Birmingham Blog (Attractions) - Visit Birmingham

On Wednesday 11th December 2019, the newly refurbished Mercure Birmingham West Hotel was unveiled to the public.

Birmingham Hippodrome will be sharing a series of films from Friday 12 February to welcome in Chinese New Year and celebrate The Year of The Ox.

This month Birmingham-based culinary genius, Miss Macaroon, celebrates ten years of storming the bakery world. Rosie Ginday MBE’s vision has helped many young people, while satisfying customers with award-winning macarons.

Birmingham Hippodrome have selected 16 young people for their new Young Advocates pilot programme, officially launching on Wednesday 3 February.

Coinciding with its original opening in 1879, The Grand Hotel Birmingham has released a teaser video of the £45million refurbishment.

The West Midlands continues its reputation as a culinary powerhouse after retaining all of its Michelin-starred restaurants in the Michelin Guide 2021.

For those who’ve watched all the shows and walked all the walks, Escape Hunt are offering a Lockdown & Thrill Valentines date night package - the perfect addition to your virtual date night.

Whether you have utter dissapointment or secret joy that we can't celebrate Valentine's Day as normal this year, we are here to save the day! Have a scroll through our top seven (in no particular order) ways to still wow your lover this Valentine's.

For the last four years, Birmingham city centre has been the cushion I fell onto after gruelling days at Aston University. All the things that I have missed over lockdown have been my places of refuge... 

This spring, popular restaurant group Rosa’s Thai Cafe will expand its portfolio with themuch-anticipated launch of its first Midlands restaurant.