there's an a la carte fine-dining restaurant with an adjoining champagne bar, a cafe bar and grill, and a lounge bar serving cocktails. meeting and private function rooms are available. a 5-minute walk from piccadilly train station and 0. contemporary rooms and suites maintain original features such as parquet flooring and high ceilings and are equipped with flat-screen tvs and dvd players, free wifi, and tea and coffeemaking equipment. 4 miles from the shops along market street, this chic hotel occupies a victorian warehouse building. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. upgraded options add sitting areas and snack boxes Manchester Airport 19 min
Science and Industry Museum (9 min) Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. Printworks (10 min) This revamped former printworks is home to restaurants, plus bars, nightclubs, a cinema and a gym. Manchester Museum (8 min) Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. Manchester Central Library (8 min) Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. National Football Museum (9 min) More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. Old Trafford (11 min) Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. IWM North (14 min) Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. The Lowry (14 min) Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Piccadilly Gardens (5 min) Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. Manchester Art Gallery (5 min) Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. The Whitworth (9 min) Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Cathedral (11 min) CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. People's History Museum (11 min) Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester City Council (9 min) City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era The John Rylands Library (10 min) Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. |