Holidays from Belfast
Why not go on vacation or holiday to the super tourist destination of Belfast. It can be a super place to have a vacation or holiday. You may want to rent, sell, hire, loan, buy a cottage, a cabin a house, an apartment, a flat, a hotel room in the city.
Belfast (from the Irish: Béal Feirste meaning "Mouth of the (River) Farset") is the seat of government in Northern Ireland. It is the largest urban area in Northern Ireland and the province of Ulster and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland after Dublin. It is one of the four British cities with capital status along with London, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
Belfast is situated on Ireland's eastern coast. The city is flanked to the northwest by a series of hills, including Cavehill, which is thought to be the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels. Belfast is located at the western end of Belfast Lough and at the mouth of the River Lagan making it an ideal location for the shipbuilding industry that once made it famous. When the Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912, Harland and Wolff had the largest shipyard in the world. Belfast is situated on Northern Ireland's eastern coast. A consequence of this northern latitude is that it both endures short winter days and enjoys long summer evenings.
Belfast is located at the eastern end of Belfast Lough and at the mouth of the River Lagan. In 1994, a weir was built across the river by the Laganside Corporation to raise the average water level so that it would cover the unseemly mud flats which gave Belfast its name (from the Irish: Béal Feirste meaning "The sandy ford at the river mouth"). The area of Belfast Local Government District is 42.3 square miles.
The River Farset is also named after this silt deposit (from the Irish feirste meaning ‘sand spit’). Originally a more significant river than it is today, the Farset formed a dock on High Street until the mid 19th century. Bank Street in the city centre referred to the river bank and Bridge Street was named for the site of an early Farset bridge. However, superseded by the River Lagan as the more important river in the city, the Farset now languishes in obscurity, under High Street.
The city is flanked on the north and northwest by a series of hills, including Divis Mountain, Black Mountain and Cavehill thought to be the inspiration for Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. When Swift was living at Lilliput Cottage near the bottom of the Limestone Road in Belfast, he imagined that the Cavehill resembled the shape of a sleeping giant safeguarding the city. The shape of the giant's nose, known locally as Napoleon's Nose, is officially called McArt's Fort probably named after Art O'Neill, a sixteenth century chieftain who controlled the area at that time. The Castlereagh Hills overlook the city on the southeast.
The city has two airports: The Belfast International Airport offers domestic, European and transatlantic flights and is located north of the city, near Lough Neagh while the George Best Belfast City Airport is closer to the city centre, adjacent to Belfast Lough.
Belfast's population is evenly split between its Protestant and Catholic residents (politically Unionist and Nationalist respectively). These two distinct vibrant cultural communities have both contributed significantly to the city's culture. Throughout the Troubles, Belfast artists continued to express themselves through poetry, art and music.
Including the city centre, the city can be divided into five areas with north Belfast, east Belfast, south Belfast, and west Belfast.
The architectural style of Belfast's buildings range from Edwardian, like the City Hall, to modern, like Waterfront Hall. Many of the city's Victorian landmarks.
The Golden Mile is the name given to the stretch of Great Victoria Street between the City Hall and the university area in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Both the Crown Liquor Saloon and the Grand Opera House are on this stretch of road, as are a large number of pubs, bars and restaurants.
The River Lagan (from the Irish: An Lagáin meaning "river of the low-lying district") is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 40 miles from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The River Lagan forms the border between County Antrim and County Down.
Important arterial routes into Belfast include:
York Street / York Road / Shore Road, Antrim Road, Oldpark Road, Crumlin Road,
Shankill Road / Woodvale Road / Ballygomartin Road, Divis Street/Falls Road /
Glen Road, Grosvenor Road / Springfield Road, Andersonstown Road/Stewartstown
Road, Donegall Road, Lisburn Road, University Road / Malone Road, Ormeau Road,
Ravenhill Road, Woodstock Link / Woodstock Road / Cregagh Road, Castlereagh Street
/ Castlereagh Road, Albertbridge Road, Newtownards Road / Upper Newtownards Road,
Holywood Road
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