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Baby Cream
This supertrendy bar, run by the same crowd that created Liverpool's now-defunct-but-still-legendary Cream nightclub, is gorgeous and pretentious in almost equal measure. One pretty cool feature, though, is Creamselector - a set of touch screens where you can make your own compilation CD from a databank of more than 4000 tracks (for a price) - it's like taking a piece of the famous nightclub home with you.
This supertrendy bar, run by the same crowd that created Liverpool's now-defunct-but-still-legendary Cream nightclub, is gorgeous and pretentious in almost equal measure. One pretty cool feature, though, is Creamselector - a set of touch screens where you can make your own compilation CD from a databank of more than 4000 tracks (for a price) - it's like taking a piece of the famous nightclub home with you.
Fact Media Centre
Proof that Ropewalks has more to offer than just booze and bars, this media centre - whose acronym stands for Foundation for Art & Creative Technology - showcases film and new media such as digital art.
Proof that Ropewalks has more to offer than just booze and bars, this media centre - whose acronym stands for Foundation for Art & Creative Technology - showcases film and new media such as digital art.
Liverpool Astronomical Society
Like most astronomical societies, the LAS is home to a mix of amateur and professional stargazers. If there's an astronomical event to be spotted in Merseyside, they'll kjnow about it.
Like most astronomical societies, the LAS is home to a mix of amateur and professional stargazers. If there's an astronomical event to be spotted in Merseyside, they'll kjnow about it.
Yuet Ben
When it comes to the best Chinese food in town, you won't hear too many dissenting voices: Yuet Ben's Beijing cuisine usually comes out tops. The veggie banquet could bring round even the most avid carnivore. Get a seat by the window to eat in the shadow of Europe's largest Chinese gate.
When it comes to the best Chinese food in town, you won't hear too many dissenting voices: Yuet Ben's Beijing cuisine usually comes out tops. The veggie banquet could bring round even the most avid carnivore. Get a seat by the window to eat in the shadow of Europe's largest Chinese gate.
National Conservation Centre
If you've ever wondered how art actually gets restored, you'll get your chance at this terrific centre, which is unconventionally housed in a converted railway good depot. Hand-held wands help tell the story of the processes involved, but the real fun is actually attempting a restoration technique with your own hands.
If you've ever wondered how art actually gets restored, you'll get your chance at this terrific centre, which is unconventionally housed in a converted railway good depot. Hand-held wands help tell the story of the processes involved, but the real fun is actually attempting a restoration technique with your own hands.
Walker Art Gallery
Liquid brown eyes, luscious long hair and an enigmatic smile... No, we're not talking George Harrison circa 1965 - we're talking about all those Pre-Raphaelite beauties on show at Liverpool's superb Walker Art Gallery. Visual treats include Rossetti's Dante's Dream, Millais' Lorenzo & Isabella and Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience.
Liquid brown eyes, luscious long hair and an enigmatic smile... No, we're not talking George Harrison circa 1965 - we're talking about all those Pre-Raphaelite beauties on show at Liverpool's superb Walker Art Gallery. Visual treats include Rossetti's Dante's Dream, Millais' Lorenzo & Isabella and Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King
The city's two cathedrals are separated by the length of Hope St. At the northern end, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King was completed in 1967 according to the design of Sir Frederick Gibberd and after the original plans by Sir Edwin Lutyens, whose crypt is inside. It's a mightily impressive modern building that looks like a soaring concrete tepee, hence its nickname, Paddy's Wigwam.
The city's two cathedrals are separated by the length of Hope St. At the northern end, the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King was completed in 1967 according to the design of Sir Frederick Gibberd and after the original plans by Sir Edwin Lutyens, whose crypt is inside. It's a mightily impressive modern building that looks like a soaring concrete tepee, hence its nickname, Paddy's Wigwam.
Colin's Bridewell
Top-notch British nosh avec un continental twist served in a converted police station - the booths are in the old cells; if prison food were this good, the crime rate would soar. It isn't as trendy as some of the city's newer offerings, but those on the inside love it.
Top-notch British nosh avec un continental twist served in a converted police station - the booths are in the old cells; if prison food were this good, the crime rate would soar. It isn't as trendy as some of the city's newer offerings, but those on the inside love it.
Hannah's
One of the top student bars in town. Try to land a table in the outdoor patio, which is covered in the event of rain. Late opening, a friendly, easygoing crowd and some pretty decent music make this one of the better places to get drunk in.
One of the top student bars in town. Try to land a table in the outdoor patio, which is covered in the event of rain. Late opening, a friendly, easygoing crowd and some pretty decent music make this one of the better places to get drunk in.
World Museum
Natural history, science and technology are the themes of thes sprawling World Museum, whose exhibits range from birds of prey to space exploration. It also includes the country's only free planetarium.
