Art, History & Heritage of Liverpool

Day 1 – Liverpool

Board our private executive coach at the designated pick up points – continue to the centrally located 4* Marriott Hotel in Liverpool – dinner in the hotel.

Day 2 – Liverpool city tour, Liverpool cathedrals & Walker Art Gallery

Tour of Liverpool with our Blue Badge guide taking in the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Cathedral with its modern circular design and glorious multi coloured windows and the splendour of Liverpool Cathedral, one of the most iconic buildings of the city – guided tour of the Walker Art Gallery collection with works by Rembrandt, Poussin and Degas, 20th century works by artists such as Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Gilbert and George and one of the most important sculpture collections outside London.

Day 3 – Port Sunlight Village, Lady Lever Art Gallery & Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’

Port Sunlight Village was built by the Lever family for their workers and has over 900 listed and preserved buildings, wide streets and gardens – guided tour of British 18th and 19th century paintings, 18th century furniture and collections of Wedgwood and Chinese porcelain at the Lady Lever Art Gallery – Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’ on Crosby Beach is a massive installation of 100 cast iron figures moulded from the artist’s own body in the style that has become synonymous with his work.

Day 4 – Speke Hall & Albert Dock

Speke Hall is one of the country’s most famous timbered houses whose Great Hall and priest hole date from Tudor times and with fine Jacobean plasterwork and intricately carved furniture – rest of the day at Liverpool’s Albert Dock with free time to visit the International Slavery Museum, the Maritime Museum or the Beatles Museum, all housed within the Dock.

Day 5 – The Lowry

Guided tour of The Lowry, an architectural flagship set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays – return to our original departure points with comfort stops en route.