 Stars Alphabet Soup Diamond review 17/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages culture, entertainment, pubs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages trains

    A-Z of Belfast A - Airports Aldergrove is the International Airport for N.Ireland it is situated near Antrim within 10 miles of Belfast. Belfast also has it's own airport nearer the city centre called Sydenham. B - Boats Belfast and in particular Harland and Wolff made the Titanic. As you all probably know, this was the ship that sunk on its maiden voyage. Belfast is still a shipbuilding capital, although this is getting less and less, year by year. Belfast's deep port means it can handle many ships including cruise ships (2 of them recently), the tall ships and regular ferries. The HSS ... more
  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    purdy

    5 Stars BELFAST'S REALLY BUZZING HONEST 15/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Up and coming city with loads to do, see, eat and drink

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The bad press Belfast suffers from

    I moved to Belfast in 1993 as a student. I was a wee country girl from outside Londonderry/Derry excited to get to the bright lights of the big city. In the 8 years (Oh my God is it really 8 years!!) l have lived in the Northern Irish capital l have never regretted the move. In fact, after graduation in 1996 l spent two months back at home – but l could not handle it and moved back to the big smoke! So what’s so great about Belfast? Why should you visit? What’s there to do and see? Well let me give you a guided tour. Getting here: ROADS Belfast is linked to the Northern Irish ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    TheDuke

    5 Stars Not just where the Titanic was built 29/07/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots to do. Loads of pubs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Bad reputation.

    How do I describe Belfast? It’s my hometown, and I’ve never stayed too far from it even though on occasions I’ve wanted nothing more than to leave the whole country behind for at least a few years. I think I will eventually and hopefully sooner rather than later. The reasons for that may be obvious, but there’s also a lot going for this city, and hopefully by the time I’ve finished you’ll want to come and visit us. Perhaps one word of warning – it’s best not to visit in July. We have our “street theatre” during July which has been known to be disruptive… *** Getting to Belfast / Arriving into ... more
  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    fuzzibear

    4 Stars More about Belfast 10/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lots to see & do

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some people

    I divide my time between Belfast and North Antrim, although for shopping, nightlife etc, Belfast is always preferable. Belfast has received a lot of bad press in the past, although thankfully cease fires have made people want to visit this city, and the city itself has evolved a lot over the past few years. There are even 'trouble tours' if you have the desire to see some of the trouble areas. The main development within the city in recent times was the laganside development, including office space, apartments, the lagan lookout, and also the Odyssey. The odyssey consists of restaurants, 2 ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    gummblefish

    4 Stars Shopping in Belfast 15/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Variety of shops and 'high street' brand

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pretty small

    Belfast city center has undergone growth in recent years leading to a more commercialized shopping area. It wasn't that long ago that many big name companies simply wouldn't bring their businesses to Belfast, what with the troubles and all. More stable times have brought a huge variety of shops, supermarkets and malls back to the streets of Belfast. As far as city centers go Belfast's is not that big, it is centralized in a number of key streets that house most of the big brand companies. These key streets are Royal avenue, Chichester street and high street. There are many other adjoining ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 jenny967

    Member since 26/05/2007

    Reviews written: 87

    4 Stars What Belfast has to offer....... 16/05/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Belfast has a lot to offer

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The weather can sometimes be a bit miserable.

    This is a guide to let tourists know the many interesting features of Belfast in Northern Ireland, Hopefully within my review I provide some useful information for anyone interested in visiting belfast so that they can derive maximum enjoyment from their visit. Belfast has many places to visit such as the City hall, where the belfast wheel can be found, the charge to get on the wheel is around £6.00 and you are on it for about 15 minutes, as the wheel slowly turns , the view of Belfast is stunning. Then in the east of the city we have Harland and Wolff where the famous Titanic was built. There ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    art1954

    5 Stars Belfast We love our City No Bomber in my Garden 02/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great place..

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none your safe with me

    Belfast.....My Home Town..... --------------------------------- I was just in Belfast today getting my daughters school uniform and although it was really busy I realised how much it had changed in the last five years. It has become more European and the shops in the City have got so much better. The bloddy people still bump into you though but I still find a swift elbow works every time.. Cast my mind back 25 years or so and Belast was suffering the worst bombing of any town in the UK and I have to say I admire the average Belfast person like myself as we have put up with a lot. But we still ... more
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