East Belfast

Big names dominate this part of the city - from Titanic to Stormont and George Best to CS Lewis.

The first gives its name to the area's Titanic Quarter - home to Harland & Wolff Shipyard where the liner was built and undergoing a major redevelopment. Just up the road - and visible from the shipyard - is Stormont Parliament Building, well worth a trip for up-close views of that awesome structure and its equally impressive parkland.

George Best, Belfast's favourite sporting son, was born in nearby Cregagh Estate where you can see a mural and his (privately-owned) former family home. Chronicles of Narnia author CS Lewis grew up in a salubrious East Belfast neighbourhood (find his statue outside Ballyhackamore Library). And Van the Man's childhood terraced home (again, privately-owned) reflects the singer's humble roots.

Add to this a mural of NI football star David Healy scoring against England, Ian Paisley's church and home, and plenty of cute cafes and quirky shops and you've enough pitstops to spend a day exploring the East.