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FREE VISITOR GUIDE Hello & Welcome Contents Here’s your essential guide to one of the World’s largest lighthouse optics ever built. Attractions ...........................................................................4-7 enjoying Titanic Quarter (TQ) You can be wowed by science in W5 and Titanic Belfast’s Ocean Exploration Centre, or visit HMS Caroline, a unique Regular Tours, Activities and Events ...................... 10-11 on the Maritime Mile. survivor from the Battle of Jutland. You can explore the Top Travel Tips .................................................................... 13 birthplace of a legend and walk in the footsteps of Titanic Nowhere else in the world can claim a greater or prouder workmen on one of the many exciting walking tours of Eating Out ....................................................................... 14-16 association with the most famous ship ever built. So why the Quarter. For the more adventurous, try the exciting not begin your very own voyage of discovery in TQ? world of indoor skydiving at Vertigo Indoor Skydiving. Explore Titanic Quarter on the Maritime Mile ..... 18-19 Our guide will not only show you where to find out While you’re planning your visit, don’t forget to check about the Quarter’s maritime and industrial heritage out the world-class entertainment at the SSE Arena, but provides you with helpful information on all of our Belfast which plays host to major concerts, family shows, popular attractions, regular tours, activities, events, sporting events and is home to the Belfast Giants ice places to eat and how to get around the Quarter. hockey team. There is something for everyone along the Maritime Mile. You can walk on-board the last remaining White Star titanic Line ship SS Nomadic, descend 44ft to the bottom of Titanic’s Dock, book a Sunday Afternoon Tea at Titanic the Legend Belfast, or visit the Great Light on the Titanic Walkway, the Story Explore the sights, sounds and stories of RMS Titanic at this world leading visitor attraction, located here in the city where it all began. Visit website for details of seasonal events. Events & Festivals in TQ #TQEventsBelfast Book now at titanicbelfast.com TQEventsBelfast As a fan of our page, you can also be the first to find out about festivals, Please note that events, activities, attraction opening times are correct at the time of printing and may change due to unforeseen circumstances. events, entertainment & exclusive offers. So come and join us online, Contact details are provided for every listing so please check in advance of your journey. Photography courtesy of Tourism NI, Gareth O’Cathain Photography, Lukejoycephotogrpahy.com, David Nevin, Daria Casement Photography, Tourism Ireland, and don’t forget to share all your pictures, videos and TQ experiences. March Leach, RW Photography, Brian Morrison, Tony Plearin, John Miskelly, Wayne Gilmore, Carrie Davenport Photographic, Rachel McQuillan, Jonathan Ryder Photography and Jim Corr Photography. 2 3 1 6 9 3 5 Family Fun Heritage Adventure For All Seekers Attractions 1. Titanic Belfast 3. HMS Caroline 5. Harland & Wolff Drawing 1 Olympic Way, Alexandra Dock, Offices / Titanic Hotel Belfast Queen’s Road, BT3 9EP Queen’s Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT Queen’s Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT % 028 9076 6386 % 028 9045 4484 % 028 9508 2000 7. Titanic & Olympic 9. Kit - Titanic Kit 11. PRONI Titanic Belfast is a ‘must see’ visit in any HMS Caroline is a First World War-era The original red brick building is a Slipways Overlooking the Abercorn Basin is 2 Titanic Boulevard, Belfast, tour of Belfast and Northern Ireland. naval vessel now restored as a must-see truly authentic part of Titanic’s story Titanic Belfast stands at the end of the a huge bronze sculpture that depicts BT3 9HQ Housed in an iconic, 6 floor building, floating museum with an amazing story and is where the initial conception historic slipways where Titanic and the Titanic in the style of a toy kit or % 028 9053 4800 with 9 interactive galleries telling the to tell. Enjoy our new quayside visitor of the world’s most famous ship took Olympic were built and from where these Airfix model. The Public Record Office of Northern story of RMS Titanic and the maritime centre and exhibition space dedicated to place. Harland and Wolff had two famous ships were first launched into Ireland (PRONI) is the official archive history of Belfast. It is located right telling the personal stories of those who main drawing offices within the building, the water, over a hundred years ago. The 10. Belfast Harbour for NI, holding over 3 million public beside the historic site of this world- served on the ‘Carry’. Then step aboard where naval architects, marine engineers slipways still contain original features, Heritage Room and privately deposited records. PRONI famous ship’s construction. to see a powerful film on the drama of and draftsmen were responsible for and now include a Titanic Memorial Belfast Harbour Commissioners, Harbour promotes and makes available the titanicbelfast.com Jutland and experience impressively the design of the ships. This historic Garden on the Olympic slipway where Office, Corporation Square, Belfast unique archival heritage of NI for restored cabins as well as state-of-the- building has now undergone restoration grass lawns alternate with timber % 028 9055 4422 present and future generations. 