Natural history, science and technology are the themes of thes sprawling World Museum, whose exhibits range from birds of prey to space exploration. It also includes the country's only free planetarium.
Speke Hall
This diagonally patterned Tudor home dates from 1490-1612, and is filled with gorgeously timbered and plastered rooms. The house contains several 'priest's holes', where the hall's sympathetic owners hid Roman Catholic priests during the anti-Catholic 16th and 17th centuries.
This diagonally patterned Tudor home dates from 1490-1612, and is filled with gorgeously timbered and plastered rooms. The house contains several 'priest's holes', where the hall's sympathetic owners hid Roman Catholic priests during the anti-Catholic 16th and 17th centuries.
YHA Liverpool International
It may look like an Eastern European apartment complex, but this award-winning hostel, adorned with Beatles memorabilia, is one of the comfiest you'll find anywhere in the country. Spacious en suite dorms with impressive mod cons such as heated towel rails proclaim loudly that just because it's a hostel doesn't mean you can't have a modicum of comfort.
It may look like an Eastern European apartment complex, but this award-winning hostel, adorned with Beatles memorabilia, is one of the comfiest you'll find anywhere in the country. Spacious en suite dorms with impressive mod cons such as heated towel rails proclaim loudly that just because it's a hostel doesn't mean you can't have a modicum of comfort.
Alma de Cuba
This extraordinary venture has seen the transformation of a catholic church into a Miami-style Cuban extravaganza, a bar and restaurant where you can feast on a suckling pig (the menu heavily favours meat) or clink a perfectly made mojito cocktail at the long bar. ¡Salud!
This extraordinary venture has seen the transformation of a catholic church into a Miami-style Cuban extravaganza, a bar and restaurant where you can feast on a suckling pig (the menu heavily favours meat) or clink a perfectly made mojito cocktail at the long bar. ¡Salud!
Everyman Bistro
Out-of-work actors and other creative types on a budget make this great café-restaurant beneath the Everyman Theatre their second home - with good reason. Great tucker and a terrific atmosphere.
Out-of-work actors and other creative types on a budget make this great café-restaurant beneath the Everyman Theatre their second home - with good reason. Great tucker and a terrific atmosphere.
St John's Shopping Centre
The largest shopping centre in Liverpool, St John's is smack-bang in the heart of the city. With over 100 shops and a food court, there's no need to see the light of day.
The largest shopping centre in Liverpool, St John's is smack-bang in the heart of the city. With over 100 shops and a food court, there's no need to see the light of day.
St George's Hall
Arguably Liverpool's most impressive building, St George's Hall was built in 1854 and is the first European offering of neoclassical architecture. Curiously, it was built as law courts and a concert hall - presumably a judge could pass sentence and then relax to a string quartet.
Arguably Liverpool's most impressive building, St George's Hall was built in 1854 and is the first European offering of neoclassical architecture. Curiously, it was built as law courts and a concert hall - presumably a judge could pass sentence and then relax to a string quartet.
Crowne Plaza Liverpool
The paragon of the modern and luxurious business hotel, the Crowne Plaza has a marvellous waterfront location and plenty of facilities including a health club and swimming pool. The competition just keeps getting stiffer, but the Crowne Plaza has stood up to all newcomers and held its ground.
The paragon of the modern and luxurious business hotel, the Crowne Plaza has a marvellous waterfront location and plenty of facilities including a health club and swimming pool. The competition just keeps getting stiffer, but the Crowne Plaza has stood up to all newcomers and held its ground.
Barfly
This converted theatre is home to our favourite club in town. The fortnightly Saturday Chibuku Shake Shake (www.chibuku.com) is one of the best club nights in all of England, led by a mix of superb DJs including Yousef (formerly of Cream) and superstars such as Dmitri from Paris and Gilles Peterson. The music ranges from hip-hop to deep house - if you're in town, get in line. Other nights feature a superb mixed bag of music, from trash to techno.
This converted theatre is home to our favourite club in town. The fortnightly Saturday Chibuku Shake Shake (www.chibuku.com) is one of the best club nights in all of England, led by a mix of superb DJs including Yousef (formerly of Cream) and superstars such as Dmitri from Paris and Gilles Peterson. The music ranges from hip-hop to deep house - if you're in town, get in line. Other nights feature a superb mixed bag of music, from trash to techno.
Philharmonic
This extraordinary bar, designed by the shipwrights who built the Lusitania, is one of the most beautiful bars in all of England. The interior is resplendent with etched and stained glass, wrought iron, mosaics and ceramic tiling - and if you think that's good, just wait until you see inside the marble men's toilets, the only heritage-listed lav in the country.
This extraordinary bar, designed by the shipwrights who built the Lusitania, is one of the most beautiful bars in all of England. The interior is resplendent with etched and stained glass, wrought iron, mosaics and ceramic tiling - and if you think that's good, just wait until you see inside the marble men's toilets, the only heritage-listed lav in the country.
