Private Liverpool Self-Guided Tour

Departure Point All our tours are self-guided. You will be led by the GPS in the app. Remember to check the "Before You Go" Section of your ticket and give Pandemic Tours App access to your location! Return Details The tour finishes at Royal Albert Dock where you can discover different museums and restaurants. Duration 2 hours - 4 hours Languages Available Audio guide - English Printed guide - English Points of Interest Stop At: St. George's Hall St. Georges Place Liverpool Here is where the tour starts. This is the first stop of 18! You will get a brief description of the whole tour and particularly at this stop you will discover the history of the city of Liverpool.You will learn about Liverpool origins as a tidal pool next to the River Mersey before the town was founded in the 13th century and how it became the city it is today. You will also learn about St. George’s Hall the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building; not only was its design based upon an ancient temple but its position on its elevated podium was chosen to increase its dominance over its surroundings. Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: William Brown Street. William Brown Street Liverpool In this stop you will learn about The William Brown Street Conservation Area which has a high concentration of the city's major public buildings and now forms the principal cultural quarter of Liverpool. The street was named after William Brown a powerful merchant who later became MP and philanthropist donating these lands in 1860 for cultural purposes.The buildings and structures you will see here are: The former County Sessions Court the Walker Art Gallery the Central Library the World Museum Liverpool Alfred Waterhouse's former North Western Hotel the neo-Grecian Empire Theatre the Steble Fountain and the Wellington Memorial. Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: Liverpool Central Library William Brown Street Liverpool We will walk you through the several adjoining historic buildings on William Brown Street putting special emphasis on The library and World Museum Liverpool. Both share the same building which is a Grade II listed building built in a classical style.Besides hearing about the history of this place and its surroundings you will get some tips on what to visit and which exhibit rooms to enter in the Library and Museum (entrance should be free for both but sometimes there are events that might charge a fee). Duration: 25 minutes Stop At: Williamson Square Williamson Square Liverpool We will guide you through St John's Ornamental and Memorial Gardens which stand in a former area of heathland known as The Great Heath now the park next to St. George's Hall.In addition to flower beds you will find statues and memorials erected in the gardens. We will tell you everything about these plus the amazing story of the Hillsborough Disaster and why it is still important for the memory of the city especially for football fans regardless of the team they support. Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: The Cavern Club 10 Mathew Street Liverpool You will walk along Williamson Square in the city centre of Liverpool. This square is not only important because of its water fountain with playful colour lights in the middle in this square stands a theatre that's very important to the city's heritage: the famous Liverpool Playhouse. It has seen many famous British actors and actresses shine through its many years of live performances which we will tell you all about. Standing tall behind this beautiful theatre stands the Radio Tower formerly known as St. John's Beacon another building that you cannot miss (which we will tell you all about as well). Duration: 15 minutes Stop At: Pier Head George Parade Liverpool Through this experience we will walk you around the neighbourhood that's a living example of the Beatles Heritage. Several blocks of the Cavern Quarter are a veritable warren of pubs clubs and restaurants most of them nightly venues for live music. Liverpool is still a city with a vibrant live music scene and this is its epicentre. The narrow pedestrianized streets are teeming nightly with a good-spirited mix of tourists and locals until the early hours. Over it all though hangs the air of The Beatles.The place you cannot miss in this neighbourhood is the famous Cavern Club the club that became a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the early 1960s and was closely associated with Merseybeat and regularly played host to the Beatles. Don't worry we will tell you all about it during the tour. (You have to pay for the entrance to the Cavern Club). Duration: 25 minutes Stop At: Royal Albert Dock Liverpool Gower St. Albert Dock Liverpool We will walk you through the beautiful Castle Street which is at the heart of Liverpool’s World Heritage site. It is one of the original seven ancient streets of Liverpool appearing on maps from the 13th