The Epic Apart Hotel offers 14 serviced apartments – and right righin the middle of the Ropewalks district, right behind FACT.

Formerly known as Cow & Co, Thoughtfully Café is a slice of heaven in a row of spruced-up facades just minutes from the chainstore central of Liverpool ONE. Outside, wooden…

Well-loved Micro-brewery Black Lodge has a taproom in the Baltic Triangle, where it serves the brewery’s latest beers on keg and cask.

Once a school, it’s now one of the city’s liveliest arts hubs, an art gallery showing work by major inter/ national artists and a space for performances with a café and outdoor garden.

O2 Academy Liverpool (formerly the L2 and Carling Academy Liverpool) boasts two performance areas that host live music and clubnights.

FACT is the UK’s leading centre for art, film and the creative use of technology with a host of exhibitions and events throughout the year.

Open Eye Gallery is a dedicated photography gallery, archive and shop on the Waterfront.

Liverpool’s flagship art gallery, housed in a converted Victorian warehouse on the waterfront.

The Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool is a contemporary craft shop – and it’s been doing its thing for over 50 years – despite funding cuts and recessions.

A true Liverpudlian treasure, great for a pie and pint.

The Quarter is a triple threat restaurant, cafe and deli.

The Cunard is one of Liverpool’s “Three Graces”