City Guide To Manchester, Including Manchester Hotels

Introductionto all the satellite
towns and villages.
Manchester is a city in the north-west of England,
situated in a bowlManchester has a tram system called Metrolink.
shaped land area. The city centre is located onOperated by Serco,
the River Irwell.Metrolink links the city centre to Altrincham,
Planning for a vacation in Manchester is a greatEccles and Bury. It is a
idea. Manchester ishigh-frequency service, with trams running every
one of the largest cities of England and contains6?12 minutes.
a rich cultural and
traditional values, worth to see and feel. GreatUniversities
places to see, enjoy
and stay make Manchester a city for tourists?Manchester is home to two universities: The
place of interest.University of Manchester
and Manchester Metropolitan University. The
Historyformer is the largest
full-time non-collegiate university in Britain.
The Manchester area was settled in RomanTogether with the
times: General Agricola calledUniversity of Bolton and the Royal Northern
a fort he set up there Mamucium, meaningCollege of Music and
'breast-shaped hill.' AUniversity Centre Oldham all nearby, these give
facsimile of a Roman fort exists in Castlefield, inthe area a student
the city centre.population in excess of 73,000, one of the
Manchester remained a small market town untillargest in Europe.
the Industrial
Revolution, beginning in the 18th century. ItsSports
damp climate was ideal
for cotton processing and with the developmentSport and especially football are an important
of steam-powered enginespart of Manchester
for spinning and weaving, the cotton industryculture. Two major football clubs, Manchester
quickly developedUnited and Manchester
throughout the region. Manchester quickly grewCity, bear the city?s name.
into the most important
industrial centre in the world. In 1838 Manchester,Museums & Art Galleries
like many of the
largest towns during this period, was incorporatedThere are many art galleries in Manchester,
as a municipalnotably ?The Lowry? in
borough. City status for the borough wasSalford Quays, which houses works by the
conferred in 1853.Salford painter L. S. Lowry,
?The Athenaeum?, ?Salford Museum and Art
Recent historyGallery?, ?Manchester Art
Gallery? etc. Manchester has some great
In 15t June 1996 criminals (PIRA) attacked themuseums like Greater Manchester
City Centre and thePolice Museum, Imperial War Museum North,
consequent reconstruction spurred a massiveManchester Jewish Museum and
regeneration of the cityManchester Museum. These museums are the
centre, with complexes such as the Printworkslively example earlier and
and the Triangle creatingrecent history and one of the main tourist
new city focal points for both shopping andattractions.
entertainment. Since the
regeneration after the 1996 PIRA attack andShopping
leading up to the XVII
Commonwealth Games Manchester has changedManchester has a number of busy squares,
significantly. Old 1960splazas and shopping streets.
focal points in the city centre were torn down inIn the city center Deansgate has many shops,
favour of a new moreincluding the department
modern, up market look. Some areas, like Hulme,stores, pubs and bars. There are two large
have undergoneshopping centers; the
extensive regeneration programs and manyArndale Centre in the middle of the city and the
million-pound lofthouseout-of-town Trafford
apartments have since been developed to caterCentre which includes food hall, multi-screen
for its growing businesscinema and Namco games
class community.centre. Other shopping centers include the
Triangle which caters for a
Place of Interestmore youthful and up market clientele and the
Royal Exchange Centre.
Structures of interest in Manchester include:
Food & Drink
The Corn Exchange (now the Triangle shopping
centre)Manchester has a vibrant and exciting range of
The G-Mex Centrerestaurants, bars and
Imperial War Museum Northclubs, spanning the famous curry mile in
Manchester Central LibraryRusholme to traditional
St Peter?s Square?grub?, China Town, modern bars and bistros at
Manchester Town HallDeansgate Lock in the
Midland Bank Buildingcity centre. Regional favorites include the Eccles
The Midland Hotelcake and the
Piccadilly Gardenstraditional pie capital of the UK is supposedly at
The Portico Librarythe heart of Wigan,
The Royal Exchange15 miles outside the city. There is a Hard Rock
South Manchester SynagogueCafe, chain restaurants
Sunlight Housesuch as Wagamama and bars that include Waxy
Trinity Bridge over River IrwellO?Connor and The Living
Victoria StationRoom. Other, independent restaurants, bars and
The Victoria Bathsclubs can be found in
the Northern Quarter area of the city centre.
Manchester is also famous
The success of the 2002 Commonwealth Gamesfor its beer. Although ?The Cream of
is commemorated by B of theManchester?, Boddingtons has left
Bang, Britain?s tallest sculpture, located near thethe city, there are still many international, local
City of Manchesterand independent
Stadium.breweries operating in the Greater Manchester
area.
Transport
Hotels & Accommodation
Manchester
International Airport, formerly ManchesterWhether you are visiting Manchester on business
Ringway Airport, is theor just for fun, you
third busiest airport in the UK in terms ofmay need to find accommodation in Manchester
passengers per year and isand stay overnight in a B
served by a dedicated railway station. The city& B or a hotel.
has two main city
centre stations Manchester Victoria andManchester has a number of hotels in different
Manchester Piccadilly linkinglocations, from the
Manchester to other places in the Unitedairport to city centre. These hotels can be
Kingdom. High speed trains todivided in different
London are run from Manchester Piccadilly bycategories, from posh to affordable cheap deals,
Virgin Trains.for travellers or for
businessmen. Cheap hotels in Manchester are
Manchester and the surrounding area have anavailable to make your stay
extensive bus network, within the city enjoyable.
regular services in and out of the city connecting