Liverpool Vacations Plus Some Handy Info
Liverpool is a cosmopolitan city in the north west of England. Liverpool lays claim to numerous world firsts. The most well known of these was the first commercial wet dock. The Liverpool docks were, by the beginning of the 19th century, England’s busiest with approximately forty percent of the world’s trade passing through the port. With such impressive wealth it is not surprising that the city of Liverpool is home to some of the most interesting galleries and museums in the whole of Great Britain, with only one other city in England having more, London. In the article below I examine some of the various other factors which help make the city of Liverpool such an amazing destination for vacations.
Lots of people assume that Liverpool does not have any castles, historical buildings, fortified houses and country houses and despite the fact that Liverpool Castle disappeared long ago the city of Liverpool is home to a few structures which are known all around the world.
The Beatles
The Beatles, Paul, Ringo. John & George, are one of the most commercially successful acts in popular music the world has ever seen. The Fab Four were a Liverpool band and you are able to take a look at their old homes by going on one of the tours. Of course there are much more Beatles associated places to visit such as; Mathew Street Gallery, The Beatles Shop, The Beatles Story and The Cavern Club, as well as a handful of pubs (The Grapes in Mathew Street, Ye Cracke in Rice Street and The Jacaranda in Slater Street) and an incredible number of places associated with Beatles songs such as Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane.
Every Beatles fan will be thrilled to know that it is possible to enjoy Liverpool bed & breakfast in a Beatles themed hotel.
Other Liverpool Attraction
To be one hundred percent truthful the list of tourist attractions in the city of Liverpool is simply so enormous that there is not enough room here to list them all. Some of the most popular include Speke Hall, The Merseyside Maritime Museum and The Albert Dock plus Liverpool’s two Cathedrals, Knowsley Safari Park and The Tate Liverpool as well as a great many more.
As well as all of the tourist attractions described above Liverpool has a long association with comedy. The list of comedians hailing from Liverpool is enormous but a few worth mentioning include Craig Charles, Alexei Sayle and Kenny Everett, readers who are older may remember Faith Brown, Arthur Askey and Stan Boardman or Jimmy Tarbuck, Ken Dodd and Les Dennis. So when you next visit Liverpool ensure that your bed & breakfast in Liverpool is in a Beatles themed hotel and that you visit a comedy club.
If this does not appeal to you maybe you should go to a soccer match? The city of Liverpool has two superb football clubs (Everton FC and Liverpool FC both of which having has astounding success. Their grounds are found at Anfield and Goodison.