Malone Hotel

One of the oldest universities in the UK, the world-renowned Queen's University of Belfast celebrated its 160th anniversary in 2005. Established in 1845 as one of the three "Queen's Colleges in Ireland," it became a Queen's University of Belfast in 1908. With over 23,000 students from every corner of the world, more than 1,000 academics and a successful athletics program, Queen's has expanded since those early days. The University also has teaching and research centres within several miles of the main campus, as well as a Marine Laboratory at Portaferry and a campus at Armagh City, 40 miles from Belfast.

Belfast was once the greatest ship building port in the world; it built the largest man-made structure that ever moved and made a ship of dreams a reality. When the Titanic slid from its slipway into the chilly waters of Belfast Lough, it’s fair to imagine that the pride of a city soared with it. What a sight that must have been. The story of the Titanic is etched, hammered and carved into the city of Belfast. Though the ship left port one hundred years ago, visitors will find portholes of this history around each corner, whether it’s the White Star drawing rooms, a Titanic-inspired mural, or the Samson and Goliath cranes of the shipyard itself. Titanic is such an integral part of the Belfast experience. In a city full of stories, the Titanic can be the first page from which you explore Belfast. Come to the city that made the ‘ship of dreams’ a reality and see what Belfast truly has to offer. There is currently an excellent exhibition in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum on all things Titanic. It included artifacts taken from the sea bed.