As a frequent visitor to Ireland/Northern Ireland from Canada in the late seventies, and early eighties, during "the troubles", I'd skirted around Derry City, but I had never entered the city limits. Since that time the city had intrigued me and I felt that I'd like to get to know it better. During a trip back in 2005, Derry City... More

As a group of young students from all over studying in Derry at the moment we organised a tour to get to know the place on a very cold December evening. We had a fantastic well guided tour of the Walls and down into the famous Bogside from Finola from "Tours and Trails" and learned loads about the history of... More

We had an amazing time on our tour around the Wall with Finola as our guide. Having studied about the history of Derry briefly some years back, I was very interested in visually putting the facts and the city together. We definitely got what we wanted, and then some. Very informative - the sort of things you'd never learn from... More

Recently had the pleasure of walking around Derry City with Finola Faller, our tour guide,and can truly say we had the most informative and pleasureable tour available anywhere in the world today. Fiona has personality to burn, together with a fantastic knowledge of the history of Derry and will give you an insight into Derry past and present that few... More

This walking tour of the Walled City was an amazing experience: history brought to life by a truly excellent guide - Finola Faller. We were a group of three involved in the Clipper 11/12 stopover and, for all of us, it was our first visit to NI. We hardly noticed the inclement weather due to the lively presentation of the... More

I have just completed the very best guided tour I have ever experienced anywhere in the world. My guide Eilish was not just knowledgeable, but has the personality to make the tour extra special. She was able to place me in the locations and situations that I have read so much about, and brought to me an understanding of the... More

On Saturday May 5, Finola Faller gave myself and 4 American undergraduate students an absolutely entertaining, informative and fun -filled tour of Derry City and the walled part of the city. Finola was wonderful, warm, charming and full of interesting facts and knowledge. She organized this tour with one day's notice and I and my students leaned so much about... More

Organised just the day before by contacting Derry Tourist Information Centre I arrived at the centre to meet Finola. As soon as I walked in I could hear Finola helping other tourists who weren't even on the tour. The charming Finola explained the itinerary asking was their anywhere in particular I wanted to see. I have wanted to see the... More

Finola is a charismatic guide; very relaxed, knowledgeable and great craic! I'm from Belfast, my father was from Derry but had never visited the city. The tour followed the walls and was packed with historical details spanning 400 years and more. The information was delivered very well and Finola was enthusiastic and balanced in describing the history of a city... More