Where to stay and what to do in Birmingham: hotels, attractions, day trips and city break ideas.
Built by Isaac Horton in the 1870s and reopened in 2021 after a £45 million restoration, The Grand Hotel on Colmore Row is one of Birmingham's most characterful places to stay.
Rebuilt brick by brick, Woodside Library opened in March 2026 as the final piece of Black Country Living Museum's 1940s-60s high street, alongside new Peaky Blinders filming location tours.
Built in 1904 for the Nettlefold family, Winterbourne's house and seven-acre garden offer a peaceful day out, with work now under way to plan the future of its much-loved Japanese Bridge.
The National Trust's Birmingham Back to Backs tell the stories of the families who lived and worked in Court 15, from the 1840s to the 1970s tailor's shop of George Saunders.
Linked to Bishop Vesey and rebuilt by brewer Colonel Edward Ansell in 1905, Moor Hall in Four Oaks has been in the Webb family since 1961 and now offers 83 bedrooms and a spa.
Laid out to a plan by J.C. Loudon and opened in 1832, Birmingham Botanical Gardens in Edgbaston has four Victorian glasshouses, a national bonsai collection and big plans for the future.
Rescued by an independent charitable trust, the ten-acre walled gardens at Castle Bromwich Hall preserve a formal English garden style that has all but vanished elsewhere.
Opened in 1937 in the grounds of Dudley Castle, Dudley Zoo pairs more than 200 species with listed Tecton buildings and a castle with almost a thousand years of history.
Built in the 1880s as the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, the Gothic Revival landmark on Church Street now welcomes guests with 66 rooms, a French bistro and well-stocked wine cellars.
Opened by Malala Yousafzai in 2013, the Library of Birmingham on Centenary Square houses a famous Shakespeare collection and remains one of the city's most striking buildings.