HMS Caroline & Belfast City Sightseeing Tour

Last Survivor of the Battle of Jutland
HMS Caroline docked in the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.
Presentation onboard the HMS Caroline battleship in Belfast
HMS Caroline Communications Room
HMS Caroline Engine Room

Tour overview

Your Belfast City Sightseeing hop on/ hop off tour can be used any time and is valid for 48 hours. This tour provides you with a comprehensive look at our very special city and allows you to explore every area and district of this unique place.

Visitor’s boarding the HMS Caroline will discover a range of historic spaces including the Captain’s Cabin, Royal Marines Mess and Seaman’s Wash, as well as the very important engine room, sick bay and galley kitchen. Visitors will explore the importance of the battle of Jutland and discover what life at sea was like for over three hundred crew who served on board Caroline during 1916.

HMS Caroline’s virtual access suite is a comfortable, contemporary space where all visitors can explore the ship. A variety of virtual techniques are available for visitors to access hard to reach areas of the ship, such as remote cameras and augmented reality interactives as well as multi-sensory, tactile models and displays.

HMS Caroline tour highlights

  • Guided HMS Caroline Tour
  • View the Captain’s Quarters
  • View the Engine Room
  • View the Drill Hall

Belfast City Sightseeing tour highlights

  • 1 Day Open-top bus tour
  • 19 Hop-on Hop-off Bus Stops
  • Over 50 places of interest
  • Discount vouchers for attractions
  • Live tour guide
  • Multilingual commentary

Bookings and enquiries

Tour itinerary

HMS Caroline Tour

  • Book online above and choose the date that suits you best for your HMS Caroline tour
  • You will receive a voucher for entrance onto the HMS Caroline
  • This voucher must be printed as HMS Caroline will not admit without a printed voucher
  • For the Belfast City Sightseeing tour simply show your HMS Caroline voucher and your 48 hour hop on / hop off ticket will be issued
  • City Sightseeing will not retain your printed voucher
  • Please note that LAST ENTRY onto HMS Caroline with this combo ticket is 4:00pm – arrival later than this will mean entry will be refused. No refund will be provided in this instance
  • You can join the tour at HMS Caroline if you want to park your car there – you can join any Belfast City Sightseeing tour at the HMS Caroline. Buses pass every 30 minutes from 10:07am

Belfast City Sightseeing Tour Schedule

  • Stop 1: Donegall Square West

    Departure Point, Belfast City Hall (Open in Google Maps)

  • Stop 2: SSE Arena

    Odyssey Pavilion, W5 Interactive Discovery Centre, Odyssey Cinemas, Ten Pin Bowling

  • Stop 3: Titanic Quarter

    Premier Inn, Titanic Quarter, The Dock Café, PRONI

  • Stop 4: HMS Caroline

    HMS Caroline Tours, Titanic Dock, Green Light and Maritime Mile

  • Stop 5: Titanic Belfast

    Titanic Visitor Experience, SS Nomadic, Vertigo indoor Skydiving, Spud Murphy's

  • Stop 6: St. George’s Market

    Market Days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

  • Stop 7: Great Victoria Street

    The Tour Shop (Open in Google Maps) Tourist Information, Crown Bar, Europa Hotel, Europa Train and Bus Station, Grand Opera House, Holiday Inn Hotel, Hampton by Hilton Hotel

  • Stop 8: Dublin Road

    Golden Mile, Etap Hotel

  • Stop 9: Shaftsbury Square

    Lavery's Bar, Benedicts Hotel, Crescent Arts Centre

  • Stop 10: Queens University

    Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Tropical Ravine (Tours)

  • Stop 11: Eglantine Avenue

    Windsor Park International Stadium, Malone Lodge Hotel, Lisburn Road Shopping

  • Stop 12: Culturlann McAdam O'Fiaich

    Art Gallery, Bookshop and Gifts (Café & Tourist Information, James Connolly Memorial Statue

  • Stop 13: Falls Road

    Falls Memorial Garden, Bobby Sands Mural

  • Stop 14: International Wall Murals

    Peace wall, St Peter's Cathedral

  • Stop 15: Belfast Peace Wall

    Hop off to leave your mark

  • Stop 16: The Spectrum Centre

    Spectrum Tourist Information Centre, Shankill Road Wall Murals

  • Stop 17: Shankill Memorial Garden

    WWII Murals, Queen Elizabeth Mural

  • Stop 18: Crumlin Road

    Crumlin Road Gaol

  • Stop 19: Clifton Street

    Clifton Street Poor House (Tours), St Patricks Church, St Anne's Cathedral (Tours), Cathedral Quarter

Tour highlights

HMS Caroline tour

  • Guided HMS Caroline Tour
  • View the Captain’s Quarters
  • View the Engine Room
  • View the Drill Hall

Belfast City Sightseeing tour

  • 1 Day Open-top bus tour
  • 19 Hop-on Hop-off Bus Stops
  • Over 50 places of interest
  • Discount vouchers for attractions
  • Live tour guide
  • Multilingual commentary

Bookings and enquiries

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