Showcasing Manchester’s first rooftop infinity pool, the King Street Townhouse Hotel offers visitors panoramic views across the city. And, with so much to choose from, all Manchester needs now is a little sunshine…
Curious about the food? Check out our review of in-house restaurant The Tavern.
Manchester Art Gallery presents: ‘Holly Graham: The Warp / The Weft / The Wake’, a show that takes a closer look at the the exploitative legacy of the cotton industry.
Free entry
Visit key locations associated with a moment that helped shape the future of the nation, tracing the footsteps of those who stood for change.
From £20.00
Take a deeper look into Manchester Art Gallery’s collection with their regular, informative and fascinating gallery tours.
Free entry
Join the Portico Library for a mindful days of workshops and intriguing evenings of talks with artists, curators and researchers.
From £80.00
Explore the Suffragettes’ epic fight for equal rights on this guided tour around significant buildings and landmarks.
From £20.00
Manchester has always been a city with stories to tell. This guided walking tour will bring those stories to life.
From £12.00
Stagger across three hundred years of Manchester’s drinking history in one of the city’s most fun-loving walking tours.
From £25
A fun, ever-changing wine tour through Manchester’s best venues, combining local stories, top-notch pours and expert-led tastings.
From £85.73
Beautiful British food in an impressive Italian renaissance building dating back to 1872.
Contemporary Six is an independent commercial art gallery in Manchester city centre, set up by Alex Reuben in 2010.
High-end Italian restaurant with luxury decor and a menu full of all the classics.
The building’s striking architecture combines classic brickwork with sleek, modern design elements, creating an inviting atmosphere that captures the essence of Manchester’s vibrant energy.
23a Princess Street is the former Starbucks, now reinvented as an intimate event space.
Darts and drinks, all in one stylish venue with equally stylish and upbeat staff.
Burger & Lobster is a King Street restaurant in the old Ship Canal offices. With an enormous bar and food that’s high on quality but low on choice, it’s a popular choice with Manchester’s young and stylish.
New Wave Ramen is a stylish, friendly Japanese ramen bar and restaurant on Tib Lane in the heart of Manchester.
Gordon Ramsey brings his fine-dining Asian-style restaurant Lucky Cat to Manchester in April 2023.
Jamie’s Italian is located in Edwin Lutyens’ soaringly elegant Midland Bank, one of the city’s treasures. The menu’s full of crowd-pleasing choices, with a huge selection of pastas, mains and bruschettas, and an appealing kids menu.The drinks range is broad and deep, with wine, beer and cocktails for all tastes and budgets.
Hotel Gotham is a luxurious hotel in Manchester’s city centre.
Six By Nico has launched the Nostalgia Menu: trips down culinary memory lane, repurposed into unforgettable fine dining dishes.
This season, exhibitions across the North West feel attuned to the world beneath the world – the forces and stories shaping how we see, feel and imagine.
Manchester’s starting the new year with a run of gigs from some of the country’s best underground exports.
Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.
Step away from the usual. Tours and activities that spark curiosity, inspire creativity and offer something refreshingly different.
Theatre across the North West splits between festive escape and sharp, urgent work exploring politics, power and resistance.
There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.
Hear ye, hear ye. Take some eating-out tips from our wintertime guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.
