| suites add separate living rooms and additional tvs. wi-fi is available for a fee. there's a sophisticated restaurant/cocktail lounge serving locally sourced fare. there's also 11,400 sq ft of conference and event space. set across from the river irwell and adjacent to the luxury department store harvey nichols, this modern, upscale hotel is a 3-minute walk from manchester cathedral and a 7-minute walk from manchester victoria station. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 12:00 pm. some rooms offer city-centre views. the polished rooms and suites feature flat-screen tvs, pillow-top mattresses, and tea and coffeemaking facilities
Manchester Airport 28 min
Piccadilly Gardens (10 min)
Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. The Whitworth (12 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Art Gallery (6 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. National Football Museum (7 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. IWM North (15 min)
Permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the effects of war, plus family events and activities. Old Trafford (12 min)
Home of Manchester United, offering behind-the-scenes stadium tours and 75,000 seats for matches. The Lowry (13 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. Science and Industry Museum (11 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. The John Rylands Library (5 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. Manchester Museum (11 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. People's History Museum (7 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Manchester City Council (5 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Manchester Cathedral (3 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Printworks (7 min)
This revamped former printworks is home to restaurants, plus bars, nightclubs, a cinema and a gym. Manchester Central Library (10 min)
Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. | 
