THINGS TO DO IN MANCHESTER

Kimpton Clocktower Hotel sprawls out on Oxford Street at the bustling heart of Manchester, a rich, complex city with cool-kid cult status. If London is refined and buttoned up, Manchester is its more rebellious cousin. But that doesn’t mean it’s lacking the hallmarks of a dynamic urban center: an amazing food scene with a new crop of forward-thinking chefs, galleries and museums that celebrate local artists and makers, and quaint parks sweeping swaths of green over the gritty, industrial streetscape. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, you’ll be welcomed into the textured fabric of this come-one-come-all city.