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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Ireland guide book and includes:

• Belfast chapter

• Understand Ireland

• Belfast maps

Belfast has pulled off a remarkable transformation to a hip party town with a list of city tourist attractions that includes Victorian architecture, a glittering waterfront, foot-stomping music in packed-out pubs and the UK's second-biggest arts festival.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Belfast, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Belfast.

Coverage includes:

• Understand Ireland: Ireland Today, History, Irish Way of Life, Music, Literary Ireland, Irish Landscapes, Sporting Ireland, Directory, Transport, Glossary and Language

• Belfast City & around.

Lonely Planet's Ireland guide is researched and written by: Fionn Davenport, Neil Wilson, Etain O'Carroll, Catherine Le Nevez, Ryan Ver Berkmoes.