Immersed in history and defined by modern day innovation, Birmingham’s breath-taking victorian architecture and welcoming embrace draw visitors from near and far. As England’s second largest city, it has much to offer and can accommodate the diversity and tastes of every traveller whether it be for culture, history, food, art or shopping. It is also noted as one of the greenest cities in the UK and is home to many parks and canals that make for great outdoor excursions. PREMIER SUITES serviced apartments are ideally situated beside the Bullring Shopping centre, Aston Hall, Symphony Hall, the Back to Backs, and the Birmingham Cathedral.
1. Bullring Shopping Centre
Bullring, Birmingham known as the heart of Birmingham is home to over 160 of the most desirable shops in the UK, including Selfridges and Debenhams and is only a mere 250m from PREMIER SUITES. The site of Bullring has always been the city’s historic market centre and opened for business in 1166 when Birmingham was awarded a charter giving it the right to have its own market. By the 1960’s the market site had crown to one of the world’s largest shopping centres outside of America, and stood at the forefront of shopping centre design. It underwent many transformations over the years, but has always remained one of Birmingham’s primary retail and market spots.
2. Aston Hall
Birmingham hosts some of the UK’s most significant collections of history. Hands down, Aston Hall may be one of the most spectacular buildings a traveller can visit when in town. Here, you can follow in the footsteps of previous royalty and visit one of the final Jacobean homes to be built in the world. Aston Hall is a glorious seventeenth century red-brick mansion built between 1618 and 1635. It is hugely popular with visitors of all ages, and has a multitude of exciting programs, events and activities to partake in.
3. Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall – not only is it easily this country’s finest concert hall, but also among the world’s best. Symphony Hall sits in the heart of Birmingham city centre and hosts the best in jazz, world music, folk, rock, pop and stand-up comedy. The Hall is an architectural marvel and hosts one of the world’s best acoustic concerts. It was built in the traditional shoebox shape as the traditional 19th century halls were, and had its acoustics developed and designed by the renowned acoustic consultant Russell Johnson. The Hall also plays an important role in the the community, as it is regularly used for community events, graduation ceremonies and conferences. To catch a show at the symphony hall would be a treat but even just to walk through and admire its magnificence work as well.
4. Birmingham’s Back to Backs
Voted the #1 thing in Birmingham to do by Trip Advisor is Back to Backs, a carefully restored, 19th-century courtyard of working people’s houses. At these guided tours travellers get a glimpse into the lives of the ordinary people dating back to the 1840s who helped make Birmingham into the city that it is today. They step back in time and visit the last surviving court of “back to backs”, houses built literally back-to-back around the community courtyard. You don’t even need to use your imagination as to living conditions, as they keep the fires lit in the grates, and the sounds and smells from the past alive.
5. Birmingham Cathedral
This masterpiece Cathedral, and one of the oldest buildings in the city of Birmingham has been, and still is, a place of worship for its citizens since 1715. Fascinating both inside and out, the cathedral is home to some remarkable treasures, one of the most popular being its beautiful stained glass windows. It is a rare and very fine example of English Baroque architecture.
