Crown Liquor Saloon Belfast

In Belfast, there is ample amounts of things to see and do. The city itself still holds cultural significance, unlike Dublin which can be a bit run down by tourists and foreign employees.
We stayed in Holiday Inn Express, about 10 minutes walk to the city centre in South Belfast. Value for money hotel, only 164 pound for the 3 of us in a …

This morning we left Dublin early for the drive to Northern Ireland. I had never been in Northern Ireland before and was anxious to see it. I've always heard that it is as beautiful as the Republic but with the reputation of the Troubles in the North we weren't sure what to expect.

Northern Ireland is a separate country from the Republic …

We find ourselves in this installment on the road to Glasgow.

We never expected to find the region of the great Lochs so amazingly beautiful. Imagine this....sweeping bends with immense pine trees towering over the road, gorgeous lochs stretching on as far as the eye can see, quaint little towns (complete with the mandatory caravan parks) …

Belfast is a unique city with a real-life grit softened by friendly people, buzzing pubs, and great cultural attractions which are getting even more varied and abundant by the day! To say it's up in coming is an understatement as this Titanic Town is changing everyday!

I had visited a great deal of the island before setting my sights on …

We were collected in the morning and took a tour of Belfast with our guide Gordon. An eye opener to the " troubles" and emotional and physical scars that remain with the northern Irish. Belfast and much of Northern Ireland whilst in a time of Peace still maintains a divided place between Protestant and Catholic. This division and hostility has been …

will do tomorrow. feel too sick..

SHE SAID:
couldn't write yesterday so I'll do it now. alright... WOKE up at 0230... the WORST fire alarm noise I've ever heard! the noise was absolutely deafening.. there was NO way to shut it off... kept looking out the windows to see if any fire trucks... none... couldn't smell smoke... waited... got …

... baby holding its todger - Those Dutch are something else aren't they? We then spent the afternoon at the Crown Liquor Saloon which is a famous and ornately decorated pub with partitioned dining areas, Gas lights, Chinese teracotta tiles and Steel ...

... do more reading on Northern Ireland to figure it out. We had him drop us off in the City Centre and he recommend the Crown Liquor Saloon for lunch. This Saloon was build in 1849 and has maintained the interior of the building to that era.. We were ...

... was a nice treat - plus I got to have my favorite, Mongolian beef. After dinner, we headed to the Crown Liquor Saloon so that we could see Belfast's most famous pub, and so Alec could taste his first pint of real Irish Guinness (and my first since last ...

... but it was The Pub Crawl, and Belfast is certainly most worthy of this! You can't visit the city without checking out the Crown Liquor Saloon which is said to be Ireland's best known pub. The ornate Victorian exterior is really nice as are the small, ...

... !  And cheap! Next we had a shot of Bushmills and a pint of Guinness in a snug at the historic Crown Liquor Saloon.  It was built in 1849 and still has most of it's original parts... intricately detailed carved dark-wood ...

... tavern and a classic serving of Afternoon tea (finger sandwiches, scones and delicate pastries) saw us through to Dinner. The crown liquor saloon, is one of the worlds best known pubs, a tribute to Italian craftsmanship at its finest. The original owner ...

... had time in the afternoon to go strolling around Belfast city centre. We went past City Hall, the Opera House and the Crown Liquor Saloon, with all it's Victorian decoration, and went shopping for a little while. We were going to go to the supermarket ...

... the peace wall, freedom corner, as well as historic buildings (The Europa, the most bombed hotel in the world; the Crown Liquor Saloon, the oldest pub in Belfast). The idea for taking all the tours on our first day was that it would give us an idea where ...

... the original Queen's University, the Botanic Garden and some of Belfast's famous pubs!  One of the pubs, The Crown Liquor Saloon, is a perfectly preserved Victorian pub complete with gas lights which still work.  Another pub, McCracken's, is ...

... I spent the first day wandering around the general sights of Belfast including some great architecture, Laganside, "Big Fish", the Crown Liquor Saloon (for a quick pint, you understand) and the Titanic memorial.  It wasn't until the second day when ...