Liverpool Town Hall
The Liverpool Town Hall is a testament to the city's bygone days of splendour. Its beautiful 18th century Romanesque facade rises austerely above the contemporary streetscape.
The Liverpool Town Hall is a testament to the city's bygone days of splendour. Its beautiful 18th century Romanesque facade rises austerely above the contemporary streetscape.
Beatles Story
Liverpool's most popular museum won't illuminate any dark, juicy corners in the turbulent history of the world's most famous foursome - there's ne'er a mention of internal discord, drugs, Yoko Ono or the Frog Song - but there's plenty of genuine memorabilia to keep a Beatles fan happy.
Liverpool's most popular museum won't illuminate any dark, juicy corners in the turbulent history of the world's most famous foursome - there's ne'er a mention of internal discord, drugs, Yoko Ono or the Frog Song - but there's plenty of genuine memorabilia to keep a Beatles fan happy.
Monument Square Farmers' Market
Liverpool's peripatetic farmers' market comes to Monument Square twice a month. A great way to get to know what regional producers are coming up with. As the English food revolution gathers pace, farmers' markets are becoming an increasingly popular way of bringing real food to the urban masses. Cut out the middleman and meet the meat at Liverpool's biggest.
Liverpool's peripatetic farmers' market comes to Monument Square twice a month. A great way to get to know what regional producers are coming up with. As the English food revolution gathers pace, farmers' markets are becoming an increasingly popular way of bringing real food to the urban masses. Cut out the middleman and meet the meat at Liverpool's biggest.
Ye Cracke
Discreet and dilapidated, this atmospheric boozer is a favourite with pensioners and bohemians from the nearby college of art; in the early '60s these included John and Cynthia Lennon.
Discreet and dilapidated, this atmospheric boozer is a favourite with pensioners and bohemians from the nearby college of art; in the early '60s these included John and Cynthia Lennon.
St John's Gardens
Liverpool's utilitarian past has left a legacy of fine, Victorian, mercantile architecture, but the city centre is less blessed with greenspace. St John's, a series of pleasing formal gardens, makes the most of limited space.
Liverpool's utilitarian past has left a legacy of fine, Victorian, mercantile architecture, but the city centre is less blessed with greenspace. St John's, a series of pleasing formal gardens, makes the most of limited space.
Quynny's Quisine
Refried beans, plantains, salads and other Caribbean goodies are hearty and genuine at this basement restaurant. Going underground isn't normally ideal for dining, but in this case it just ensures that fewer people crowd the place and there's more room for you. The menu's not encyclopaedic, but then, with West Indian staples done so well, it doesn't need to be.
Refried beans, plantains, salads and other Caribbean goodies are hearty and genuine at this basement restaurant. Going underground isn't normally ideal for dining, but in this case it just ensures that fewer people crowd the place and there's more room for you. The menu's not encyclopaedic, but then, with West Indian staples done so well, it doesn't need to be.
Armistead Project
Billing itself as a 'free and confidential sexual health service for gay and bisexual men', the Armistead Project serves the Liverpool and Sefton area.
Billing itself as a 'free and confidential sexual health service for gay and bisexual men', the Armistead Project serves the Liverpool and Sefton area.
Albert Dock
Liverpool's biggest tourist attraction is Albert Dock, 2.75 hectares of water ringed by a colonnade of enormous cast-iron columns and impressive five-storey warehouses that make up the country's largest collection of protected buildings, and now a World Heritage Site. A fabulous development programme has really brought the dock to life; here you'll find several outstanding museums and an extension of London's Tate Gallery, as well as a couple of top-class restaurants and bars.
Liverpool's biggest tourist attraction is Albert Dock, 2.75 hectares of water ringed by a colonnade of enormous cast-iron columns and impressive five-storey warehouses that make up the country's largest collection of protected buildings, and now a World Heritage Site. A fabulous development programme has really brought the dock to life; here you'll find several outstanding museums and an extension of London's Tate Gallery, as well as a couple of top-class restaurants and bars.
Cavern Walks
Smack-bang in the middle of Liverpool's groovy Cavern Quarter, Cavern Walks combines big-name and underground couture in the one complex. Browse or binge, it's all here.
Smack-bang in the middle of Liverpool's groovy Cavern Quarter, Cavern Walks combines big-name and underground couture in the one complex. Browse or binge, it's all here.
Feathers
A rambling place spread across a terrace of Georgian houses close to the Metropolitan Cathedral; narrow corridors lead to a variety of different rooms, but each is uniformly comfortable if ranging wildly in size.
A rambling place spread across a terrace of Georgian houses close to the Metropolitan Cathedral; narrow corridors lead to a variety of different rooms, but each is uniformly comfortable if ranging wildly in size.
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