Manchester and Liverpool

These are the two greatest industrial cities of England, although there are many interesting places to know. Manchester was one of the centres of the industrial revolution and the place where the powerful textile industry concentrated. The historical centre of the city is the Roman style castle next to the Sciences and Industry Museum. There’s also the Art Gallery, with its important Victorian art collection, and the centric zone of Deansgate, place of the John Rylands Library and King Street, the best commercial area of the city.

Liverpool, unfortunately, symbolizes the decay of the industry and the British prosperity of last decades. In spite of this, it has beautiful and interesting places. It’s the case of St George’s Hall, the best Greek style building in Great Britain, the Liverpool Museum and Planetarium and the Walker Art Gallery, with one of the most complete art collections in England.

The Tate Gallery Liverpool has the best art collection of the country outside London, while the cathedral dimensions, fifth in the world by its size, must be enjoyed. We cannot leave Liverpool without following the tracks of the more famous musical group of all the times: the Beatles. The place where they first played was The Cavern, in Mathew Street. We can see objects that belonged to the group in pubs like The Abbey Road, Rubber Soul and Lennon's Bar. In order to buy "Beatles style" clothes, the best choice is the The Beatles Shop store.