Derry Londonderry Small Group Private Day Trip From Belfast
Derry Londonderry Small Group Private Day Trip From Belfast
A Completely Unique Private Tour with a Professional Tour Guide including Private Transportation.This Tour is completely Unique in that it is not offered by ANY other company ANYWHERE in Northern Ireland.It is an amazing day out in beautiful ancient County Derry/Londonderry!This tour would suit previous visitors to Northern Ireland who have did all the other sights!You will learn about the Battle of the Bogside,Operation Motorman and Bloody Sunday.Your guide will take you through the area in which those tragic events took place, show you where thirteen civil rights marchers where shot dead by the paratroopers of the British Army, your guide who is also a local historian as well as a political activist will also take you on your own private tour of the ancient city walls where you will learn about the siege and plantation as well as the politically charged murals and street art depicting various events related to the city and beyond as well as the historic canons dotted through city.
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Free Derry Corner
We will visit the World Famous Free Derry Corner for some photograph opportunities.
30 minutesThe Bogside Artists
The rioting erupted at the end of an Apprentice Boys parade which was passing along the city walls, past the Catholic Bogside. Fierce rioting broke out between local unionists and the police on one side and Catholics on the other. Rioting between police and Bogside residents continued for three days. The police were unable to enter the area and eventually the British Army was deployed to restore order. The riot, which sparked widespread violence elsewhere in Northern Ireland, is commonly seen as one of the first major confrontations in the conflict known as the Troubles.
15 minutesRepublican Murals: Bloody Sunday
By the end of the day, Derry and Belfast had been cleared of no-go areas, but the Army remained cautious when operating in staunchly republican districts. Casement Park in Andersonstown, the main stadium of the Ulster GAA, was occupied by 19th Regiment Royal Artillery; it was returned in 1973/4.
15 minutesBloody Sunday Memorial
Bloody Sunday was one of the most significant events of "the Troubles" because a large number of civilians were killed, by forces of the state, in full view of the public and the press. It was the highest number of people killed in a single shooting incident during the conflict. Bloody Sunday increased Catholic and Irish nationalist hostility towards the British Army and exacerbated the conflict. Support for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) rose and there was a surge of recruitment into the organisation, especially locally.
20 minutesThe Derry Walls
The Walls vary in width between 12 and 35 feet.are the most complete in Ireland and one of the finest examples in Europe of Walled Cities. The city claims Europe’s largest collection of cannon whose origins are known precisely. Many of them thundered in anger over the two seventeenth century sieges. In 2005 the surviving 24 cannon were restored, and under expert supervision and often by hand, craftsmen, cleared the barrels of centuries of rubbish, stripped off layers of paint and corrosion and bathed, sponged and waxed the cannon back to their former glory. The cannon are displayed throughout the City Walls with the impressive Roaring Meg located on the double bastion.
30 minutesGuildhall Shipquay Place
During The Troubles the Guildhall was the focus of multiple terror attacks. The building was badly damaged by two bombs in 1972, but was restored at a cost of £1.7m and reopened in 1977.On 23 September 1980 the Field Day Theatre Company presented its first production, the premiere of Brian Friel's Translations, here.
30 minutesPeace Bridge
The Derry Peace Bridge over the River Foyle bridges a 400 year old physical and political gap between two sides of a once, bitterly divided community. Designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects in London and funded to the tune of £14 million by the European Regional Development Fund for Peace it is a very impressive and elegant piece of architecture. With two structural arms heading in opposite directions, symbolizing the unification of both communities from the opposite sides of the Foyle river, the Protestant Waterside and the Nationalist Bogside, these two opposed and independent arms are now united in a symbolic handshake across the river. Opened in 2011 this 235 metre long, 4 metre wide curved footpath, track and cycleway stretches from the Guild Hall in the city centre of Derry City to Ebrington Square and St Columb’s Park on the far side of the River Foyle.
30 minutesPeace Flame
The Peace Flame in conjunction with Dr Martin Luther King and the end of the conflict in the north of Ireland
10 minutesTower Museum
Price list. Adult - £4.00. Child Rate - £2.00. Concession Rate - £2.40.
30 minutesMuseum of Free Derry
Our focus is not just to share our history, but to encourage those who come to the Museum to see the struggle for human and civil rights as an ongoing contemporary undertaking.
30 minutesSt. Columb's Cathedral
St Columb's is the first cathedral to be built by the Anglican church after the Reformation in the British Isles and the first non-RC cathedral to be built in Western Europe
30 minutesIncluded
- Private transportation
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Fully Qualified Professional Local Guide
- Your Very Own Private Minivan So You Can Stop When You Need To
- Absolutely Unique Private Tour
- See Derry in 1 DAY!
- Do a Private Bloody Sunday Walking Tour
- Includes a Private Guided Tour of Derry City's Ancient Walls
- Learn more about the city’s former conflict from your guide
- Optimize your time with hassle-free round-trip transfer from your hotel
- Benefit from the personalized service and itinerary of a private tour
- Let your driver handle navigation, leaving you free to admire the city
- Gain intimate insight into Derry’s history and culture from your guide
- Guaranteed to skip the lines
- Entry/Admission - The Derry Walls
- Entry/Admission - Republican Murals: Bloody Sunday
- Entry/Admission - The Bogside Artists
- Entry/Admission - Free Derry Corner
- Entry/Admission - Peace Flame
- Entry/Admission - Bloody Sunday Memorial
- Entry/Admission - Guildhall
- Entry/Admission - Peace Bridge
- Entry/Admission - St. Columb's Cathedral
Not Included
- Lunch
- Tip for your Guide
- Upgrade to Top of The Range Luxury Mercedes Benz V-Class for £30(Where Available)
- Tower museum Derry Adult £4
- Add extra time to your tour from £50 per hour
Good to Know
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tickets & Cancellation
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.