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Rock Legends
This is no 'Spinal Tap' but for the rock fan just as an unforgettable experience!
Your very own time 'on the road'! Four days, four great cities, four great
evenings. London rock legends tour, Beatle tour in Liverpool, 24-Hour party
in Manchester and rockin' Dublin! This is a tour for rock fans, delivered
by other rock fans, and designed by those with special insider knowledge
of the rock world of the last forty years or so.
It is unescorted between cities but local specialist guides in each location
meet you.
Itinerary:
Day 1 (Tuesday)
You join our full day ''London's Rock Legends
and Beatle sites' tour which departs from the Hard Rock Café at
10.00. You'll see five decades of rock history. See where the legends
lived and still live, and where some died. Visit the heart of the
Hippies 'Swinging Sixties' and the birthplace of the Seventies Punk
Rock movement. See famous gig sites, clubs, rock hotels, record labels,
management offices and studios. See where famed album covers were
shot. Get your own photo taken at Abbey Road and at the Bill Wyman's
(Stones) 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant. See all the most important
Beatle sites such as Paul and Ringo's houses, Apple HQ, EMI Studios
and many more.
This tour takes you where other walking tours can't! Visit Camden,
Primrose Hill, Hamstead, Muswell Hill, Highgate, Islington, Chelsea,
Kensington, Notting Hill, St John's Wood and Soho!
At the conclusion of the tour you're taken to the Kings Cross rail
station where you board a train to Liverpool. Your centrally located
accommodation is a short walk from both the train station and Liverpool's'
famed Cavern Club.
Dinner is not included tonight and you're free to explore the city's
nightlife in the famed 'Mathews Street' quarter, or perhaps vist
the Jacaranda Club, hardly changed since the Beatles themselves played
there.
Day 2 (Wednesday)
Mecca or Macca? It's Liverpool and the starting
point of the greatest musical adventure yet written. Today you'll
see the city that gave birth to those Fab Four, the mop-topped Beatles!
This tour will take in over 60 important places around the Beatles'
Liverpool. The homes of Paul and John (Mendips, Forthlin Road), Strawberry
Field, Penny Lane, St. Peters Woolton, The Art College and the Liverpool
Institute, The Casbah, The Cavern, Arnold Grove, Dovedale School. We'll
take you to places important in the lives of the Beatles, and give
you a true taste of life in the 1960s in this great city, such as taking
the ferry across the Mersey! We'll also visit the fantastic Beatles
Story Exhibition.
This gets us in the mood for a night's entertainment at the world's
most famed Rock club, The Cavern, home of the Beatles, and where we'll
enjoy a nostalgic night. With live bands on every night, maybe we'll
see the 'next ' Beatles!
Day 3 (Thursday)
This morning you take the fifty-minute train
ride to Manchester, arriving by 10.30. You're met by your local '24
Hour Party Person' and taken on an amazing journey through this great
city's musical heritage.
Manchester is the UK's greatest 'hidden' rock secret! 'What Manchester
does today London does tomorrow' has been this city proud boast. This
is a great and historic city enjoying a cultural renaissance and worth
a visit in its own right. Where do we start with the music? Herman's
Hermits, Graham Nash and The Hollies, 10CC, Simply Red, Factory Records,
Oasis, The Smiths, The Hacienda and Twenty-four Hour party people (Acid
House music), Happy Mondays, John Mayall, The Doves, Joy Division,
The Buzzcocks, The Bee Gees, Barclay James Harvest, The Verve, The
Fall, James, New Order, The Stone Roses, M People, Take That .. the
list is endless. There must be something in the water!
You'll enjoy a fully guided tour of the rock sites, stars homes, album
covers and lyric references. A visit to the local Hard Rock Cafe to
see their Manchester 'greats' collection is a must.
And tonight you'll be free to either take in a concert (perhaps a university
gig) and/or explore one of the UK's most vibrant nightclub scenes.
Perhaps you'll catch the next mega-stars before the rest of the world
does!
Day 4 (Friday)
Today you fly to Ireland, as today's rock city
is Dublin. The flight is just an hour long. We take care of your
transfer to the airport and you take the local bus to your accommodation
in central Dublin.
Home of U2, Thin Lizzy, Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats, Sinead
O'Connor, The Cranberries, The Waterboys, Chris De Burgh and many
others. This afternoon you'll enjoy a 'rock and stroll' tour of this
city seeing sites connected with Dublin's finest. This evening we'll
'hit the town' taking a Rock 'n' Roll pub crawl! This will be a memorable
evening enjoying the 'craic' as there's nowhere on earth like a Dublin
pub - live music, great drink and food, and the friendliest of locals!
Day 5 (Saturday)
This morning you can continue your Dublin
rock explorations. It's a great city for finding that obscure recording
you've been looking for. It's also great for city 'buskers' (street
musicians) and for simply 'hanging out'. At your own choice of
time you can return to London or onward travel to a destination
of your choosing. Dublin has direct flights to many North American
cities and low cost connections to cities throughout Europe. Transfer
and return flights not included in your tour package. Additional
nights' accommodation and transfers can be booked separately.
| Rock Legends - 5 days/4 nights |
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| Departs London: |
| 'Going Solo' Option: It is unescorted
but we book all of the elements for you and you simply present
your vouchers on arrival. You can take the 'Going Solo' option
over any week of your choice provided your start the London portion
on a Tuesday. |
| Prices per person in
Australian Dollars. |
Tour Include:
- 4 nights accommodation includes full breakfast but dinner not included.
- All entrance fees to attractions, transportation, services of driver/guide-companion
and all taxes and tips other than those you may wish to give your guide.
- Airport transfers and accommodation pre and post tour is not included
but can be reserved at a specially discounted price.
- Service charges, taxes and VAT.
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