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Manchester (Massachusetts)

Manchester is a town in Massachusetts with a population of about 5,000 (2020). It is also known as Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Get in
MBTA's Commuter rail provides service from North Station on its Rockport branch. Tickets are $6.75 one way.

About 45 minutes from Boston and 15 minutes from the Danvers Liberty Tree Mall.

From route 128, take exit 16 to Pine Street or exit 15 to School Street. Route 127 also enters Manchester from Beverly, and continues through Gloucester and Rockport.

Get around
Trolleys often tour in the summertime.

See
-resident ticket parking only in beach lot. Parking fees apply in lot behind Allen’s Pharmacy.

Go next
Gloucester, Ma: The next town over, has more of a nightlife.

Salem (Massachusetts): The Willows arcade, park, rides, restaurants, harbor, Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables.

Rockport, Ma: A great place to visit with Bearskin Neck, filled with restaurants, shops, and a boardwalk.

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Manchester (New Hampshire)

Manchester is in New Hampshire, USA. The state's largest city has enjoyed a renaissance over the past several years. Once home to the largest textiles facility in the world, the area has a vibrant and largely service-oriented economy. It is home to several educational institutions, including Southern New Hampshire University and St. Anselm College. In 2020, it was home to 116,000 people.

Tourist information

 * Manchester tourism information

By bus
Greyhound has services from Montréal and many cities in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and Boston. Additionally, Concord Trailways runs buses from Boston. All buses call at, located on 119 Canal St close to downtown.

By car
The city can be reached on Interstate 93, and Route 3. To reach downtown from Boston, take I-93 to its junction with I-293, then take I-293 until you reach Exit 5 (Granite Street).

 * Town & Country Taxi,.

Get around
Renting a car, which may be done at the airport, and walking are the easiest ways to get around Manchester. Bus service and taxis are also available, although bus service is relatively limited and taxis can be expensive. Renting a car, or knowing a local who has one, will make your life considerably easier.

On foot: Downtown (Elm St.) has become more walkable as of late, much of the sites are within walking distance.

Sports
Manchester is home to a handful of minor-league sports teams, all of which enjoy considerable support from local fans. The most popular is the Eastern League's New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays). Additionally, the New Hampshire Phantoms, a soccer team in the USL's Premier Development League (the fourth level in the American league pyramid), play in town.

The Fisher Cats' season runs from spring to summer. The team has captured two Eastern League championships (in their inaugural season of 2004 and also in 2011).

Buy
As with the rest of New Hampshire, there is no sales tax.

South Manchester is home to many large chains and the Mall of New Hampshire. The area is collectively referred to as South Willow Street after the name of the main road. Downtown (on and near Elm Street) offers many smaller shops.

Eat
For a city of its size, Manchester has surprisingly good restaurants, including some devoted to cuisines one would have trouble finding in larger cities. State law prohibits smoking in restaurants and bars.

Drink
Manchester has a vibrant nightlife scene, particularly along Elm Street downtown and surrounding streets. Note that "last call" in Manchester comes early by American standards: about 12:45AM, with bars in the city closing around 1AM

Hotels
Most travelers will find themselves staying in two-diamond or three-diamond (AAA) properties, with rates generally in the $75 to $150 per night range. Some properties may be slightly cheaper, although one tends to get what one pays for. The majority of Manchester's hotel stock is in the two- to three-diamond range, although business travelers with expense accounts should consider the Bedford Village Inn, an excellent inn in suburban Bedford, N.H.

Travelers with business downtown might consider the Hilton Garden Inn, immediately adjacent to the city's baseball stadium (rooms overlook the park, and home runs occasionally bounce off the hotel), or the Radisson Hotel Manchester, a popular place to hold conferences and meetings. (The Radisson is co-located with the Center of New Hampshire convention center. )

Stay safe
Compared to American cities of its size, Manchester has an extremely low crime rate. Violent crime and property crime is rare, and even at night, visitors should feel safe in pretty much every area of the city.

Although crime in the city is very rare, one should not take leave of one's common sense either. The downtown area is largely safe at all hours, although there are areas of the center city and the West Side where traveling alone, on foot, at night might be inadvisable. Female visitors should take all customary precautions.

Manchester Police Department's main police station is at 405 Valley Street,.

Go next
Particularly in early fall, a trip to the White Mountains for foliage viewing is rewarding. Boston, Vermont and the Southern Maine Coast are only a short distance away,

A trip down State Route 101 heading west will bring you to many of the type of small towns that New Hampshire and New England are famous for, including Amherst, Milford, Wilton, and Peterborough. Past Wilton, the road becomes more windy and scenic, but is still a major east-west thoroughfare. The route ends in Keene about an hour away.

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Manchester (Tennessee)

Manchester is a city in Tennessee.

Do
Manchester is particularly known for its Bonnaroo music festival every June.

