Travel facts
Currency: £ GBP.
Visas:
Generally tourists from Europe, USA and the Commonwealth do not require Visas for UK holidays. Check out: www.ukvisas.gov.uk
Getting there:
Flights into Manchester are serviced by busses to the centre (Picadilly)
Getting around:
Manchester , "Trams". Buy a Day saver Card which is also valid for Manchester buses.
For Tickets:www.gmpte.com
Tipping:
10-15% is normal in cabs and
restaurants (where a service
charge is usually included in your
bill).
What to see in Manchester
| Manchester Police Musuem Police Museum Rail/Bus: Picadilly Stations Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ES. Tel. 0161 856 3287 The Police museum is based in Newton Street police station, a Victorian building that is well preserved. Displays include uniforms and crime fighting equipment. Opening hours are limited to 10:30am to 3:30pm on Tuesdays. |
| The Manchester Museum Manchester Museum Rail/Bus: Oxford Rd Station The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester England UK M13 9PL Tel. 016 1275 2634 Every continent in the world is represented in this museum which has over six million exhibits. Botany, Egyptology, and geology are a few of the many collections available for viewing. Special exhibits and events are held regularly. |
| Chethams Library & School of Music
Chethams Library & School of Music Chethams Library & School of Music, Long Millgate M3 1SB 0161 834 7961 Metrolink Victoria/City Centre buses/Victoria rail Chethams Library is a stunning piece of the 15th century that has survived more or less intact to the present day. The library itself and its surrounding cloisters exude an almost tangible sense of history. Within its impressive walls, Karl Marx and adopted Mancunian Friedrich Engels met in the reading room to research the birth of Communist theory. Reading bays with lockable iron gates (a novel security measure introduced in 1740) are a feature. This is a functioning library (the oldest in the English-speaking world), so always ring ahead to check all rooms are available to visit. Weekly guided tours take in further buildings ? booking well in advance is recommended. The adjoining school of music is the largest of its kind in the UK and puts on 100 public performances a year, plus free lunchtime concerts every weekday. |
| Celine Dion Live 2008. The MEN Arena Bus/Rail: Victoria Station M.E.N. Arena, Victoria Station, Manchester M3 1AR 0870 190 8000 Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd May 2008. Get the low down on the biggest selling female artist of all time with the M.E.N Arena`s top five Celine Dion facts: 1: This will be the first opportunity for her Manchester fans to enjoy Celine perform at the M.E.N Arena for over 10 years following sell-out shows in October 1995 and November 1996. 2: Dion has sold over 180 million albums and opens her 2008 worldwide tour on 14 February 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa, giving a benefit concert for the Nelson Mandela Children`s Fund. 3: December 2007 marks the end of a remarkable journey of five consecutive years of sold-out performances at Ceasars Palace, Las Vegas, playing to nearly 3 million people. 4: Taking Chances World Tour 2008 promises to be another spectacular live concert event where Celine will perform her biggest hits, along with songs from her new English album Taking Chances. 5: Taking Chances is her first English studio album in over three years and marks the beginning of a new era in Celine`s extraordinary career. |