Birmingham is well known as a city of great historical interest. It features some stunning architecture and is also home to several museums featuring artwork from famous artists from various centuries. In order to explore the city with ease it is advisable to hire a rental car for the duration of your stay. This will allow you to travel from museum to museum in your own time and also save you money on expensive taxi fares.

The biggest museum is the Birmingham museum and Art gallery, it not only hosts a huge collection of fine art, but also has archaeological pieces of interest as well as jewelery and metal work. Established in 1885 this beautiful museum is located in Chamberlain square, underneath a stunning clock tower – which is well worth a visit in itself. Entrance to the gallery is completely free and there are parking facilities available on site.

If you fancy viewing some contemporary art then Ikon gallery is definitely the place for you. Featuring famous and upcoming artists work, including sculptures, paintings and even special three dimensional pieces. They also have an award winning restaurant which is great to have lunch at after a busy day viewing the artwork.

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As a child my Mother used to often take the family on shopping trips to Birmingham. We use dto go on the train, which was fantastic fun as she loved the train and none of us went on one that often, it made such a change from the car or bus. We would arrive very early in the morning and get a drink at the shopping centre while waiting for the shops to open. Then we would do some early morning looking around before it got too busy. We used to stay near New Street station and shop in the shopping mall there for quite a long time as there were a lot of shops there which we liked. We would then tend to head to a restaurant for lunch, somewhere pretty cheap and I would always have something with chips, which was a real treat! My Dad would normally disappear in to the big bookshop for quite a while, as he loves books and finds shopping boring. My Mother, me and my sister would then normally go clothes shopping.

There are still a lot of good shops in Birmingham, in fact it is much better now so why not hire a car so that you can easily see all of the different shopping areas. They are spread throughout the city and with great car parking facilities, a car is a great way to carry all of those heavy bags home and a great excuse to do more shopping than you need!