In the United Kingdom, Birmingham is known as the second largest city. This city is the destination of a lot of travelers each year, as it offers interesting things such as City hall, City Museum or City Council, all of which are Victorian buildings. Historic buildings are also plenty, including St Philip Cathedral, St Chad Catholic cathedral or St Martin in the XIV century.
Visitors are surprised for first time that the city has more trees and open spaces than any other city in Europe. Parts of downtown were destroyed during the Second World War. However, since the ´90s Birmingham suffered radical changes, many buildings have been replaced; parts of the center became pedestrian and the network of channels has been cleaned. The city has preserved industrial heritage, but has a modern appearance.
Prosperity is based on engineering, steel and automotive industry.
It represents the recent history of “England blacksmiths”, Cadbury chocolate, the place of birth of Jaguar and of Austin Martin. An important element for Birmingham is Cadbury, the famous name for chocolate. Cadbury World is a one-way only tour. Cadbury World opened in August 1989, on the platform of manufacturing company Cadbury Bourneville expanded and developed through continuous improvement.
The Dunedin Cadbury World offers three distinct tours: the Factory Tour, the Shortened Tour, and the Centre Tour. The Factory Tour lasts for about 75 minutes, and incorporates a ten minute self-guided tour around the Visitors´ Centre before a fully guided tour through several areas of the operational factory. The Factory Tour takes place only on weekdays since the factory is closed in weekends.
Once in Birmingham, tourists need accommodation.
It is desirable to find accommodation in a modern hotel, which could also be a really majestic architectural style. You can even attend lavish weddings, especially the famous Asian weddings venues in Birmingham, held in the smallest details, where everything is well established from the beginning so that the bride´s most important day of her life is perfect.
The Paragon Hotel was built in 1903 and is one of the magnificent Asian wedding venues in birmingham hotel, a perfect example of Victorian Gothic architecture.
