Albert Dock and Pier Head

- The Three Graces, The Beatles Statue, Museum of Liverpool, Mersey Ferries, Royal Liver Bldg, Port of Liverpool Bldg, Cunard Bldg, Wheel of Liverpool, Pump House, Echo Arena, Maritime Museum, Strand

The waterfront area of central Liverpool is very nice; it consists of Pier Head and Albert Dock, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with many impressive historical buildings as well as new ultramodern buildings, some tall highrises. Here you find the port, the The Beatles Statue (with all four members walking), an Elvis statue, the large and futuristic Museum of Liverpool (that tells the story about the city, the football team, the pop culture and offers panoramic views towards the port), Mersey Ferries and between Pier Head and the busy Strand street the three magnificent imposing white and beige historical buildings called "The Three Graces": Royal Liver Building from 1911 with its two clock towers, at a height of 98m it was the tallest building in Liverpool for 67 years, one of the world's first reinforced concrete buildings and HQ of Royal Liver assurance company, Port of Liverpool Building from 1907, 67m tall with its cupola (tallest for 4 years) and the lower Cunard Building from 1916, that used to be the headquarters of Cunard Lines shipping company. The Albert Dock Village, Tate Gallery, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Pump House, Albert Dock Traffic Office, Echo Arena, BT Convention Center, Wheel of Liverpool - a modern 60m high ferris wheel, several memorials, statues and lots of restaurants can also be found at Albert Dock. The most popular museum in Albert Dock, though, is the Beatles Story, a large extensive museum about the band that started the "Merseybeat" sound. In Liverpool's only non free museum you find John Lennon's piano, guitars, full scale copies of the Cavern, Abbey Road Studios, record stores and other clubs, as well as rooms with themes of Seargeant Pepper, an airplane and the Yellow Submarine! There is also a high Titanic memorial in Pier Head, as the ill-fated ship was owned by White Star Lines from the city, the ship even had the lines "Titanic Liverpool" written on its sides. Ironically, there was three party boats that could be rented in Albert Dock during our visit; Yellow Submarine, Joker Gotham City and Titanic!