What To Expect

Day 1: Travelling to Liverpool – Liverpool City and the Beatles Legend Fab Four Tour - Dinner at the Cavern Club

• Your journey from Central London will take 4.5 hours by car / van / Minibus to Liverpool. Welcome to the city of music and football. The growth of Liverpool as a big port corresponded with the city's growth in the Industrial Revolution. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was most famous as a port. No wonder as the port was home to the Legendary RMS Titanic, RMS Lusitania, RMS Queen Mary and Olympic RMS register. Liverpool was the home of both the Cunard and White Star line and is the birthplace of the well-known Beatles rock band. It's also renowned for its Everton F.C soccer teams. Liverpool and F.C. Liverpool. Upon arrival in the city, you will check in to your hotel in Liverpool and refresh for an hour.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• The Beatles Story

  Your first activity is visiting The Beatles Story Museum. The Beatles Story is the world's largest permanent exhibition devoted purely to the Beatles and takes its guests on a spectacular journey through The Beatles' lives, times, culture and music, located in the Fab Four hometown of Liverpool at the amazing UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Albert Dock. You will spend 90 minutes here to know about almost everything related to our idols, the Beatles. This is an absolute shrine for Beatles fans. With all your knowledge, after the museum, you will participate in a Legend Fab Four Tour in Liverpool. (Beatles Legend Fab Four Tour does not include interior visits to John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's Childhood Homes. Visiting homes requires separate tour arrangements and valid entrance tickets. Please contact us for more information)

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Albert Dock

  Your Beatles Legend Fab Four Tour is a two-hour tour dedicated to the Beatles: where they grew up, met and formed the band that would storm the pop world, you will see every place connected with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. You will start your tour from the Albert Dock within 5 minutes time.

  Duration: 5 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• 10 Admiral Grove

  The Beatles Fab Four Tour starts with Ringo Starr’s childhood home at 10 Admiral Grove where he lived for 20 years before he became popular with the Beatles. Starr's childhood school, the St. Silas Primary School on Pengwern Lane, was only a stone's throw from its front door. He was a sick child and was taught to read and write at home, due to his numerous absences from school. In The Beatles Anthology, Starr is quoted as saying: "I don’t remember the inside of our house in Madryn Street". However, he does remember his grandparents' house, which was also in Madryn Street.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• 12 Arnold Grove

  After a 10 minute journey this time you will visit George Harrison’s birthplace at 12 Arnold Grove. It's a small terraced house in a cul-de-sac, with a small alley in the back. In 1931, after their marriage, the parents of Harrison, Harold and Louise, moved to the house and lived there for almost 20 years. It wasn't a fancy life though as George Harrison says the main heating was a coal fire and the house was so cold in the winter that he needed to use the outside bathroom because his brothers did not want to get up in the morning as it was freezing. The house had tiny rooms and an iron kitchenette in the back room that used to be a kitchen. When Harrison was six years old, they moved to Speke on 2 January 1950 to a new council estate.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Penny Lane

  A few minutes later you will see Penny Lane made famous by the Beatles song of the same name, released in 1967. On Penny Lane, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met to pick up a bus. They shared their experiences at street level in their youth and were led to write the song, which was released in the ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ album and later on the 'Magical Mystery Tour' album. It is still a vibrant area, with independent companies lying along the road. Even in the same place in this song is a barber's shop.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• St. Peter's Church, Woolton

