It's interesting to watch the chefs, led by Salim Ahmed, at work in this open-plan restaurant. Asian Fusion is a welcoming place, which is perhaps why it's...

Three race meetings a week, every week, featuring one of the world's fastest animals - the greyhound. Choose from trackside bellowing and fast food or the...

This Manchester-based company sells its unique greetings cards all over the world, but its shop remains closer to home. There are no naff floral designs or...

First, a warning. If you like modern and minimal design, this isn't for you. The Willowbank is from the more-is-more school of style, with bedrooms busy...

The Blue Cat is a little enclave of city bohemia picked up and transplanted to the 'burbs. It proudly showcases the best new bands, both local and touring,...

This popular Didsbury restaurant, run by the gifted Jem Sullivan (previously of the Lime Tree), has been awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand - a prize that...

Anyone familiar with the UK's swelling ranks of indoor ski slopes knows that they can be far from atmospheric - more akin to sliding around a refrigerated...

Out on Heaton Moor is one of the most talked-about restaurants in south Manchester. It's from the team behind Sam's Chop House, so you can expect the same...

The second great townhouse in Eamon and Sally O'Laughlin's Eclectic Hotels collection, just up the road from Eleven, Didsbury House has the attractive look...

Before Electrik, Chorlton's barlife was obstinately focused on the salubrious but secluded Beech Road area. Electrik heralded a shift back to the arterial...

Eleven Didsbury Park was the first suburban townhouse hotel to open in Manchester. It remains one of the city's best-loved destinations, and offers great...

After years of neglect, initial restoration of the home of Elizabeth Gaskell is now complete. One of Manchester's most esteemed novelists, Gaskell wrote in...

At the other end of the airport accommodation scale to Radisson Blu, Etrop Grange is a traditional English hotel of the pot-pourri variety. Built in 1780,...

Donated to the public by Alderman Moss in 1914, these lovely gardens - stretching across some 21 acres in the suburbs - are notable for their rare plant...