Why we're all proud of Liverpool

Why we're all proud of Liverpool

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Born again Liverpool has been declared “a city of great energy and charm” and a “dynamic, exciting place” in the new edition of The Rough Guide To Great Britain.

The city scores highly in countless areas, with the travel bible happy to make a series of recommendations for visitors.

Now in all good book shops and available online, The Rough Guide to Great Britain (£18.99, from the Rough Guides website) paints a bright, vivid and vibrant picture of a city recently revitalised and regenerated.

SHOPPING

“Liverpool is fabulous for shopping,” says the guide, which highlights the “brilliantly-designed” Liverpool One, as well as Bold Street’s independent stores and the “arty originals” in the Baltic Triangle.

NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT

More plaudits here, with some of the city’s popular festivals – including Beatles Week and the Liverpool International Music Festival – getting a mention, while the book states: “Liverpool’s club scene is famously unpretentious, with posing playing second fiddle to drinking and dancing, while particularly rich in home-grown live music.”

It also discusses the massive showpiece events Liverpool does so well, with the visits of the Giants said to be “jaw-dropping”.

EATING AND DRINKING

The guide discusses the delights to be found in Albert Dock, around Hardman and Hope streets, and along Berry and Nelson streets, and says the “blossoming” Baltic Triangle has become “the city’s most creative and cutting-edge quarter”.

Namechecked restaurants include Lunya, Delifonseca and Yuet Ben, while Ye Cracke, Berry and Rye and Camp and Furnace are in the pubs and bars section.

ATTRACTIONS

All manner of attractions are detailed, including, as you would expect, traditional favourites such as St George’s Hall, the Walker Art Gallery, Central Library, World Museum Liverpool, the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the two cathedrals, while the four-year-old Museum of Liverpool is described as “huge and flashy” and “brilliant”.

And while saying children will enjoy its Little Liverpool gallery, the guide states “anyone with any interest in popular culture will have an absolute ball at Wondrous Place, a memorabilia-rich celebration of sports and music”.

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ACCOMMODATION

Hope Street Hotel, the “unspeakably beautiful” 2 Blackburne Terrace (which was featured in the ECHO earlier this year) and the Racquet Club are among the hotels featured in the guide’s accommodation section, which also points out that budget chains are well-represented in the city.

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CROSBY BEACH

This is among those spots outside the centre which the guide is happy to point out as being worthy of a visit. It says: “Crosby Beach was an innocuous, if picturesque, spot until the arrival in 2005 of Antony Gormley’s haunting Another Place installation, spread along more than 1000 yards of the shore.”

And, finally, we were pleased to see the guide say “the Liverpool ECHO’s website is always current.”

An increasing number of people - daytrippers and holidaymakers - are making a beeline for Liverpool and its many attractions, and the latest offering from the hugely-respected Rough Guide series will help them navigate their way around this fast-changing “dynamic, exciting place.”