Liverpool Itinerary

 

Saturday October 21st

 

Depart (Meeting point) Main entrance to Brindley Building, Leek Road 08:30

Arrive Liverpool 10:00.

Optional tour from The Walker Art Gallery and the World Museum to the Albert Dock and the Royal Liver Building (river Mersey) and the Beatles Story via Dale Street*. The tour will take us past several of the city's most iconic historic buildings:


1) The Walker Art Gallery and Central Library




2) St George's Hall




3) Liverpool Town Hall




3) The Cunard Building and …




4) The Royal Liver building.


 

 
5) And finally……The Albert Dock



 

On arrival at the Albert Dock we will visit the Museum of Liverpool Life (free admission). http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/

 

 

12:00 free time for lunch, shopping and sightseeing, Beatles Story/ China Town/Cathedrals/Liverpool Tate/River Mersey cruises/Cavern Walks....

 

Depart Liverpool 18:00

Arrive University Campus 19:30

 

 

For a city plan and advice on what to see and do in Liverpool, please see updated posts on this blog and contact your guides/accompanying staff.

 

*The itinerary may be adjusted to suit the weather.

 

 

 

 

Liverpool

Saturday October 21^st

 

A Day Trip to

LIVERPOOL

Watch this blog for more details

Why Bath?

Why Bath?



For our third excursion of the year we have chosen the city of Bath. Why? Well, for a starter its one of England's most beautiful cities. In fact, it is also one of the country's oldest tourist destinations. Nearly 2000 years ago the Romans were drawn to this area by the hot natural springs. Aquae Sulis, as the Romans called Bath, soon became a prosperous Roman Spa town, attracting visitors from all over the colony and beyond.

Sine Roman times, Bath has grown and developed considerably, becoming a magnet for the wealthy, who during the 18th Century practically rebuilt the city, embellishing it with elegant neo classical architecture, inspired by Greece, Rome and Florence. No trip would be complete without visiting the Circus, built by John Wood the Elder in the 1750's, Holburn Museum, built in 1796, and the Pump Room, again from the same year, to name just a few.

The city has been called England's Florence, and indeed Pultney Bridge over the river Avon was inspired by the Ponte Vecchio spanning the river Arno in Florence.

Pultney Bridge

The Circus

Holburne Museum

                                                           The Pump Room

There is much to see here and numerous museums to visit (13) The city is also associated with many famous people who over the years have made it their home: the famous Georgian architect Beau Nash (1674-1762), who designed many of Bath's most prominent buildings, the explorer David Livingstone, Empire builder Clive of India, the artist Thomas Gainsborough, and perhaps the city's most famous daughter: the novelist Jane Austen, to whom a museum is dedicated in Gay Street.

The Museums and their links:

1) Fashion Museum

2) Beckford's Tower

3) Museum of Bath at Work

4) Museum of Bath Architecture

5) Victoria Art Gallery

6) Holburne Museum

7) American Museum in Britain

8) Bath Postal Museum

9) Roman Baths

10) Herschel Museum of Astronomy

12) No. 1 Royal Crescent

13) Museum of East Asian Art

14) Jane Austen Centre



and some pics from Conwy

A Day Trip to Bath and Tewksbury

A selection of photos from our trip to North Wales