Belfast Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city of the United Kingdom, capital of Northern Ireland
About Belfast
This noble city is named for a mud bank and is built upon sludge. The lower River Lagan is tidal and receives a dozen small tributaries (nowadays culverted) which drop their silt, forming banks of sand and mud. The lowest point at which you could ford the river at low tide is where the Lagan road bridge now crosses, and in Irish this isBéal Feirste, "river-mouth of the sand-bank ford". The tributary joining at that point, the Farset, is likewise named for the mud bank, not vice versa. And besides the man-made channels and culverts, a great volume of water seeps through the alluvial silt on both sides of the Lagan. It's a slimy, thixotropic impediment to building — clay dug out of a trench quickly feels homesick and slides back in — and a deterrent to high-rise; but Paris grew up on similar
Top Attractions in Belfast
Explore the best things to see and do in Belfast:
- ★Belfast Castle
- ★Belfast Central Library
- ★Belfast Exposed
- ★Belfast Mural Tours
- ★Belfast Zoo
- ★Black Taxi Tours
- ★Botanic Gardens
- ★City Cemetery
Where to Eat in Belfast
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Archana
- 🍴Boojum
- 🍴Bright's Restaurant
- 🍴Common Grounds
- 🍴Darcy's
- 🍴Deanes
Where to Stay in Belfast
- 🏨All Seasons B&B
- 🏨Belfast City Backpacker
- 🏨Belfast International Youth Hostel
- 🏨Benedicts
- 🏨Botanical Backpackers
- 🏨Camera Guesthouse
Belfast Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 13 sections including: