City Breaks In Birmingham, England And Things You Need To Know

Monday, April 27, 2009 ·

By Tony Cunningham

Today growing numbers people are seeking new vacation spots which have something not available elsewhere or, at least something alternative to the popular vacation on a sunny beach. During these difficult times, often called the credit crunch, large numbers of families are, sadly finding that they have reduced funds for spending on a family vacation and are, obviously, having to making cutbacks to stretch their money further. One way of doing this is to search out less expensive destinations. The following article introduces you to the English city of Birmingham. With the pound so weak against the euro and dollar hotels and guest houses in Birmingham are far cheaper than last year.

Birmingham is a city in the county of England known as the West Midlands and those living in the city are referred to as being "Brummies". The accent of the Brummy sounds like those from other northern English cities and it can be rather difficult to comprehend what is being spoken a struggle which is far worse if if you are unfamiliar with such accents. Happily the majority of folk from Birminham are polite, kind and extremely helpful and try their best to explain so if the need arises don't be afraid to engage in conversation about directions and help or guidance in locating Birmingham bed and breakfast.

Birmingham possesses a healthy selection of tourist attractions which include some highly informative and interesting galleries and museums, for example the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and the new Thinktank which is in the Eastside. Birmingham also has an impressive number of acres of parkland, woodland and open spaces, the largest being Sutton Park having 970 hectares making it the largest urban nature reserve in the whole of the UK and Europe.

Birmingham possesses a vibrant and wide ranging night scene with an excellent choice of restaurants, nightclubs, bars and cafes. You will find many in one of Birmingham's squares, Victoria Square, Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square, Rotunda Square, the historic Old Square at Corporation Street, St Martin's Square and the Gas Street Basin. Gas Street Basin is the central hub of the city's intricate canal network. Birmingham has about 32 miles of canal waterways with between eight canals which were created in the eighteenth century and remained in use nearly until the end of the twentieth century. Nowadays the area has been cleaned up and is now a rather good tourist attraction.

As an alternative to a guest house why not think about staying in Birmingham city or airport apartments. If you If you are planning to have a Birmingham city break you should be aware that Birmingham's airport is roughly 8 miles east of the the city center just off the A45, near the M42. You will easily find a lot of guest houses not too far from the airport.

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1 comments:

Harry Harvey said...
June 25, 2009 at 8:03 AM  

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