Liverpool, England Port Reviews

close enough walking to catch hop on hop off and a walk to the Beatle story. It would have been nice to have had about 2 more hours there.

Such A Great City & Can See It All Walking A Big Square! Stunning Churches! Many Restaurants, Bars, & Shopping! And Of Course Famous Cavern Club Along With Other Beatles Stores & Tours!

FAVORITE EXCURSION OF THE TRIP! And we didn't even stay in Liverpool. Although we like The Beatles' music, we didn't want to spend an entire day commemorating the group so we took a day trip to North Wales! Booked through BusyBus online, we were once more synchronized with the ship schedule. After a short drive around Liverpool, we had a 90-minute drive to Wales, but it went quickly since our tour guide was very entertaining and even had us competing to see how many black sheep we could find among the Numerous Herds of white sheep. (By the way, their plural for sheep is "sheeps." One sheep, 2+ sheeps. Love it! It was rather like a party atmosphere as most got into the "I Spy" aspects of the drive. First stop was Llandudno, the seaside resort of the real Alice in Wonderland, Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write the book series. It was quaint, but very cold that day with not much going on. It reminded me of a smaller version of Coney Island. The next stop was Conwy and its medieval castle. We had quite a bit of time to climb the ruins, explore the town, and have tea in the quaint town surrounding the fortress. On the way to the next stop, we passed old mining camps and learned about the Aberfan Disasters and the changes made to laws as a result. Some of the most beautiful countryside we saw on our tour was taking the "roads less traveled" and going to the Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia National Park. This beautiful, mountainous area (3700 ft) was the training ground for Sir Edmond Hillary since they are very similar to Mt. Everest. Fortunately, we were able to spend time doing our own hiking and exploring in the area before heading to Betws-y-Coed, the unofficial "capitol" of Northern Wales which looks straight out of a fairy tale. For those interested in history, there is a bridge that was built the iron from cannons used during the Battle of Waterloo. We were tired after the long day, but at least had the 90-minute drive back to Liverpool to rest.

We did the HOHO bus here too. We also paid them for the 2 hour Beatles tour. We really liked Liverpool. Beautiful city.

We did not do an excursion because it was mostly Beatles stuff. We did take the hop on/off bus and highly recommend!! Loved it!!

I was shocked and amazed at what a wonderful city this is with a rich history!

The beautiful English countryside is the major attraction here.

Took a tour into Wales from here, amazing

We have become adopted parents to the Music Manager on the ship. He is from the UK, so his "real" parents and brother drove into town and we all walked around the areas where the Beatles used to play. Liverpool is right off the ship, just like Cobh in Ireland. No harbor area to navigate around.

Loved Liverpool! Very cool city especially if you love the Beatles!