Learn about the wealth of maritime history on this coach tour of the Ards Peninsula.  Start your day in Bangor's North Down Museum and discover the links to the sea, then continue your journey to the Eisenhower Pier and learn of the important role of the Coastguard in modern day.  Heading on through Groomsport and stopping off at Donaghadee you will visit the Lifeboat station and Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat which rescued survivors from the MV Princess Victoria in 1953.  Sit back and enjoy a tasty lunch in Pier 36 before travelling down the Peninsula to Portavogie to hear local legends and tales of the sea before heading back to Bangor.

Coach tour departs from North Down Museum, Castle Park, Bangor, BT20 4BT. Please note tour may involve some steep stairs.