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Manchester (Vermont)

Manchester is a town in southernwestern Vermont, nestled at the foot of 3,816-foot Mount Equinox. It has a tranquil old-world atmosphere, and Manchester Center is a shopper's paradise that is completely different from the village with its signs, sights and many shops. Manchester is also home to Hildene, Robert Todd Lincoln's 412-acre summer estate.

By car
Manchester is 20 miles (32 km) north of Bennington, just off Route 7 at the intersection/exit of Route 11/30 or via Vermont Route 7A. Driving time from Albany, NY via Route 7 is about 1½ hours, or 2 hours via Route 7A; 4 hours from New York City; 3½ hours from Boston; 4 hours from Montreal; and 7 hours from Toronto.

By bus
There is regional bus service north to Rutland and south to Bennington.

By plane
The closest Airport is Albany International Airport, with service to Canada and throughout the USA. Rutland Vermont Regional Airport has service daily to Boston on Cape Air

By train
The closest train station is in Rutland, Vermont (about 30 miles away). From Rutland, Amtrak has daily service to New York City. There is talk of Amtrak coming through Manchester via Albany, New York.

By foot
Hikers can take the Long Trail, which runs along the main ridge of the Green Mountains, coinciding with the Appalachian Trail for 100 miles (160 km) in southern Vermont. The Long Trail is within 3 miles of Manchester, just below Bromley Mountain.

Get around
The best ways to get around are by car, bicycle or on foot.

Taxi service is available from:
 * Manchester All Hour Airport Car Service +1 802-362-0052
 * Manchester Mini Van +1 802-262-7039
 * Manchester Taxi +1 802-362-4118

See

Go next

 * Weston 25 minutes from Manchester is charming with its Old Parish Church and Church on the Hill, the village green, the historic museums, stately houses, the famous Vermont Country, renowned Weston Playhouse and Benedictine Priory are among the many reasons to discover Weston. The entire Village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 * Grafton about 40 minutes from Manchester, one of the prettiest villages in Vermont. Many of its beautiful old buildings have been lovingly restored by its residents and the Windham Foundation, so what you see today looks much like it did years ago.
 * Saratoga Springs is about 45 minutes away, just south of the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Long a vacation destination for New Yorkers, Saratoga Springs is a pleasant town filled with swanky shops, spas and the famous Saratoga Race Track. A key battle in the Revolution War happened nearby. Saratoga Springs is home to Skidmore College
 * Emerald Lake State Park Located between Manchester and Rutland, the park is popular for its wooded hillside campground, beach and swimming area.
 * Covered Bridges There are just over 100 authentic covered bridges within state. The closest are in West Arlington, Sunderland, Rutland and Bennington.

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Manchester (Washington)

Manchester is located on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound region of Washington state.

Understand
Manchester is a charming waterfront village with spectacular views of Puget Sound, a public boat dock, bike routes, shopping, and a restaurant. Manchester, a subdistrict of Port Orchard, is uniquely located between ferries to Bremerton, Vashon Island and Fauntleroy in West Seattle and a convenient stop over when exploring the area by boat.

Manchester was established in the 1860s and was originally known as Brooklyn, after the borough in New York City. The name was changed to Manchester in 1892 in honor of the city of Manchester, England. Like many communities in Puget Sound, Manchester was only accessible by boat until a permanent dock was built in 1908. After then, regular steamboat service connected Manchester to nearby communities.

By car
Located between Southworth and Port Orchard near Manchester State Park. The three main streets in Manchester are Colchester Dr SE, E Chester Rd and Beach Dr E.

Get around
Manchesters few shops, library and restaurant are all centrally located around the pier and within walking distance.

Beach combing
What Puget Sound beaches lack in white sand and warm water is more than made up for in the amazing scenery as the clear waters play against wild coastlines and snow peaked mountains scatter on the horizons. Manchester has a small beach that is great for a picnic or letting the kids play in the sand or the more adventurous could head over to nearby Manchester State Park which is an excellent place to start a beach combing adventure offering 3400 feet of beaches from the rugged to the sandy smooth. Small crabs, moon snails, sea stars and sand dollars are common sites and tide pools can offer hours of exploration.

Sea shells and driftwood are considered part of the natural environment and should not be removed, however the often rocky and wild shores are havens for creating and revealing beach glass and anything artificial found is fair game for removal. Be respectful of private property and gentle with sea creatures. Keep a wide distance away from nesting birds, seals and other shore animals and always put back anything removed from the shoreline.

Crabbing
Manchester is an excellent place to launch a boat to search out the elusive and meaty Dungeness Crab, but other less popular crabs are plentiful in the area. Crab season starts with a two-day opener July 1st and 2nd and follows up with crabbing every Thursday through Monday through Labor Day weekend. A wide array of crab traps are available from a variety of area sporting goods stores and the red and white buoys marking the traps are a common site on the water during the short crabbing season. Fishing permits are required and can be purchased from a variety of local stores, more information is available from the Washington Department of Fishing and Wildlife.

