Tuesday 27 September 2011

Take a tour of the pubs in Belfast, with My Tour Talk


 Take a tour of the pubs in Belfast, with My Tour Talk

At the head of Belfast Lough, Belfast city is compact and easy to get around, whether by car or on foot and is teeming with a multitude of stylish bars, gourmet restaurants, trendy clubs coupled with some of the best shopping in the UK. Visitors can enjoy traditional Irish music in a local pub or dance the night away to the latest and greatest tunes.
The Tour in Detail
Enjoy two fully guided pub tours tucked away in the City's cobbled streets in the Cathedral Quarter and the lively Botanic student Quarter, in South Belfast. Be guided to some of Belfast's best known pubs and a few that you won't find on your own. Only the very best Belfast pubs have been handpicked with local craic, food and music guaranteed. Each tour includes at least 7 pitstops all offering a Belfast nightlife experience that you won't forget in a hurry.

Tour one – The Cathedral Quarter
The John Hewitt
The Duke of York
The Cloth Ear
Spaniard
Muriels
The Kitchen Bar
The Garrick
Ten Square
 Fibber McGees
The Crown Bar
Tour two - Botanic Village and Queen's Quarter
The Empire Music Hall
Bar 12
Tap House
Laverys Gin Palace
Auntie Annies
Morrisons
RBG
Fibber McGees
The Crown Bar

Belfast has so much to offer, but the best way to take it all in, and have the best experience is to avail of a ‘My Tour Talk’ personal guide downloaded straight to your smartphone or MP3.

My Tour Talk is a fun and new way to explore Northern Ireland with a real difference! You can download personally guided walking or driving tours that allow you to explore in your own time and at your own pace.  Simply download our iPhone or Android App, rent a pre-loaded MP3, or download our easy to follow walking and driving tours, with fully illustrated maps, allowing you to explore Northern Ireland from coast to coast.

Whether you're planning a walking tour of the City of Culture 2013 - Derry~Londonderry, or a driving tour along the Giant's Causeway Coastal Route or a City Break in Belfast, The Birthplace of the Titanic, or even the Fermanagh Lakelands, the Cathedral city of Armagh and the Mourne Mountains within the County Down tour that includes St Patrick…. My Tour Talk has it covered.


Visit the website at http://www.mytourtalk.com or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Tour-Talk/161751240573867
Cead Mile Failte from My Tour Talk!

Friday 23 September 2011

Take a tour of Belfast, with My Tour Talk

Are you planning a trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland or perhaps even live in or near Belfast and want to experience some of the top places of interest in Belfast?



Belfast is easy to get to and easy to get around on foot or by car.  Public transport in Belfast is superb with good roads, an abundance of taxis, and an excellent bus and rail service throughout the city and beyond.  

There is so much to do and see in Belfast but the best way to take it all in, and have the best experience of places such as the City Hall, Titanic Dock, Cathedral Quarter, Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, and Victoria Square is to avail of a ‘My Tour Talk’ personal guide downloaded straight to your smartphone or MP3.
A My Tour Talk personal guide allows you to check out Belfast like a local, in your own time and at your own pace. This audio walking tour includes attractions, historic pubs, galleries, museums, shops and even Belfast's oldest bleached blonde awaits you!
The Tour in Detail
Uncover and get to know the many attractions, hidden gems and quirky facts that this memorable City has to offer everyone. The full audio walking tour, and guide, lasts 2 hours and can be enjoyed in an hour, a morning, an afternoon or a full day if time allows! This walking tour is the perfect way to explore one of Europe's top visitor destinations. Compact and intimate, Belfast is best explored on foot. Packed with authentic pubs, elaborate architecture, sublime shopping and a not to be forgotten world famous maritime heritage, now is the time to explore Belfast like a local.
With this tour you will see the following points of attraction.
  • 1 Belfast City Hall
  • 2 Donegall Place
  • 3 Castlecourt Shopping District
  • 4 Cathedral Quarter
  • 5 Albert Clock and Custom House Square
  • 6 Odyssey Arena
  • 7 Titanic Dock
  • 8 Donegall Quay
  • 9 Victoria Square
  • 10 College Sq. East and Crown Bar
  • 10.5 Made in Belfast
  • 11 Queen's University Quarter & Ulster Museum
  • 11.5 Friar's Bush
  • 12 Botanic Village
  • 13 Falls and Shankill Road Area
  • 14 Crumlin Road Gaol
  • 15 Belfast Zoo
  • 16 Belfast Castle and Cavehill
  • 17 Aunt Sandra's Candy Factory
  • 18 Stormont Castle
  • 19 Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  • 20 Lisburn Rd Shopping District