  Your next stop is the St. Peter’s Church Hall, where the first meeting between John and Paul took place. Here is the story: 6 July 1957 was a key day in modern music history. It was John Lennon’s first meeting with Paul McCartney. At the Garden Feast of St. Peter's Church, Woolton, the Quarrymen skiffle group played in the afternoon. On a stage behind the church, the performance was held in a field. In the band were Lennon (vocals, guitar), Eric Griffiths (guitar), Colin Hanton (drums), Rod Davies (banjo), Pete Shotton (washboard) and Len Garry (tea-chest bass). Here also you can see the gravestone of the lady "Eleanor Rigby" that is mentioned in their Revolver album in 1966. Well, who was Eleanor Rigby? We will reveal the secrets of the woman whose death inspired The Beatles hit.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Time to proceed to the famous Strawberry Field. (Commemorating the Central Park, NYC). Strawberry Field is a famous landmark for the Beatles in the town. It is a former children's home for the Salvation Army in Woolton suburb. The house was named after the Beatles single 'Strawberry Fields Forever' written by John Lennon in 1967. Young Lennon lived near Strawberry Field and enjoyed attending every summer's garden party. Today, fans can see the replica of the world-famous red gate through Strawberry Field. At the corner of the landmark is a kindergarten house for John Lennon, Mendips.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• After a short walk, we will reach John Lennon's Childhood House that's 251 Menlove Avenue, Woolton, in the area known as Mendips after the Mendip hills. This lovely semi-detached house of the 1930s, owned by the aunt, Mimi and her husband George Smith, was where Lennon moved to when he was 5 years old. He remained at Mendips until he was 22 years old in mid-1963. In March 2002, Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, purchased the house and donated it to the National Trust to save it from further demolition and land speculators. Yoko Ono said: "When John's house came up for sale I wanted to preserve it for the people of Liverpool and John Lennon and Beatles fans all over the world." The house was restored to its original look in the 1950s.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• A short ride in Allerton town will bring you to Paul McCartney's home at 20 Forthlin Road, a council house where he lived between 1955 and 1964, and is now an estate of the National Trust. Paul McCartney lived there for many years until he became prominent in the Beatles and is called "the birthplace of the Beatles" by the National Trust. It was also the home of his brother Mike and the birthplace of the trio the Scaffold, of which Mike was a member.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). More Beatles locations are indicated while travelling around the city centre and the outskirts of Liverpool. Now that your day is fully dedicated to the Beatles, you will have an optional night activity right after dinner.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• At night, join a live performance at the most famous club in the world, the Cavern Club, which is the cradle of British pop music, where the Beatles formed their musical identity. Cavern Club today is a prosperous live music destination and one of the main tourist attractions in Liverpool. The three venues Cavern Club, Cavern Live Lounge and Cavern Pub not only show the Beatles' unbelievable legacy but are also housing the evolving and blossoming bands as well as professional bands and singers. Just pick a venue to get the true spirit of the Beatles in their shrine. This night is your night in Liverpool. Your dinner will be served in the Cavern Club. What a great night out in the heart of Liverpool full of The Beatles soul and spirit.

  Duration: 3 hours

  Admission Included: YES

Day 2: Half Day Liverpool & Half Day Manchester City Tour - Manchester Old Trafford Stadium and National Football Museum Tour

• Good morning. Today we will explore the naval character of the city. Liverpool is a proud marine city of all times with glory, pride and tears. Titanic Memorial was commissioned on its maiden voyage following the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912. It was designed in dedication to the 244 engine room crew who had lost their lives when the Titanic sank in the Atlantic after a collision with an iceberg. They had remained at their posts in the stricken liner, supplying electricity and other amenities for as long as possible that others could survive. This memorial was unveiled in May 1916 and was simply dedicated to "All the Heroes of the Marine Engine Room"

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Our visit will now proceed to the Merseyside Maritime Museum, a gorgeous story from Liverpool's historic past. Located in the heart of the Albert Dock, it is the ideal place to discover the world-renowned port, including boats, pictures, models for ships, objects of ship wreckage, uniforms. So true, Liverpool's maritime history comes to life in the Merseyside Maritime Museum. Discover the central role of the city as the entrance to the new world. Titanic and Liverpool: The untold story exhibition is part of the exhibition series Liverpool and the World, part of which is financed by the EU. This fascinating exhibition examines the central role of Liverpool in Titanic history. Definitely not to be missed!

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Liverpool Cathedral

  Just a short walk will take you to Liverpool Cathedral, which is the largest cathedral and religious building in Britain and serves as Bishop of Liverpool's Seat, the England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool. It may be called Christ's Cathedral Church or the Risen Christ's Cathedral Church in Liverpool. In this shrine, many Liverpudlians paid their tribute to the thousands of seamen and passengers who lost their lives in the sea including Titanic.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Emirates Old Trafford

  After lunch in Liverpool, you will head towards Manchester the first modern, industrial city in the U.K. Our first stop will be Manchester United’s immaculate stadium, Old Trafford. An 80-minute tour awaits you. Here in this tour you will discover the history of the clubs and take the Manchester United Museum and Stadium Tour behind the scenes. The Museum is a historical tour that allows visitors to walk along legendary tracks, call the cloakroom to the players and walk out of the tunnel onto the holy turf. During the tour, you will be able to sit down and envision the crowd's roar on a match day on the Managing Chair in the Dugout. The Manchester United Red Cafe will provide you with snacks to eat today. Ready to explore the voyage of traditional English football? You will love this experience.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Emirates Old Trafford

  After lunch in Liverpool, you will head towards Manchester the first modern, industrial city in the U.K. Our first stop will be Manchester United’s immaculate stadium, Old Trafford. An 80-minute tour awaits you. Here in this tour you will discover the history of the clubs and take the Manchester United Museum and Stadium Tour behind the scenes. The Museum is a historical tour that allows visitors to walk along legendary tracks, call the cloakroom to the players and walk out of the tunnel onto the holy turf. During the tour, you will be able to sit down and envision the crowd's roar on a match day on the Managing Chair in the Dugout. The Manchester United Red Cafe will provide you with snacks to eat today. Ready to explore the voyage of traditional English football? You will love this experience.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES