Belfast Black Taxi Tour: Falls Road, Peace Wall & Shankill
Two neighborhoods, two peace walls, one taxi: 90 minutes through Belfast's conflict and recovery
A black taxi tour of Belfast with a live English-speaking guide covers the city's divided Catholic and Protestant areas, stopping at Crumlin Road Gaol, the Shankill Road, Falls Road, and two peace walls. You'll sign the peace wall, visit the Bobby Sands Mural, see the Clonard Martyrs Remembrance Garden, and hear the stories of the conflict and the hunger strikes that shaped the city. Tea and bottled water are included.
Step-by-step itinerary
Explore Belfast's history and peace walls
- Learn about Crumlin Road Gaol history
- Visit sites around Protestant Shankill Road
- Autograph Belfast Peace Wall and tea break
- See another Belfast Peace Wall with grills
- Stop at Bombay Street and Clonard Martyrs Garden
- Visit Bobby Sands Mural and souvenir shop
- Optional: Visit Conway Mill Republican Museum
- Finish at International Peace Wall
- Crumlin Road Gaol 10m
- Shankill 10m
- Peace Wall 10m
- Peace Wall 15m
- Clonard Monastery 30m
- Falls Road Belfast 15m
What’s included
- Private transportation in a classic black taxi or modern executive vehicle.
- live guide in English.
- coffee and tea.
- soda and bottled water.
- WiFi on board.
- air-conditioned vehicle throughout the 90-minute tour.
- Every day 09:00 11:00 13:30 15:30
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Black taxi tour of Belfast's divided neighborhoods with a local guide, visiting Crumlin Road Gaol, Shankill, Falls Road murals.
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The experience
What does a black taxi tour actually show you that a bus doesn't? The answer is the streets themselves: the ones where people still live behind grilled windows 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement. You travel in either a classic London-style black taxi or a modern executive vehicle, and the difference is comfort, not the route. The guide is a local who lived through the conflict, and that's where the tour earns its name. Crumlin Road Gaol opens the day (a bit of history, as the itinerary puts it), then the route splits the city in two: the Protestant Shankill Road area first, then across to the Falls Road and the Catholic neighborhoods.
The peace walls are the centerpiece. You'll stop at one to autograph it and leave your own message, take a 15-minute tea break, and hear the stories behind the concrete. Then you move to another wall. This one still separating neighbors, still lined with grills on windows. The route includes Bombay Street and the Clonard Martyrs Remembrance Garden, dedicated to those who died in the immediate area during the conflict, both combatants and civilians. The Bobby Sands Mural sits on the Sinn Féin Press Office, and the guide explains the five-year protest that followed: the Men on the Blanket, the Dirty Protest, and finally the hunger strike that took ten lives. If Conway Mill is open, you'll visit the Republican Museum. The tour ends at the International Peace Wall.
The whole thing runs 90 minutes, which means you're moving. You're not sitting in a cafe or a museum. Coffee, tea, soda, and bottled water come with you. WiFi is on board. The vehicle is air-conditioned. What you don't get is lunch or time to linger at any single stop, and there's no restroom on board, so plan accordingly.
Top questions
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Youth (11 to 14 years); Child (2 to 10 years); Infant (under 2): free.
What exactly is the peace wall, and why do people still live behind it?
The Belfast Peace Wall is a concrete barrier that divides Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods. Built during the conflict, it still stands in multiple locations around the city. Some residents on either side still have grills on their windows and gates on their streets 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, and the tour shows you both the wall where visitors leave messages and the one where segregation remains part of daily life.
Who was Bobby Sands, and why is his mural on the Falls Road?
Bobby Sands was an Irish republican prisoner who died during the 1981 hunger strike at Long Kesh prison. His mural on the Sinn Féin Press Office on Falls Road commemorates him and the ten men who died in that protest. The guide explains the five-year campaign that led to it: the Men on the Blanket Protest, the Dirty Protest, and finally the hunger strike itself.
Is 90 minutes enough time to see both neighborhoods?
Yes, the 90-minute tour covers both the Shankill Road area and Falls Road, including stops at the peace walls, the Bobby Sands Mural, Bombay Street, the Clonard Martyrs Remembrance Garden, and the International Peace Wall. The pace is steady (you're traveling by taxi, not walking), so the route fits the time, though you won't have long at any single location.
What's included in the tour, and what should I bring?
Private transportation, coffee, tea, soda, bottled water, and WiFi on board are all included. The vehicle is air-conditioned. There is no restroom on board and no lunch provided, so plan your bathroom break before you start and eat beforehand if you need to.
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Belfast Black Taxi Tour: Falls Road, Peace Wall & Shankill
1h 30m · EN
from £ 62.50 per person
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