Liverpool where the Merseybeat goes on

The City Beat five other hopefuls - Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle/Gateshead and Oxford - to win the much-coveted prize and organisers are now promising to put on ‘the most spectacular celebration of culture in the history of Europe’. A grand claim indeed, but there is certainly much to enjoy in and around Liverpool. Festival planners (www.liverpool08.com) promise a year-long festival of art, architecture, ballet, comedy, cinema, food, fashion, literature, music, opera, science and theatre. And they’ve got plenty to shout about. Liverpool has:

● the largest collection of Grade II listed buildings outside London
● the fifth largest cathedral in the world
● one of the busiest film locations in Britain

Here are our top tips for where to go, what to see and where to eat. Enjoy your
trip!

The Beatles Story

Perhaps the city’s most famous export, the Fab Four are celebrated in this musical experience which looks at The Beatles from their earliest beginnings right up to the present.

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