Top visitor attractions include the Think Tank, the Bullring shopping centre and the chocoholics paradise of Cadbury World.
Birmingham is also for music lovers: its vibrant jazz scene, the more classical Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the National Exhibition Centre, host to the biggest names of today's UK music scene.
2 for 1 offers:
Severn Valley Railway (free child ticket with full paying adult)
Drayton Manor Theme Park and ThomasLand (requires onward journey)
The Giant Screen Cinema, Birmingham