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Manchester

Football, Red-Brick Mills and the Curry Mile

Plan this trip
2 daysIdeal stay₹10,080From / night₹2,520Food / dayFreeEntry

The big city of the north: Old Trafford and the Etihad stadium tours, the Science and Industry Museum (free), the John Rylands Library, the Northern Quarter's cafés and the Curry Mile on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. Manchester Airport has a station in the terminal; trains reach London in 2 hours 10, Liverpool in under an hour, the Peak District in 45 minutes and the Lake District in about 2 hours. No direct flight from India since IndiGo stopped in August 2026.

Highlights

  • Old Trafford or Etihad stadium tour
  • Science and Industry Museum
  • John Rylands Library
  • Northern Quarter street art
  • Dinner on the Curry Mile
  • A Premier League match (tickets are hard to get)

Things to do

  • Stadium tour: Old Trafford or the EtihadMorning · 2h 30m
  • Science and Industry Museum and John Rylands LibraryAfternoon · 3h
  • Northern Quarter and the Curry MileEvening · 3h

Tours & tickets

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When to go

Best time: April – September

  • Christmas markets and lights — From mid November to Christmas: Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, Edinburgh's market in Princes Street Gardens, Manchester's and Birmingham's German-style markets, and the markets in Bath and York. London's Oxford and Regent Street lights go up in November. Weekend crowds and higher hotel prices; most attractions close on 25 December, and trains don't run on Christmas Day.