My Tour Talk is a fun and new way to explore Northern Ireland with a real difference! You can download personally guided walking or driving tours that allow you to explore in your own time and at your own pace.  Simply download the iPhone or Android App, rent a pre-loaded MP3, or download the easy to follow walking and driving tours, with fully illustrated maps, allowing you to explore Northern Ireland from coast to coast.
Visit the website at http://www.mytourtalk.com or ‘like’ us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Tour-Talk/161751240573867
Cead Mile Failte from My Tour Talk!

Thursday 22 September 2011

Visiting Northern Ireland with My Tour Talk.



Are you planning a trip to Northern Ireland or perhaps even live here and want to experience some of the top tourist attractions on your doorstep?
Northern Ireland is easy to get to and it's easy to get around.
With three airports boasting frequent, low-cost flights throughout the UK and beyond, excellent fast ferry links to England and Scotland, plus good roads, buses and trains take you where you want to go with minimum fuss. 

There is so much to Northern Ireland but the best way to take it all in, and have the best experience is to avail of a ‘My Tour Talk’ personal guide downloaded straight to your smartphone or MP3.

The personal guides cover some of the top places and attractions to experience when visiting the North of Ireland. 
The Belfast Walking Tour
Get your very own tour guide and check out Belfast like a local, in your own time and at your own pace. This audio walking tour includes hundreds of attractions, historic pubs, galleries, museums, shops and even Belfast's oldest bleached blonde awaits you.
The Tour in Detail
Uncover and get to know the many attractions, hidden gems and quirky facts that Belfast City has to offer everyone. The full audio walking tour, and guide, lasts 2 hours and can be enjoyed in an hour, a morning, an afternoon or a full day if time allows! This walking tour is the perfect way to explore one of Europe's top visitor destinations. Compact and intimate, Belfast is best explored on foot. Packed with authentic pubs, elaborate architecture, sublime shopping and a not to be forgotten world famous maritime heritage.
Wet Days in Belfast
The Tour in Detail
Don't believe everything you may have heard about the weather in Belfast. It is true that, from time to time, there can be the occasional spot of rain. Listen to Belfast on Wet Days and get up to speed with all the very best attractions no matter what the weather is doing, including a few rounds of indoor golf, an award winning Science Park, ice hockey, bowling, world class shopping and a lot more too.
Belfast Pub Tours
Visiting pubs in Belfast such as, The Crown Bar, Empire Music Hall, Lavery's Gin Palace, Muriel's, The Spaniard, and the Cloth Ear.
The Tour in Detail
Enjoy two fully guided pub tours tucked away in the City's cobbled streets in the Cathedral Quarter and the lively Botanic student Quarter, in South Belfast. Be guided to some of Belfast's best known pubs and a few that you won't find on your own. Only the very best Belfast pubs have been handpicked with local craic, food and music guaranteed. Each tour includes at least 7 pit-stops all offering a Belfast nightlife experience that you won't forget in a hurry.
Causeway Coastal Route
Experiencing the Giant's Causeway, Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge, Portrush, Portstewart, Beaches, Castles, Stunning Walks, and Forests.
The Tour in Detail
The Causeway Coastal Route is one of the most spectacular road journeys in the World. This 150kms of audio driving Tour features the Unesco World Heritage site, the Giant's Causeway. As you are guided from point to point starting at the ancient Norman Town of Carrickfergus along the coast to Mussenden Temple there is so much to see and do. Ancient Castles waiting to be explored, seaside villages, award winning beaches, scenery that will take your breath away, surfing, shopping, fishing, forest walks and waterfalls are waiting for you to get out of the car and enjoy.
Derry Walking Tour
17th Century City Walls, UK City of Culture 2013, Clipper Round the World Race 2012, Award winning Museums, Galleries and Cathedral's, and authentic Irish Pubs
The Tour in Detail
Derry - Londonderry dates back to the 6th Century and is home to Ireland's youngest people. So if its culture, the oldest City Walls in Ireland, stories, fun and a bit of local craic you're after, then this one hour audio guide is an experience you can't miss. Guide your way, at your own pace, through the busy cobbled streets. This City is soaked in culture - but be prepared to laugh, cry and at times find the content simply unbelievable.
Armagh City Tour
The Cathedrals of Armagh, St.Patricks's Trian and Visitor Centre, Armagh Public Library and County Museum, Rocket launching at Armagh Planetarium and Observatory.
The Tour in Detail
This compact and intimate Irish Georgian City ideally lends itself to an audio walking tour. Start out at the award winning Saint Patrick's Trian Visitor Complex and explore the Land of Lilliput and Saint Patrick's Testament. Walk up to both Cathedrals’, not far from the Armagh Public Library, and home to a copy of Gulliver's Travels with Swift's own hand writing. Of course the Armagh County Museum deserves a visit too but maybe the future is calling you? Just off the Mall catch a glimpse of the Observatory, and the grounds of the Astropark, before visiting the Planetarium to launch your very own rocket!
Fermanagh Driving Tour
Enniskillen Market Town, Spectacular Lakeland Scenery, Castle Coole, Florence Court, Killadeas, Lusty Beg Island, and Belleek Pottery.
The Tour in Detail
These two audio driving tours guide you around Enniskillen town and Castle before setting out to the stunning National Trust properties of Castle Coole and Florence Court. Then it's time to journey to the centre of the earth at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark. If you're still eager to know more and would like visit one of Fermanagh's 365 islands head off to Killadeas for a game of golf, boat ride and a tasty bite in the Manor House Hotel. Or maybe water-sports appeal at Castle Archdale before taking a short ferry ride over to the holiday island of Lusty Beg. And we haven't even mentioned a tour around the world famous Belleek Pottery.
Down Driving Tour
Mount Stewart House and Gardens, Strangford Lough and Ferry Ride, Portaferry and Aquarium, Castleward House, St. Patrick’s Centre in Downpatrick, Murlough Bay, Newcastle and Mournes.
The Tour in Detail
Make sure that you get the most from County Down and follow this picturesque driving tour. Just 30 minutes from Belfast Mount Stewart's spectacular House and Gardens sit alongside Strangford, the largest sea Lough in the British Isles. From there travel to the authentic seaside village of Portaferry before taking a quick ferry ride to Strangford and a delicious snack in the 250 year old Cuan Guest Inn. But we are only getting going and if time permits Castleward House awaits. By now you may have run out of time but a bracing walk in Murlough Nature Reserve will set you up for a visit to the stunning setting of Newcastle and Tollymore Forest Park in the Mountain of Mournes.

My Tour Talk is a fun and new way to explore Northern Ireland with a real difference! You can download personally guided walking or driving tours that allow you to explore in your own time and at your own pace.  Simply download the iPhone or Android App, rent a pre-loaded MP3, or download the easy to follow walking and driving tours, with fully illustrated maps, allowing you to explore Northern Ireland from coast to coast.
Visit the website at http://www.mytourtalk.com or ‘like’ us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Tour-Talk/161751240573867
Cead Mile Failte from My Tour Talk!

Things to do in Belfast on a wet day!

There's nothing like the capital of Northern Ireland on a wet day!  All you need are the right suggestions of things to do and places to visit. 



Our weather system has been described as mild, moist and changeable, with abundant rainfall!   Therefore, this information is tailored to our typical climate that can be experienced regardless of the weather conditions.   We are fast approaching Winter 2011/2012 and what better time to educate on things to do in Belfast on a wet day.

At the head of Belfast Lough, Belfast city is compact and easy to get around, whether by car or on foot and is teeming with a multitude of stylish bars, gourmet restaurants, trendy clubs coupled with some of the best shopping in the UK. Visitors can enjoy traditional Irish music in a local pub or dance the night away to the latest and greatest tunes.
Belfast city centre hosts a premier golfing entertainment facility, incorporating golf, food and drink.
The indoor golf courses allow golfers of all standards to play on 57 of the most famous golf courses in the world without having to leave the heart of Belfast.
W5, which stands for Who-What-Where-When-Why is Northern Ireland’s award winning interactive discovery centre and is situated at the Odyssey in Belfast. Visitors can let their imagination turn, twist and fly through over 160 hands-on exhibits in four dynamic exhibition areas and experience live science demonstrations, group challenges, interactive quests and educational programmes. 

The Odyssey is also home to ‘Belfast Giants Ice Hockey’ where games are played nearly every weekend from September to April, and with plenty of on and off-ice entertainment there's something for everyone. 

Not only does the Odyssey boast an amazing selection of European and International restaurants it is a great place to spend time bowling with your friends and family, or attending one of the upcoming concerts and shows in the arena, such as Batman Live, Disney on Ice, Katy Perry, the Strictly Come Dancing Tour or even to experience our very own Snow Patrol!

Any visit to Belfast has to include a trip to one of the most expensive developments ever undertaken in Northern Ireland, Victoria Square. 
Victoria Square is a commercial, residential and leisure development that took over 6 years and £400 million to complete. It features the largest House of Fraser in the UK, four floors of retail therapy, leisure units that include an eight screen cinema, and plenty of restaurants, bars and cafes.  Victoria Square also boasts a viewing zone, called The Dome.  The Dome is the newest landmark on Belfast’s skyline and is accessible from within Victoria Square providing shoppers and visitors with panoramic views of the city. 





If you are looking for something tasty to do in Belfast, look no further than Aunt Sandra's Candy Factory.  The factory is nationally renowned as one of the finest purveyors of hand-made chocolates and fudge; not to mention the tempting Leprechaun’s Gold honeycomb.

Here you can take a little trip back in time and look in on the whole production process to see how hand-made chocolates and fudge are made, most of which you’ll be able to sample for yourself. Staff at Aunt Sandra’s have taken the shop back in time to how it looked in 1953. From the grey slate floor to the wooden counter and ceiling all is as it used to be.

There is so much more to Belfast but the best way to take it all in, and have the best experience is to avail of a ‘My Tour Talk’ personal guide downloaded straight to your smartphone or MP3.

My Tour Talk is a fun and new way to explore Northern Ireland with a real difference! You can download personally guided walking or driving tours that allow you to explore in your own time and at your own pace.  Simply download the iPhone or Android App, rent a pre-loaded MP3, or download the easy to follow walking and driving tours, with fully illustrated maps, allowing you to explore Northern Ireland from coast to coast.

Whether you're planning a walking tour of the City of Culture 2013 - Derry~Londonderry, or a driving tour along the Giant's Causeway Coastal Route or a City Break in Belfast, The Birthplace of the Titanic, or even the Fermanagh Lakelands, the Cathedral city of Armagh and the Mourne Mountains within the County Down tour that includes St Patrick…. My Tour Talk has it covered.


Visit the website at http://www.mytourtalk.com or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Tour-Talk/161751240573867
Cead Mile Failte from My Tour Talk!