Great Days Out for Groups - Discover Northern Ireland

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GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL History • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HeritaGE • CHRISTIAN HERITAGE • CREATIVE • NATURE • ACTIVEVictorian BelfastDiscover Belfast’s magnificent Victorian heritage, visiting some of its most atmosphericbuildings like Belfast Castle, Queen’s University and the Palm House in Botanic Gardens.Start your day with tea or coffee and registration in the impressive sandstone, BaronialstyleBelfast Castle 1. Inspired by Queen Victoria’s beloved Balmoral, it has the mostspectacular views across Belfast Lough. Following refreshments stroll the beautiful gardensand absorb the history and wildlife of the area at the visitor centre. You may even find aVictorian heirloom in the Castle Antiques shop! Belfast has utilised its Victorian heritagewell and you can eat lunch in one of several chic restaurants in elegantly converted 19thcentury buildings, such as Zen Japanese Restaurant, the Grill Room Restaurant at TenSquare Hotel or the Brasserie at Malmaison Hotel.After lunch head to South Belfast and Queen’s University 2. Founded in 1845 during the reign ofQueen Victoria, the Charles Lanyon designed university, opened in 1849 and has now grownto more than 300 buildings - many of them listed for their architectural importance. Enjoy aguided tour of the Queen’s Quarter beginning with the university’s magnificent Tudor GothicTower and cloistered quadrangle, followed by a stroll around nearby Botanic Gardens 3 andthe magnificent Palm House.End with a visit to Friar’s Bush Cemetery 4, an ancient walled graveyard where manyfamous Belfast citizens are buried.TO BOOK CONTACTBelfast Welcome Centre T: (028) 9024 6609 E: welcomecentre@belfastvisitor.comVisit contacts1belfast CASTLEAntrim Road,Belfast, BT15 5GR.(028) 9077 69252Queen’s UniversityWelcome CentreLanyon Building,QUB, Belfast, BT7 1WN.(028) 9097 52523Botanic GardensStranmillis Road,Belfast, BT7 1LP.(028) 9031 47624Friar’s BushCemeteryStranmillis Road,Belfast, BT9 5AF.(028) 9027 0296WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - Zen Japanese Restaurant; Brasserie at Malmaison Hotel;The Grill Room at Ten Square Hotel; Girona Café & Restaurant at Ulster Museum.Retail therapy - Belfast’s Lisburn Road; Queen’s Arcade; Belfast City Centre Shopping;Victoria Square Shopping Centre.Extending your visit - Ulster Museum; The Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University.your day outAt a glance6-7Group sizeHOURS 15-40min-max18For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groupsQueen's university
GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL HISTORY • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HERITAGE • CHRISTIAN HERITAGE • CREATIVE • NATURE • ACTIVEC.S. Lewis In ContextC.S. Lewis famous author of the Chronicles of Narnia spent most of his working life inOxford, but did you know he was born in Belfast? Spend a day exploring the locationsin Belfast that were significant to C.S. Lewis and his family.Accompanied by an expert guide, follow a trail of locations on the C.S. Lewis Tour that rootC.S. Lewis and his family in 19th and 20th century Belfast. This guided coach tour departsfrom outside the Linen Hall Library 1, and visits the significant Belfast locations associatedwith the unfolding story of his early life.The tour includes visits to his birthplace, the school he attended and the places that holdthe origins of his inspiration for some of his most famous work. The tour will also stop at the“The Searcher” sculpture, a tribute to C.S. Lewis based on the character of Digory Kirke fromThe Magician’s Nephew who peers into the wardrobe leading to Narnia! You will arrive backin the city centre with an appetite for reading further.The tour can be adapted to include a coffee and/or lunch stop and can be varied in lengthto match the needs of specific groups.TO BOOK CONTACTSandy Smith, C.S. Lewis Tour T: 07816926186 E: info@cslewisbelfast.comW: www.cslewisbelfast.comVisit contact1Linen Hall Library17 Donegall Square North,Belfast, BT1 5GB.(028) 9032 1707WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - Belmont Tower; Park Avenue Hotel; Aldens Restaurant.Retail therapy - Connswater Shopping Centre; Belmont Road.Extending your visit - Belfast Literary Tours; Belfast Historic Pub Walking Tours.your day outAt a glance3-4HOURS20For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groupsC.S. Lewis Centenary Statue "The Searcher" by Ross Wilson
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