2. SS Nomadic Belfast art interactive exhibits. and transformation into Titanic Hotel decking to illustrate the proportion of Belfast Harbour hosts a permanent Explore your family and local history, & Hamilton Dock hmscaroline.co.uk Belfast, preserving its place in Belfast’s Titanic’s victims and survivors from each exhibition in its Harbour Office entitled enjoy talks and lectures on research Queen’s Road, BT3 9DT maritime heritage. of the passenger classes and crew. At ‘A Port that Built a City’ to celebrate 400 and engage with exhibitions. 028 9076 6386 4. Samson & Goliath % titanichotelbelfast.com night the slipways and plaza are lit up, years of Belfast’s maritime history. As nidirect.gov.uk/proni Over 100 years old, SS Nomadic is the Towering over Titanic Quarter are showing the outline of the slipways and well as interactive displays examining tender ship that served RMS Titanic on the landmark yellow gantry cranes of 6. Titanic’s Dock & Titanic’s journey on the largest outdoor the Harbour and its unique art collection, 12. SSE Arena, Belfast her maiden voyage, carrying first and Harland and Wolff. Constructed in 1969 Pump-House map of the northern hemisphere. the space also includes a stunning Queen’s Quay, Belfast, BT3 9QQ second class passengers from the port and 1974, Samson and Goliath are Catalyst Inc, Queens Road, BT3 9DT stained glass window by local artist, Ann % 028 9073 9074 of Cherbourg to Titanic. Originally built still in operation today, and stand 96m 028 9073 7813 % 8. Abercorn Basin Smith, the ‘Titanic table’ and artefacts The SSE Arena, Belfast is Northern by Harland and Wolff in 1911, Nomadic and 106m tall. You can get up close & Thompson Dock is the final place where Right in the heart of Titanic Quarter, from the Harbour’s past. Ireland’s premier indoor sports and has returned to Belfast and is the last personal to these giants on the Wee RMS Titanic rested on dry ground. See Abercorn Basin is a working marina with To book a viewing please visit entertainment venue. This 11,000 remaining ship of the White Star Line. Tram Tour. the ship’s physical footprint in history, pontoons for leisure craft. belfast-harbour.co.uk and search for seater arena plays host to major Standard Titanic Experience admission learn about Belfast’s shipbuilding legacy Heritage Room. concerts, family shows, sporting includes entrance to SS Nomadic. in the visitor centre or take a guided tour. events and is home to the Belfast Check website for opening times. Private nomadicbelfast.com Giants ice hockey team. bookings on arrangement. ssearenabelfast.com titanicsdock.com 4 5 18 17 14 16 13. Odyssey Pavilion 15. TEC Belfast 17. The Great Light Queen’s Quay, Belfast, BT3 9QQ 17 Queen’s Road, Belfast, BT3 9DU Titanic Walkway, Not too far away % 028 9045 8806 % 028 9076 6386 Queen’s Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT This fully covered entertainment and The TEC is Titanic Quarter’s bespoke % 028 9073 0490 Visit CQ Passing the Big Fish at Donegall Quay, 21. EastSide Visitor Centre leisure complex includes an indoor venue for local, national & international Visit the Great Light, located on the don’t forget to stop for a selfie and % 028 9045 8114 arena, Odyssey Bowl, 12 screen consumer, lifestyle and trade events! Titanic Walkway. This is one of the (The City Quays) closer inspection of the tiled exterior, Located next to C.S. Lewis Square, this multiplex cinema with 3 VIP screens and From exhibitions to community and largest optics of its kind ever built in which tells the story of Belfast. iconic new visitor centre is your gateway the Pavilion of bars and restaurants. Plus, sporting events as well as large-scale the world, and it produced one of the 19. Where the City meets its to East Belfast. Packed full of information a 1,500-space car park. conferences. Check out the event strongest lighthouse beams ever to Quays… Visit EastSide on EastSide’s key attractions, famous odysseypavilion.co.uk calendar on tecbelfast.com shine. Just a note - if the blinds are Explore the rich maritime heritage of faces and places, sample local delicacies down it’s to protect the Great Light ship-building and Sailortown. Belfast’s from JACK Coffee Bar and discover all 14. W5 16. Window on Wildlife from the sunlight. emergence as a major port and the city’s 20. C.S. Lewis Square that’s on offer in East Belfast.