Shellfishing
Shellfish are prized resources of the Puget Sound, the cool, clean waters provide some of the finest shellfish habitat in the world. Washington State is the nation’s leading producer of farmed bivalve shellfish (clams, geoduck, mussels and oysters) however not all beaches are safe for shellfishing and you should always check the states website for any safety concerns or beach closures before proceeding and like all fishing in Puget Sound permits are required. Nearby Manchester State Park is closed to shellfishing however nearby Blake Island has some wonderful public beds.

Sea kayaking
Sea kayaking can be a rewarding way to explore the Kitsap Peninsulas 371 miles of coastline allowing the paddler a closer and slower look at their surroundings and making Kitsap one of the most popular areas to kayak in Puget Sound. Thick forests of majestic pine and deciduous trees and hundreds of creeks and estuaries dot the coastline. Or just explore Kitsaps many harbor towns like Manchester that cater to kayakers with shops and restaurants accessible from the water. Harbor Seals, Otters, Sea Lions, Bald Eagles and Blue Herons are common sites while the occasional viewing of an Orca or Grey Whale is not out of the question.

Organized trails offer overnight camping options and maps of appropriate and scenic travel destinations and Manchester is located on the Kitsap Peninsula Water Trails.

Scuba diving
Scuba diving the cold waters of Puget Sound takes a bit more gear and training than other warm water locations, but the rewards are incredible. The area contains some of the best diving in the world and many areas are accessible from the Kitsap Peninsula. The state has offers a guide to parks with launch sites.

Conservation areas

 * Well-known to regional scuba divers, Orchard Rocks Conservation Area is located north east of Manchester State Park in the waters and bedlands of Rich Passage within a 400-yard radius of Orchard Rocks day marker and accessible by boat.  The natural bedrock and boulders provide habitats for rock associated fish and invertebrate species. Copper rockfish and quillback rockfish once were common at this site but now are rare. Brown rockfish  are common as are lingcod, red Irish lord, buffalo sculpin, striped seaperch, and pile perch . Kelp greenling, painted greenling, cabezon are consistently present in the reserve. Dominant invertebrates include red rock crab, spider crabs, red sea cucumber, and orange sea cucumber. Harbor seals frequently visit the site and are often seen hauled out on the exposed rocks at low tide. California sea lions are also commonly observed at the site and may be seen hauled out on nearby navigational buoys.

Drink
The Manchester Family Inn also has a bar area.

Sleep

 * Camping is also available at nearby Manchester State Park.
 * Camping is also available at nearby Manchester State Park.
 * Camping is also available at nearby Manchester State Park.

By car
Southworth and its ferry terminal are to the south, Port Orchard is to the west.

By boat
Manchester is the closest boat launch to Blake Island State Park but there are many other areas to explore as well including Vashon Island and Bainbridge Island and the many communities along the Sinclair Inlet including Port Orchard. Nearby Manchester State Park has several camping sites reserved for non motorized campers such as sea kayakers.

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Manchester/Piccadilly-East Centre

Piccadilly-East Centre is the area in Manchester that covers Chinatown, the Gay Village, and Piccadilly Gardens. It is bounded by the A57 (M), Oxford Road, and the A62.

Understand
It lies within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire and is served by Manchester Piccadilly railway station. It contains amongst others, the following neighbourhoods:

 * Chinatown: Manchester's Chinatown around Faulkner Street has been a feature of Manchester since the late 1970s. It's a genuine experience — you'll find people on the streets of Chinatown speaking Chinese to each other and most of the signs are bilingual. It's home to the bulk of Manchester's east Asian restaurants as well as many traders in Chinese food and goods.
 * The Gay Village: around Canal Street out of the many cotton warehouses in the area. It is home to one of the oldest and most-established gay communities in Europe and is known for its tolerance toward all kinds of people. Many of Manchester's most famous bars and clubs are to be found here, most of which are as popular with heterosexual party-animals as they are with the gay crowd. The Village hosts a major Pride festival every year, when the whole region of town is closed to the public for an expensive and exclusive weekend for gay and gay-friendly people from all over the UK.
 * Piccadilly Gardens: As well as being Manchester's central bus station, Piccadilly Gardens is also a landscape garden. It's an interesting choice of design and has not found favour with all of Manchester's residents. The area is dominated by the hideously-ugly Piccadilly Plaza complex, including the Jarvis Hotel and Sunley Tower, an eyesore visible from miles away.

By bus
As Manchester's main local bus station (Piccadilly Gardens) is in Piccadilly Gardens, many buses in central Manchester heading into town terminate here and in surrounding streets..

By car
This area has numerous one way streets and is best avoided by car.

