including Chester & Old Trafford

Liverpool, once the British Empire’s second city, has undergone significant redevelopment in preparation for its status as European Capital of Culture in 2008. The rebuilding is particularly apparent around the retail development area between the city centre and Albert Dock, one of the must-see attractions of this vibrant city. The dock houses the Maritime Museum, while Liverpool is essential for art fans and Liverpool’s famous musical legacy is evident in its buzzing nightlife and The Beatles Story exhibition. We also visit the Roman city of Chester and Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United.

The Albert Dock is a stunning Imagine experiencing the architectural triumph. Opened most sensational story the in 1846, it soon became a pop world has ever known – treasure house of precious in the city where it all began! cargoes from all over the Visitors can now re-live the world. Today, redevelopment Fab Four’s meteoric rise to costing more than £100 fame with the brand new million has transformed it into Living History Tour. Let those one of Liverpool’s busiest and who really knew the boys most cosmopolitan centres take you on a personal tour and a top heritage attraction. from 1950s Liverpool to This 19th-century warehouse Hamburg, to the cobbles building has been converted of Mathew Street and the into an award-winning Cavern Club, through the Albert Dock attraction housing cafés, The Beatles Story hysteria of Beatlemania and bars, restaurants and shops. flower power, on to the Apple rooftop and beyond!

Chester, with its two-mile Old Trafford is the home of ring of medieval and Roman the most famous football city walls and blend of Tudor team in the world. The and Victorian buildings in the stadium tour takes you inside centre, is an alluring place the dressing rooms and to visit. It’s a great shopping down the players’ tunnel to destination: ‘The Rows’ are the pitch and to the heights galleried shopping arcades of the North Stand for a set on the first floor of half- breathtaking view of the timbered buildings, with more ‘Theatre of Dreams’. The shops below at street level. interactive museum includes On one of the old town gates a visit to the trophy room, sits the famous Eastgate displaying the honours and Clock, commemorating trophies won since 1908. Chester Queen Victoria’s Diamond Old Trafford Manchester United kits, Jubilee. accessories and souvenirs can be bought in the Megastore.

What else can I see and do?

Telling the story of Liverpool’s seafaring heritage and the merchant One of the most famous clubs in the world, The Cavern Club was navy, the Merseyside Maritime Museum is in a former bonded home to The Beatles for over 300 performances. The original Cavern warehouse, part of the historic Albert Dock on the banks of the River Club was demolished in the early 1970s due to work taking place on Mersey. The museum, opened in 1980, celebrates one of the world’s the underground rail system. The club you see today is a reconstructed greatest ports as well as the people who used it. version, built using the original bricks, but is as popular as ever.

Tate Liverpool is one of the largest galleries of modern and Opened in August 1994, The Cavern Pub, opposite the Cavern Club, contemporary art outside London and is housed in a beautiful is designed to highlight the fact that between 1957 and 1973 most converted warehouse in the Albert Dock. Part of a family of galleries of the all-time greats of rock, pop, soul, R&B and jazz descended that includes and in London, Tate Liverpool the stairs of The Cavern Club to play on what was perhaps the most is the home of the National Collection of Modern Art in the North. famous stage in the world.

Take a wander through central Liverpool, stopping at the new Met is the largest in the UK and the fifth largest in the Quarter, home to a host of designer stores in Liverpool, including world. Built just after the turn of the 20th century, this unique building Armani, Gucci and Prada. Stop at Cavern Walks for stylish boutiques, has survived two world wars and is now free for visitors to enjoy. including Bardot, Cricket and Vivienne Westwood.

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