Birmingham Attractions Birmingham Bullring Birmingham’s newest shopping centre, situated in the centre of Birmingham city with over 140 shops, it covers every aspect of shopping from retail fashion to electronics, from restaurants to travel. Star City Star City, in the Nechells area of Birmingham, has a 30-screen cinema, restaurants, bars, the UK’s largest casino and even an indoor ski-slope. It is surrounded by around 3,000 parking spaces and was recently listed as the largest leisure park in the country. There are restaurants offering Indian, Mexican, Spanish, Chinese, American, Italian and traditional English food. Nando’s Old Orleans Restaurant and Bar La Tasca Mega Bowl VUE cinemas Holmes Place Health Club and Gym Casino Bella Italia Pizza Hut Flame (Oriental Restaurant) Shere Khan (Indian Cuisine) The Mexican Place Birmingham Botanical Gardens The Birmingham Botanical Gardens has 15 acres of beautiful gardens, and is a place to enjoy nature at its best and discover the importance of plants and people. There are also spectacular glass houses with tropical and Mediterranean plants. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Opened in 1885, the museum houses prehistoric collections, birds and wildlife section, paintings and drawings, precious stones and jewellery, costumes, pottery and a varied collection of archaeological material. Canon Hill Park The pride of Birmingham parks, it has two lakes, rowing boat facilities, tennis, fishing and a host of activities to take part in. Five Ways Five Ways leisure complex in Birmingham includes 11 great venues including a cineworld cinemas and restaurants. Cineworld Hard rock Café Peppers Indian restaurant Nando’s Henry Beans Waxy O’Conner’s Mailbox There are 50 shops, restaurants and café bars. Nando’s Red Peppers Café rouge Shogun The oriental Zizzi http://www.mailboxlife.com Travel from Birmingham International to Birmingham city centre The typical taxi fare from Birmingham International airport to Birmingham City Centre is approximately £16.00. For longer journeys the price should be agreed before the start of the journey – a price guide to major destinations is displayed at the taxi rank. Bus 900 leaves from Birmingham International train station and goes to the city centre, the one way fare is £1.40 or £3.00 for a day ticket which can be used on all the Travel West Midlands buses. A 24-hour free bus service runs every 30 minutes between Birmingham International Railway Station and the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel. The journey takes 10 minutes. Guests can use the free telephones in the airport and the station to ask for the bus to collect them. It departs at quarter past and quarter to every hour. Delegates can use the free monorail (which runs every 90 seconds) to reach the train station from the airport. The bus departs from the front of the train station and runs 24 hours per day.