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Liverpool has been voted the Best UK Port of Call by experts at the world’s largest cruise review and cruise community site.

The award was made by the Cruise Critic website’s UK Editors’ Picks Awards for 2013.

The awards, which celebrate excellence in cruise travel, were selected by an international panel of cruise journalists in 18 different categories.

Cruise Critic editors agreed that Liverpool Port has a great deal to offer cruise visitors including historic architecture and a convenient location.

They also highlighted the benefits of the city’s newly-refurbished cruise passenger terminal.

Cruise Critic UK editor Adam Coulter said: “For Beatles fans and football fans alike, Liverpool is a place of pilgrimage, and the centrally located, historic port is convenient for cruise visitors, offering plenty to see and do without going far from the ship.

“Highlights of the city's maritime history include the Albert Dock and Pier Head, which features the Royal Liver Building, the Port of Liverpool Building and the soon-to-be- refurbished Cunard Building.”

The Editors’ Picks Awards also named the best cruise lines and ships in 17 other categories including Liverpool users Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises and next year’s new- comer Thomson Cruises.