Manchester is one of ’s coolest cities. This once industrial city has reinvented itself as a truly contemporary metropolis, with modern landmark buildings such as the Lowry Centre, a thriving art and culture scene, and world-class sport. It’s this dramatic mix of old and new that gives Manchester its unique character.

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1 The Lowry The Lowry is a spectacular to the arts and entertainment with a wealth of activity under one roof! Inside this magnifi cent building you will fi nd two stunning theatres, The Lyric (the largest stage in England 5 outside London) and the more intimate Quays, offering a variety ManchesterCity Centre of performance from ballet, drama, opera, comedy music and family entertainment. The Lowry Galleries showcase changing exhibitions by one of Britain’s best loved artists, LS Lowry, as well as paintings, sculpture and 10 photography by artists of local, national and international renown. www.thelowry.com 1 The Quays 2 3 This magnifi cent building was designed in Victorian Gothic style by and opened in 1877. Amongst its many treasures are the 4 Ford Maddox Brown murals which are monument to the ideas of Victorian

Map data ©OpenStreetMap (and) contributors, CC-BY-SA Manchester portraying science, invention, education, trade and textile industry. www.manchester.gov.uk food & drink where to stay ★★★★★ Sam’s Chophouse The Lowry Hotel 3 Imperial War Museum North (IWMN) Back Pool Fold, Chapel Walks, 50 Dearmans Place, Chapel Wharf, Manchester, M2 1HN Salford, Manchester, M3 5LH One of the most celebrated museums in England today, Imperial War Museum North is about people and their stories, about how lives have www.samschophouse.com www.thelowry.com been and still are shaped by war and confl ict. The award-winning ★★★★★ building by international architect Daniel Libeskind is a symbol of our Room Restaurant Radisson Blu Edwardian world torn apart by confl icts. 81 King Street, Manchester, M2 4AH Peter Street www.iwn.org.uk/visits/iwm-north www.roomrestaurants.com Manchester, M2 5GP www.radissonblu-edwardian.com/ manchester 4 Vermilion and Cinnabar Manchester United - Old Trafford Lord North Street, Manchester, M40 8AD ★★★★ Labelled the “Theatre of Dreams”, Old Trafford is one of the most spectacular www.vermilioncinnabar.com Renaissance sporting venues in the world. A stadium which sees breath-taking football Manchester Hotel on the pitch, also boasts greatness off it with world-class hospitality and Blackfriars Street, , the fi nest non-match day conference and events seating. So whether you Market Restaurant Manchester, M3 2EQ immerse yourself in the club’s history by taking a stadium tour or guarantee 104 High Street, www.renaissancemanchester.co.uk yourself tickets to a big game by taking in match day hospitality, you’ll see Manchester, M4 1HQ exactly why Old Trafford is an award-winning venue. ★★★★ www.market-restaurant.com www.manutd.com Midland Hotel Northern Quarter Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS, Restaurant www.themidlandhotel.co.uk 5 Manchester City Football Club - Stadium & Club Tour 108 High Street, ★★★★ The Etihad Stadium was originally built for the 2002 Commonwealth Manchester, M4 1HQ The Light Boutique Games, after this it became home of Premier League club, Manchester www.tnq.co.uk ApartHotel City FC and is now an unforgettable visitor experience. The all- 20 Church Street, encompassing tour of the Club and Etihad Stadium, showcases the Manchester, M4 1PN pride, the passion and the heritage of this great football club. The action Zouk Tea Bar & Grill packed tour will visit the inner sanctum of the home team dressing Unit 5, Chester St, Manchester, M1 5QS www.thelight.co.uk room, the press conference room, the players’ tunnel, the manager’s seat www.zoukteabar.co.uk and dug out, and much more. www.mcfc.co.uk/tours Manchester

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6 ‘Curry Mile’, 9 Just ten minutes from the is Manchester’s ‘Curry Mile’ in Rusholme. Famous throughout the UK for its fantastic range of authentic cuisine, the area has the largest concentration of Asian restaurants in the UK including Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan. Here you’ll fi nd more than 70 outlets vying for your attention with the help of rather a lot of neon lighting! www.visitmanchester.com

7 John Rylands Library For those who set eyes on Deansgate’s John Rylands Library for the fi rst time, ‘library’ might not be the fi rst word that comes to mind. 9 Shopping This masterpiece of Victorian Gothic architecture looks more like a castle or cathedral. When John Rylands died in 1888, he was one of Manchester is the shopping capital of the north of England. From Manchester’s most successful industrialists with a personal fortune stylish shopping malls and stores such as Selfridges and Harvey of £2.75million. The library was commissioned in 1890 by his wife Nichols to specialist markets stalls, quirky boutiques and vintage Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her late husband. This world class treasure troves in the Northern Quarter – the city offers a unique and collection includes the oldest known piece of the New Testament, diverse shopping experience. Manchester is a shopper’s heaven, its the St John Fragment. Other treasures of the vast, varied collection compact nature means that visitors can weave from street to store on include magnifi cent illuminated medieval manuscripts and a 1476 foot, or take advantage of the Metroshuttle, the free city centre bus William Caxton edition of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. linking all shopping areas. www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands www.visitmanchester.com/shopping

10 BBC Tours, MediaCityUK MediaCityUK is the home of BBC North, where visitors can take a peek behind the scenes to a whole host of BBC channels and programmes including CBBC, Match of the Day, Blue Peter, Dragons’ Den, BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, to name just a few. The well-informed Tour Producers will entertain and surprise you as you walk in the footsteps of stars. They will make sure that you see the most interesting areas available on the day of your visit, as well as giving you a fascinating insight into 7 how TV and radio work. www..co.uk/tours

8 National Football Museum Located at the heart of Manchester, The National Football Museum other things to see and do... explains how and why football has become ‘the people’s game’, a key • Chinatown part of England’s heritage and way of life. For all ages, and for fans www.visitmanchester.com and non fans of football alike, it explores why England is the home of football and the birthplace of the world’s most popular sport. • Northern Quarter www.visitmanchester.com www.nationalfootballmuseum.com • www.manchestergalleries.org • MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry) www.mosi.org.uk • intu Trafford Centre www.intutraffordcentre.co.uk • Sealife Manchester www.visitsealife.com/manchester • Legoland Discovery Centre 8 www.LEGOLANDDiscoveryCentre.co.uk