Hotels and Travel

Manchester's compact city centre is less than one mile in diameter and within this and the surrounding area are a number of distinct area with a real mix of leisure facilities and shopping areas. Some of Manchesters finest hotels located within Deansgate including the Radisson Edwardian Hotel and the new Hilton Deansgate Hotel which is within the largest residential building in the UK.  For a truly festive experience visit the magical Manchester Christmas Markets. Considered to be amongst the best in Britain and Europe the markets transform the City with their charming traditional wooden chalets.

The City also has many fine listed buildings. Within the greater region are 170 tourist attractions including some 34 historic houses, country parks, moors, plains, hills and 8 theme parks all within an hour's drive away. For people in the locality, Manchester is a place to live - for some it is a place to do business - and for others it is increasingly becoming a place to visit as a Tourist.
is also, by virtue of its central location within the British Isles, an excellent base for tourism. Within 1 hour's drive are 3 major National Parks (the Lake District, the Peak District, and the Snowdonia National Park). Also within an hour's drive are the seaside towns of the Fylde coast of Lancashire (Blackpool, Lytham St Annes, Southport, Morecambe, Fleetwood), as well as the great cities of Lancaster, York, Chester and Liverpool.

Is cosmopolitan - it offers more than 30 styles of foreign cuisine, with distinctive Chinese and Asian areas of speciality. It has 80 golf courses, more theatres than any other city outside London, two Premier League football teams, two major television companies, three Universities, two symphony orchestras, and many small chamber ensembles. It leads the field in music. Since the mid-1980s, Manchester popular music has dominated music charts.

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