Welcome to ManchesterCity.com the website about Manchester and especially its guide to its attractions, leisure and entertainment and in particular restaurants, pubs and bars and hotels.

Manchester in England is a metropolitan borough with city status, famous for being the world's first industrial city. The city is named from the old Roman name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin ' Castra '. Despite its historic origins, today Manchester is a city bustling with life and attracting tourists from all over the world for its history, entertainment, cultural attractions, nightlife, shopping, fantastic hotels and restaurants offering the complete range of international cuisine.

Drawing upon its heritage and befitting of Manchester's industrial past, housed in a former Edwardian pumping station on the banks of the River Irwell in the heart of Manchester, the People's History Museum is dedicated to the way that working peoples lives changed. Another museum, The Museum of Science and Industry too is located in a building linking todays Manchester with its industrial past, the site of the oldest passenger railway station in the world.

However Manchester is a city of contrasts successfully combining the old with the very new.

One of modern Manchester's latest and most spectacular attractions is, the impressive 60m high Wheel of Manchester, offering breathtaking views of the city in complete comfort. Also contributing to the drama of Manchester's skyline, set in a modernistic glass building rising high above the centre of Manchester, Urbis is an exhibition centre focusing on city life covering photography, design, architecture, music, contemporary art. Manchester's Imperial War Museum North is an award-winning futuristic building by international architect Daniel Libeskind.

The Manchester Galleries house the city’s internationally renowned and designated collections of fine art, decorative art and costume as well as running exhibitions and displays, public events and education programmes.

Whatever your culinary preference, you will be sure to find an abundant choice of restaurants to suit your palate. Manchester's Chinatown behind Piccadilly Plaza or Manchester's "Curry Mile" in Rusholme are renowned for their Chinese and Indian restaurants. However there is a myriad of every other type of cuisine imaginable. See the restaurants guide for more information.