| custom-styled rooms mix urban-chic decor with period furnishings, and come with free wi-fi, flat-screen tvs and ipod docks. free breakfast bags are provided each morning. all have en suite bathrooms with posh toiletries. set in the gay village, this swanky, canalside hotel is a 6-minute walk from manchester piccadilly train station and a 14-minute walk from arndale shopping centre. the opulent lounge bar hosts regular club nights. upgraded rooms add heated balconies, while the split-level penthouse suites include separate living rooms and roll-top baths. a vibrant restaurant features a fish tank set into the floor, and serves british cuisine. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am
Manchester Airport 19 min
The Whitworth (9 min)
Visual arts collection surrounded by parkland, closed for massive expansion work until summer 2014. Manchester Museum (15 min)
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme. National Football Museum (11 min)
More than 140,000 football-related items plus a kids' discovery zone and skills-testing simulators. People's History Museum (10 min)
Former Edwardian pumping station housing displays on local and national working-class life. Printworks (9 min)
This revamped former printworks is home to restaurants, plus bars, nightclubs, a cinema and a gym. 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. Manchester City Council (8 min)
City hall, victorian architecture, clock tower, gothic revival architecture, and victorian era Piccadilly Gardens (5 min)
Anchored by a large fountain, this tranquil square features an expansive green space & pavilion. Manchester Central Library (8 min)
Monumental 1930s central library of Manchester, with a domed reading room, free Wi-Fi & a cafe. Manchester Cathedral (13 min)
CofE building with 13th-century origins, chapel of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and daily tours. Science and Industry Museum (7 min)
Museum exploring the role of science & innovation in one of the world's first modern train stations. The John Rylands Library (9 min)
Neo-gothic library (part of University of Manchester) with rare books & manuscripts, a cafe & shop. Manchester Art Gallery (7 min)
Artworks spanning 6 centuries plus changing historic and contemporary exhibitions and family events. The Lowry (14 min)
Modern performance venue staging opera, comedy, dance & theater shows, plus art exhibitions. | 
