Name: The Spirit Express - full-day historical ghost coach tour from Belfast
Start: 2025-10-24T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-24T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Belfast Cathedral

The Spirit Express - full-day historical ghost coach tour from Belfast

THE ULTIMATE 'FRIGHTSEEING' TOUR!
Join Alternative Ulstours' 'Master of the Macabre' Andrew Johnston for a new guided 'ghost bus tour' for Halloween, as we explore some of Northern Ireland's spookiest locations.
The 'itiner-scary' first descends upon Alanbrooke Hall, notorious from Danny Robins's Uncanny series, before travelling back through the millennia to Neolithic monument to the dead the Giant's Ring.
Later, we darken Ulster's most haunted hospital, most haunted road, most haunted forest, most haunted hotel and most haunted house!
See the cryptic headstone of a man whose ghost gave evidence in court, follow the trail of a phantom cat said to roam the Belfast Hills and enter the locale of an infamous west Belfast poltergeist incident.
Believer or sceptic, all are welcome on board Alternative Ulstours' Spirit Express, where history and mystery converge!
Stop 1 - Malone Road, Belfast
• View the former site of cursed Alanbrooke Hall, where evil spirits plagued room 611
Stop 2 - Giant's Ring, Ballynahatty
• Beware the strange mist and ominous figures in black that bedevil this ancient place
Stop 3 - Hospital Road, Newtownbreda
• Investigate accounts of ritualistic sacrifice on the grounds of Belfast's old fever hospital
Stop 4 - Drumbeg Parish Church, Drumbeg
• Pay your respects to James Haddock, who returned from the dead for a legal dispute
Stop 5 - Beechmount, Belfast
• Visit the neighbourhood where an innocent family were terrorised by a poltergeist
Stop 6 - Upper Hightown Road, Belfast
• Will you encounter the vanishing hitchhiker whose appearance has caused many accidents?
Stop 7 - Cave Hill Country Park, Belfast
• Is the spectral big cat reported by several petrified witnesses still at large on Cave Hill?
Stop 8 - Mossley Mill, Mossley
• Watch for the apparitions reputed to move between the trees lining this eerie estate
Stop 9 - Ballyboley Forest, Ballyboley
• Disembodied druids await in the woods that have invoked fear for generations
Stop 10 - Ballygally Castle, Ballygally
• Ascend the spiral stone staircase to the hotel's Ghost Room, where lurks Lady Isabella herself!
Stop 11 - Carnfunnock Country Park, Larne
• The spiritually charged desolation of Cairndhu House is a must for all supernatural fans
Stop 12 - The Holestone, Doagh
• Be forewarned of the unearthly rider on horseback, doomed to infest this pagan altar
Stop 13 - Belfast Castle, Belfast
• Relive the dread of the Cave Hill ghost, whose wails may yet echo from the gloom
Please note:
• The tour starts outside Belfast (St Anne's) Cathedral on Donegall Street in Belfast city centre, where your guide will be waiting for you
• Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled start time
• The tour will last eight hours and will feature some walking, including on hilly, rough and potentially wet ground, and one steep, narrow staircase
• Please advise us in advance of any relevant mobility issues or health conditions
• The tour ends at Belfast (St Anne's) Cathedral on Donegall Street in Belfast city centre
• The itinerary is subject to change due to unexpected events, local conditions or other circumstances out of our control
• The tour will go ahead in all weathers
• Please wear sturdy, waterproof footwear
• Please wear warm clothing and bring a waterproof coat
• Please bring drinking water and stay hydrated
• A head torch is optional, but may be useful in the event of low light conditions
• There will be comfort and refreshment stops throughout the day (refreshments at own cost)
• There will be a 45-minute lunch stop (lunch at own cost)
• Your guide is a Level 4 'blue badge' tour guide and Visit Belfast industry partner
• The tour is fully insured through Tour Guides NI
Very important:
• The tour is open to all ages, but parental guidance is advised due to the graphic nature of some content. You have been warned!