Discover Manchester Daily Tour

Carmel Smickersgill, Tours & Activities Editor

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Discover Manchester Daily Tour

6 December-31 July 2020

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This is the essential Manchester Walk, for locals and visitors alike, delivered by the green badge tour guides of Manchester Guided Tours. An entertaining and knowledgeable guide will show you around the city centre, showing you sides to Manchester’s history, architecture and culture, that might otherwise go unnoticed.

This gentle walk will take you past the major sites, including Manchester Town Hall, the city’s stunning Gothic Revival Cathedral and the Royal Exchange.

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Manchester Art Gallery

The Charles Barry-designed, Grade I-listed Manchester Art Gallery is one of the city’s leading galleries and is back open for visitors once more.

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Ban Di Bul

Ban Di Bul is a longstanding Korean restaurant in the very centre of Manchester.

Chinatown
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This high-end city-centre restaurant has an excellent afternoon tea option that more than matches up to the superb main menu.

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Salut Wines

Salut wines pride themselves in offering “wider horizons beyond the safe choices.” With 42 wines by the glass and a regularly changing selection of bottles in their Enomatic wine preservation machines (or  “wine jukebox,” as they’re colloquially known), this is one of be best bars in Manchester for exploring new vintages.

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Don Giovanni

Traditional Italian restaurant, serving everything from pizza to steak. All this in a large modern venue with floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Re-opening in 2024, Manchester Town Hall is a monument to Victorian Manchester’s ambition, and one of the city’s most-loved landmarks.

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A public square in the heart of Manchester which plays hosts to festivals and major events. Home to the Albert Memorial and statues of Bishop James Fraser, John Bright, Oliver Heywood and William Ewart Gladstone.

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