Manchester city is ain important city within Greater Manchester in North West England. The City of Manchester is a metropolitan area with city status. Manchester is a city of striking contrasts and is the centre for finance, commerce, retail, culture and leisure. Moreover, it is home to a major international airport and a large student population in Europe. The city is best known for its football teams, but Manchester city was once one of England's greatest Victorian cities and was the birthplace of both rail travel and Rolls Royce. The long reputation of being industry dependent, the city has succeeded in reinventing itself into a thriving, modern, dynamic, international city. Though, manufacturing industry remains important, the city has seen tremendous growth in the knowledge- based economy and today is in the top ten of European cities for business location. The city has been voted Britain's best city for business in a national survey of over 5,000 of the country's biggest employers in 28 cities.
Manchester City and Manchester United are two of the biggest football clubs in England and Old Trafford has become a huge tourist destination. The city hosts countless events, concerts, festivals and parades, and houses to world-class bars and restaurants, and has plenty of shops and markets. During a visit to the city, Manchester hotels provides with excellent accomodation options. Manchester hotels cater to all kinds of travelers right from leisure to business.Moreover, the hotels enjoy a prominent location in the city providing its guests with all the conveniences. A worth place of attraction for the visitors is United Kingdom's largest Chinatown, and a lively and friendly Gay Village, concentrated around Canal and Chorlton Streets. The pride of the city are its more than 50 free museums and galleries, a world-class sports centre that recently hosted the Commonwealth Games, and plenty of parks, gardens and other attractions.
The famous Manchester university is located in Manchester with over 35,000 students, offering 500 academic courses, and employes more than 10,000 staff. The present University was formed in 2004 by the dissolution of the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) and the formation of a single institution. The new Manchester university has the largest number of full time students of any university in the UK, unless the University of London is counted as a single university. It teaches more academic subjects than any other British University. |
