A big attraction for The Beatles' fans is The Magical Mystery Tour, a 2h-bus tour that runs everyday and shows places related to their history, such as their childhood homes, as well as locations made famous in their songs, like Penny Lane and Strawberry Field. The latter is an orphanage partially supported by Yoko Ono, John Lennon's widow, and she also bought his childhood home to transform it into a museum.
Paul McCartney's home at Forthlin Road is also now a museum, restored with the help of his brother home photographs, and can be visit upon reservation only (the tour only stops there). This was where many of the Lennon & McCartney songs were written.
The guide narrates the tour with funny remarks and puns using their lyrics, while the background music is, of course, some of The Beatles' most famous songs.
The tour ends at the Cavern Club, in Mathew Street. In fact this is a rebuilding of the original one, demolished in the 1970's. The Cavern was originally an underground bomb shelter during the World War II. Some years later, an enterpreneur decided to bring into Liverpool something he had seen in Paris: a music club in the underground. It soon became a success and musicians from all over UK and even abroad played there. The Beatles had over 300 appearances at the Cavern.
The tour departs at 1:40pm from the Tourist Office at Queen Square and 2:00pm in front of The Beatles' Story at Albert Dock. Additional tours are available at weekends and summer holidays