By tram
Services mostly run every 12 minutes on all routes:

At peak times
Peak times are from 07:15am – 7:30pm on Monday to Friday and from 09:30am – 6:30pm on Saturdays:

 * 5 trams per hour to Altrincham
 * 5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
 * 5 trams per hour to Bury
 * 5 trams per hour to Eccles
 * 5 trams per hour to Etihad Campus
 * 5 trams per hour to MediaCityUK
 * 10 trams per hour to Piccadilly

Offpeak
Offpeak refers to all other times during operational hours:

 * 5 trams per hour to Altrincham
 * 5 trams per hour to Ashton-under-Lyne
 * 5 trams per hour to Bury
 * 5 trams per hour to Eccles (via MediaCityUK)
 * 10 trams per hour to Piccadilly

By train

 * Avanti West Coast have 3 trains per hour to London Euston with different destinations:
 * 1 tph calling at Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent and Nuneaton
 * 1 tph calling at Stockport, Macclesfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Rugby and Milton Keynes Central
 * 1 tph calling at Stockport, Wilmslow, Crewe and Stafford

 * CrossCountry have 1 train per hour to Bournemouth and Bristol Temple Meads:
 * 1 tph to Bournemouth calling at: Stafford, Birmingham International, Coventry, Leamington Spa, Banbury, Oxford, Reading, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton Airport Parkway, Southampton Central and Brockenhurst.
 * 1 tph to Bristol Temple Meads calling at: Cheltenham Spa and Bristol Parkway.

Both CrossCountry services first call at Stockport, Macclesfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street before continuing to their final destinations.

Get around
The Piccadilly area is one of the busiest areas in the city, and intense traffic can make it difficult to get around by car, and dangerous to get around by bike. The easiest and safest way to get around is by foot, with wide pavements leading from Piccadilly railway station to all points of interest.

Buy
Market Street and the Arndale Centre are just off the northern part of Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. Here you will find the usual High Street stores.

In the Piccadilly Area

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Manchester/North

North Manchester is the area of Manchester north of the centre bounded by the M60, the A6, and A57. The main area of interest is just north of Victoria railway station, along the Cheetham Hill and New Bury roads. The area also includes Sportcity, the big sports complex to the east. Towards the M60, some of it falls within other townships of Greater Manchester, such as Bury to the north and Salford to the west.

The area is multi-cultural with significant Polish, Ukraine, Irish, Punjabi, Sikh and other communities; but most notably it has a large Jewish community, with many schools and synagogues, and a museum. One member of that community was Michael Marks, from Slonim (nowadays in Belarus), who met up with Tom Spencer and Isaac Dewhirst and founded the retail chain Marks & Spencer.

Get in
railway station is just south of this district, with trains across the Pennines and to Rochdale.

Victoria station is a hub for the Metrolink trams, serving Bury, Oldham and Rochdale.

Do

 * You can also watch football, while making a point of not watching Man United, at
 * Golf: lots of courses dotted around the edge of the city.
 * Speedway: Bellevue Aces race in the SGB Premiership, the top tier of motorcycle speedway racing in Britain. Their home track is the National Speedway Stadium on Kirkmanshulme Lane.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.
 * Golf: lots of courses dotted around the edge of the city.
 * Speedway: Bellevue Aces race in the SGB Premiership, the top tier of motorcycle speedway racing in Britain. Their home track is the National Speedway Stadium on Kirkmanshulme Lane.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.
 * Rugby Union: Sedgley Park Tigers play in National League One, the third tier. Their home ground is along Park Lane in Whitefield just north of M60.

Eat
The main collection of small eating places is along Cheetham Hill Road (A665) and Bury New Road (A56).

Sleep

 * Premier Inn has a dozen hotels around the city, including three on its northern edge by M60 ring road.
 * These are Prestwich M25 3TG, jcn M60 & A56; Heaton Park M8 4NB on A576; and Chadderton / Oldham Broadway OL9 8DW jcn M60 & A663.
 * Premier Inn has a dozen hotels around the city, including three on its northern edge by M60 ring road.
 * These are Prestwich M25 3TG, jcn M60 & A56; Heaton Park M8 4NB on A576; and Chadderton / Oldham Broadway OL9 8DW jcn M60 & A663.

Go next
Take the train from Victoria for sights in Lancashire, such as Clitheroe.

Leeds, another easy train ride from Victoria, like Manchester has a large Jewish community to its north, especially around Moortown. It was in Leeds that Marks first met up with Spencer and Dewhirst, and opened the first of his "penny bazaars" in Kirkgate Market.

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Manchester/Victoria-Shopping District

This covers the area in central Manchester north of Piccadilly Gardens and east of Bridge St and Princess St, served by Victoria railway station. It covers the locales of the Millennium Quarter and St. Ann's Square as well as the multi-million pound Arndale shopping centre.

After the devastation of the 1996 IRA bombing, the area around Exchange Square has been completely redesigned and rebuilt as the Millennium Quarter. The square is a juxtaposition of Manchester's industrial heritage with the height of modern art and architecture. The ultra-modern Urbis centre stands side-by-side with the medieval Cathedral and the renovated Corn Exchange shopping centre, once Manchester's corn exchange.

St. Ann's Square is the centre of Manchester's main shopping district. It is usually packed with shoppers and usually the odd one or two street entertainers. The Council holds many events in the square, including specialist markets and musical events.

The Northern Quarter (NQ) is a lively area north of the shopping area with a unique character with many small shops, cafes, restaurants and bars. Independent retailers are the norm here, and this is the place to get Mancunian music, street wear, vinyl or body art. The area is very lively and has its unique character. This character is spreading into the Ancoats area on the north side of the Ring Road.

By tram
This area has several stops on Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram system. Market Street, Shudehill, Exchange Square and Victoria all serve this area, with the latter being located within the train station of the same name.

Eat

 * Hard Rock Cafe, Printworks. One of only two outside London in England.
 * Hard Rock Cafe, Printworks. One of only two outside London in England.
 * Hard Rock Cafe, Printworks. One of only two outside London in England.
 * Hard Rock Cafe, Printworks. One of only two outside London in England.

Ancoats
There are several restaurants and bars around Cutting Room Square in the centre of Ancoats.

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Manchester/South

South Manchester covers the south of Manchester as far south as the M60. It lies within The Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire. It contains amongst others, the following neighbourhoods:

 * Didsbury Historically, this was the home of many of the wealth merchants who traded in the city and is an area with strong Jewish links. It was further developed as railways grew with much more housing built in the 1930s. It is one of the most up-market and expensive residential districts within Manchester. here you will find a mixed academic cosmopolitan community with a smattering of media stars. It offers a wide selection of bars, cafes and restaurants and looks and feels more like an English village than a suburban district 4 miles south of the city centre. Didsbury is often a destination of choice for many people, from elsewhere in the city and beyond, for a meal or drink, in one of the many such bars and restaurants, some of which spill out onto the streets in the summer months.
 * Hulme is at the heart of Manchester's counterculture, the area had suffered badly from inept town planning throughout the 1970s until early 1990s. Regeneration of old housing has improved the appearance of the district. It is one of the birthplaces of the European dance scene and home to a multicultural population of artists, punks, anarchists, environmental activists and party people.
 * Moss Side Just to the west of Rusholme, is home to a large African and West Indian community a lively and yet tough area is worth a visit for its Caribbean cuisine and pubs.
 * Whalley Range Referred to as "Leafy Whalley Range" is one of Manchester's first and finest suburbs started in the early 1830s, built by local banker and businessman Samuel Brooks as "a desirable estate for gentlemen and their families". Here you will find grand Victorian houses on beautiful tree-lined roads that border Alexandra Park and Upper Chorlton Road.
 * Chorlton-cum-Hardy Known as Chorlton, this is a suburb of Manchester with good facilities and a residential area of choice for the city's arts, theatre, and music people. It offers a wide range of continental-style café bars and eateries and some trendy shopping around Beech Road. The continental-style café bars and eateries and some trendy shopping outlets have also taken over large stretches of the main shopping streets, Wilbraham Road and Barlow Moor Road.
 * Withington Is a diverse district housing a mixture of "professionals" and "students" and close to the University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University.
 * Rusholme A multicultural community, home to the largest concentration of South Asian restaurants in Manchester known as the "Curry Mile" (along Wilmslow Road). Here you find cuisine from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, North Africa and the Middle East.

By air
Manchester Airport is on the southern edge of Manchester and offers Domestic, European and Intercontinental flights. Direct trains from the airport serve Piccadilly in the city centre and some stop at local station en route, including East Didsbury. The trams, buses and taxis can also be take from the airport to locations in South Manchester.

By train
The train line from the city centre to the airport passes through south Manchester. So, for example, the quickest way to get from the airport to Didsbury Village is to get the train to East Didsbury and then walk or catch the bus along Wilmslow Road.

In general, the train service in South Manchester offers inferior coverage and frequency, in comparison to the bus service. However, if it is going where you want it will probably be much quicker.

Most train services in South Manchester go to Manchester Piccadilly station, which offers connections to much of Britain.

By tram
Manchester's Metrolink tram system runs through much of South Manchester, and is normally the best way to get between Didsbury, Chorlton, and Trafford. "Withington" tram stop is not in the centre of Withington, but is well located for Hough End Leisure Centre.

See

 * Levenshulme, a neighbourhood stretching along Stockport Road, has a bustling, close-knit community feel and is popular with families. The new Lev Inspire centre, built inside a refurbished church, has become a hub of community activities. The area has also seen a resurgence of new, independent businesses opening up alongside established ones such as Levenshulme Antiques Village housed in the historic former police station building. The annual Levenshulme Festival brings hundreds of free music, art, food and sport events to the neighbourhood each year.
 * Levenshulme, a neighbourhood stretching along Stockport Road, has a bustling, close-knit community feel and is popular with families. The new Lev Inspire centre, built inside a refurbished church, has become a hub of community activities. The area has also seen a resurgence of new, independent businesses opening up alongside established ones such as Levenshulme Antiques Village housed in the historic former police station building. The annual Levenshulme Festival brings hundreds of free music, art, food and sport events to the neighbourhood each year.
 * Levenshulme, a neighbourhood stretching along Stockport Road, has a bustling, close-knit community feel and is popular with families. The new Lev Inspire centre, built inside a refurbished church, has become a hub of community activities. The area has also seen a resurgence of new, independent businesses opening up alongside established ones such as Levenshulme Antiques Village housed in the historic former police station building. The annual Levenshulme Festival brings hundreds of free music, art, food and sport events to the neighbourhood each year.

Drink
Wilbraham Road, Barlow Moor Road and Beech Road are all peppered with bars catering to both local and hipster alike. All are easily accessible from the Chorlton Metrolink stop.

Sleep

 * See also Manchester Airport for hotels convenient for South Manchester, eg those at M56 junction 6 with Wilmslow Rd.

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Manchester/The Quays

The Quays covers the four areas of Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf, Old Trafford and Trafford Centre to the west of Manchester city centre.

Understand
Manchester is 40 miles inland, but became a major seaport at the beginning of the 20th century when the Manchester Ship Canal enabled ocean-going vessels to sail beyond the Mersey to reach Manchester docks. The canal remains in use but is too small for present-day container ships, so the docks declined and became derelict, and the whole city west end was a polluted brownfield eyesore. A bold regeneration scheme was launched in 1986, which converted the area into a buzzing modern district with major attractions and striking architecture. It must rank as the most successful such regeneration in the UK to date, a testament to what can be achieved with vision, entrepreneurial dynamism, and lots of investment (subtle hint there to the UK government). "The Quays" span the River Irwell: the north bank is in the separate City of Salford and its attractions are the Lowry gallery, theatre and retail centre, and Media City with the BBC studios. The south bank is in Trafford in the City of Manchester, with the ITV studios, Imperial War Museum North, Manchester United and Lancashire county cricket ground.

In the 21st century a large retail and leisure complex has grown up at Trafford Centre, which is anything but central at the western edge of the city next to the M60. This is a separate development two miles from the Quays, but there's lots to do there, and in 2020 new transport links connected it better to the Quays, so it's described on this page.

See Salford for other parts of that city, which takes in a triangle of land stretching out to country villages.

By tram

Metrolink trams (orange and light blue lines) take 20 min from Manchester Piccadilly via St Peter's Square, Deansgate and Cornbrook to Salford Quays and MediaCityUK, with the blue line continuing to Eccles. The Quays and Eccles are in Fare Zone 2 so a single journey from the city centre is £2.80; trams run every 10 min 6 AM-midnight.

Eastbound, these lines continue through Piccadilly to Ashton-under-Lyne. Change at one of the central stops for trams to Old Trafford, Stretford and Altrincham; to East Didsbury; to Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport; and via Victoria to Bury and to Chadderton, Oldham and Rochdale.

A new tram line opened in April 2020 from the city centre to the Imperial War Museum North, Old Trafford and the Trafford Centre.

By bus
Buses to this area have mostly been axed in favour of the tram. Those that still run go south of the city centre, handy for the University Quarter but not for Piccadilly or Victoria.

By train
Trains are convenient for central Salford and for Trafford Park, but the stations are a mile or so from Old Trafford and the Quays. The special matchday trains direct to Man United stadium were axed in 2018.

By car
Find your way onto the M60 orbital motorway. Exit at junction 9 for Old Trafford, junction 10 for Trafford Centre, and junction 11 for the M602 spur into Salford Quays.

See

 * Modern architecture: The area is full of boldly-designed buildings, including the Lift Bridge spanning the River Irwell between The Lowry on Salford Quays and the Imperial War Museum North on Trafford Wharf.

Do

 * Go to the theatre at The Lowry, details above.
 * Watch football at
 * Watch cricket at
 * BBC has tours daily from 10:30AM-3PM, book online. Tours take 90 min, adult £13, child £9. There's also a CBBC tour for children.
 * ITV has the Coronation Street tour, Sa Su 10AM-4PM but only when the set isn't in use for recording. Adult £32, online booking essential.
 * BBC has tours daily from 10:30AM-3PM, book online. Tours take 90 min, adult £13, child £9. There's also a CBBC tour for children.
 * ITV has the Coronation Street tour, Sa Su 10AM-4PM but only when the set isn't in use for recording. Adult £32, online booking essential.

 * is a large leisure and retail park by junction 10 of M60, five miles west of the city centre. Attractions include:

 * Trafford Centre has four budget hotels and lots of eating places.

Buy

 * Lowry Outlet Mall is next to The Lowry theatre and gallery.
 * Trafford Centre: see above for this large leisure and retail park.

Eat

 * A dozen chain outlets around the Quays and Media City, including Cafe Rouge, Pizza Express, Nando's and Prezzo.
 * The Lowry and Imperial War Museum North both have good cafes with views.
 * At the match: you are permitted to bring your own food, but not alcohol, including any large amounts concealed within your bloodstream. Snacks are available within the stadium. Man Utd's "Red Cafe" is open daily 9AM-4PM not on home matchdays, when it's reserved for corporate schmoozing.
 * The traditional post-match meal is a fearsome curry somewhere along Rusholme's "curry mile", which is in the University quarter a mile or so east.

Drink

 * Lots more on the Quays, eg Cafe Rouge, Craftbrew, The Botanist, and Dockyard.
 * At the match: Alcohol is not permitted in the football or cricket grounds, and will be confiscated by stewards. Plenty of bars and cafes in the nearby streets.
 * At the match: Alcohol is not permitted in the football or cricket grounds, and will be confiscated by stewards. Plenty of bars and cafes in the nearby streets.

Sleep

 * See also Salford and Castlefield pages for other nearby accommodation.

 * There's another Holiday Inn in Media City. Other budget choices are the Ibis, the Marriott and Travelodge all along Trafford Road, and the Premier Inn on Ontario Basin with another in Media City.
 * Hilton Garden Inn is built into the cricket ground, and the best rooms have a view of the pitch.
 * Trafford Centre at junction 10 of the M60 has no less than three Premier Inns and a Holiday Inn Express.
 * Hilton Garden Inn is built into the cricket ground, and the best rooms have a view of the pitch.
 * Trafford Centre at junction 10 of the M60 has no less than three Premier Inns and a Holiday Inn Express.
 * Trafford Centre at junction 10 of the M60 has no less than three Premier Inns and a Holiday Inn Express.

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Manchester/Universities

The Universities Corridor is in the south of Manchester. It covers the corridor around the Oxford Road and the Wilmslow Road, from the A57(M) south down through Rusholme to Fallowfield and the areas immediately either side bounded by the A34 and A5103. The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University - the city's two large universities - are in this locale.

There are three distinct areas here:
 * The northern-most being where the university campuses are aka Chorlton-on-Medlock.
 * Rusholme, which is home to a large Pakistani population and the Curry Mile. It is also a residential area starting from as far north as St. Mary's Hospital south to Platt Fields Park; East from the former Manchester City Football Ground west to Anson Road.
 * Fallowfield, which is the heart of student life, so at times it can be heaving, but everything is cheap.

The fantasy writer Jeff Noon set most of his works in some future version of this area.

By bus
Buses from Piccadilly Gardens travelling down Oxford Road are generally the cheapest as there is lots of competition. Single bus fares in Greater Manchester are now capped at £2 for adults and £1 for children.

Any 42, 41, 43, 142, 143 bus from Piccadilly Gardens or on the Oxford Road will go down the Oxford Road passing the universities, Rusholme, and Fallowfield. The number 50 runs along Anson Road. The 147 runs from the South exit of Piccadilly station, past the University of Manchester (North and South campus), Manchester Metropolitan University and the Manchester Royal Infirmary, but only during the week day time.

By car
There are two main roads between the centre of Manchester and Rusholme and Fallowfield. Wilmslow Road and Anson Road (Oxford Road and Upper Brook Street towards the centre). There are bus priority measures on Oxford Road between Booth Street East and Hathersage Road near Manchester Royal Infirmary at most times policed by traffic cameras. One is advised to use Upper Brook Street.

On foot
Fallowfield is just a few minutes walk south of Rusholme and the famous Curry Mile. Just walk down the Wilmslow Road.

By taxi
A Black Cab Taxi from Piccadilly station should cost around £6; from Oxford Road Station around £5; from the airport £17 (although the 43A and 45A buses travel between the airport and the centre of Manchester through Rusholme for £2.50-3).

By train
The main station nearby is. It can be reached walking due south from it for 30 minutes will find you at the top of Rusholme, 45 minutes in Fallowfield.

Do

 * Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.
 * Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.
 * Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.
 * Boating on the Platt Fields' lake.

Buy

 * South Asian clothes, jewellery, and gifts in Rusholme.
 * There is a large Sainsbury's in the heart of Fallowfield on Wilmslow Road.
 * There is a large World Foods, and a medium sized Tesco Direct and Lidl opposite Whitworth Park.
 * In Rusholme, there are many smaller Middle Eastern and Asian food markets and shops. Venus Foods (45 Anson Road) is an interesting Turkish supermarket, it has a hot food/take away section. Not very friendly staff, but you will get by.

Eat
Curry Mile on Oxford Road contains the highest concentration of South Asian restaurants in the UK.

Around the Universities:

 * Popolino's Pizza High quality food for the price, it specializes, unsurprisingly, in Pizza.
 * Revolution on Oxford Road has a policy where your food is either ready within a 15 minutes wait or it's free. Worth going at busy times of the day!
 * Revolution on Oxford Road has a policy where your food is either ready within a 15 minutes wait or it's free. Worth going at busy times of the day!
 * Revolution on Oxford Road has a policy where your food is either ready within a 15 minutes wait or it's free. Worth going at busy times of the day!
 * Revolution on Oxford Road has a policy where your food is either ready within a 15 minutes wait or it's free. Worth going at busy times of the day!

In Rusholme:

 * Many kebab shops (Along Wilmslow Road).
 * Mandarin Chinese TakeAway (Junction of Banff Road and Wilmslow Road. Closed on Mondays).
 * A Jamaican Restaurant (Junction of Wilmslow Road and Moss Lane East).
 * A Nigerian Restaurant (At The Nigeria Centre, Appleby House, Platt Lane).
 * A Kurd Restaurant (Grandale Road).

In Fallowfield:

Drink
In the University area:

 * Bands play regularly at the Manchester Academy 1, 2 and 3 & Club Academy
 * The Phoenix.
 * Manchester Metropolitan University Student's Union.
 * University of Manchester Student's Union.
 * Po Na Na, 42 Charles Street
 * Po Na Na, 42 Charles Street

Fallowfield is heavy with drunken students at night, so if you want a quiet drink, this is not the place to go. However, if you don't mind students, there are some decent prices to be had.

 * XS Malarkey - comedy night at Bar XS.
 * XS Malarkey - comedy night at Bar XS.
 * XS Malarkey - comedy night at Bar XS.
 * XS Malarkey - comedy night at Bar XS.
 * XS Malarkey - comedy night at Bar XS.

Rusholme tends to be slightly less heavy at night and there are less students (and more curry restaurants nearby).

Connect
There are a number of internet cafes on Wilmslow Road, including Link Up between Banff Road and Gt. Western Street. There are a handful of others in a row of converted terrace houses between Gt. Western Street and Dagenham Road. There is also a British Telecom Broadband Telephone box further south between Thurloe Street and Grandale Street.

Telegeneration provides wireless access at a number of near-by pubs and Bed and Breakfasts on and around Oxford Road/Wilmslow Road, the closest being at Luther King House.

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Manchester/Castlefield-Petersfield

Castlefield-Petersfield covers the area in central Manchester west of Quay St, Peter St, and Oxford St. It covers the locales of Castlefield and Petersfield (also known as St Peter's Fields), which are within the Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire.

Castlefield is the site of the original Roman settlement Mamucium and has been known as Castlefield since Medieval times. It is the centre of Manchester's canal network and includes the Castlefield Basin, which joins the Rochdale and Bridgewater canals. Very important in industrial times, it became run down in post-war times until it was completely regenerated in the 1990s and designated Britain's first Urban Heritage site. These days it is like a small country oasis in the heart of the city, with regular events and a handful of great pubs around the canals and the neighbouring streets. It is also the only place to see wildlife in Manchester's centre.

Petersfield (also known as the Exhibition Quarter) is the home of Manchester's exhibition, conference and concert halls, as well as the almost-deserted Great Northern shopping and entertainment centre and two of the city's most luxurious hotels. It is also home to the Beetham Tower, the tallest building in the UK outside of London and the home to Manchester's Hilton hotel.

Get in
Deansgate is the closest railway station to Castlefield though not all trains stop there. Almost all through trains stop at Manchester Oxford Road which is near to Petersfield and has frequent connections to Manchester Piccadilly for InterCity & other trains that don't run through.

Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop is connected by footbridge to the railway station.

Do

 * Interflora World Cup is held at Manchester Central on 7-9 Sept 2023. This flower-arrangement competition is between those who have already won national contests. It's held every four years, with 2015 in Berlin and 2019 in Philadelphia.
 * Interflora World Cup is held at Manchester Central on 7-9 Sept 2023. This flower-arrangement competition is between those who have already won national contests. It's held every four years, with 2015 in Berlin and 2019 in Philadelphia.

Eat
Most bars in Castlefield provide bar meals.

 * The Wharf see Drink.
 * The Wharf see Drink.
 * The Wharf see Drink.
 * The Wharf see Drink.
 * The Wharf see Drink.
 * The Wharf see Drink.

Drink

Castlefield bars are extremely popular during the summer months when tourists, local residents, and city centre workers flock to the area to enjoy the large outdoor drinking areas and views across the Bridgewater Canal. Overall, Castlefield is trendy but sometimes pricey.

The Deansgate Locks are a bunch of bars and clubs alongside a set of locks:

Petersfield

Mid-range

 * Mollie's Motel on Quay St opens in April 2024.
 * Mollie's Motel on Quay St opens in April 2024.
 * Mollie's Motel on Quay St opens in April 2024.

Splurge

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Mancos

Mancos is a city located in Southwestern Colorado, near the Four Corners, at the base of Mesa Verde National Park. Surrounded by rangeland and mountains, Mancos offers a variety of outdoor recreational activities. The Town was founded in 1894, near the site where early Spanish explorers first crossed the Mancos River. It is the commercial center for east Montezuma County.

Get in
Mancos is at the intersection of US Highway 160 and State Highway 184.

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Mandacaru

Mandacaru is a village in Northern Maranhão, on the outskirts of Lençóis Maranhenses Mostly serving as a quick stop for daytrippers from Barreirinhas, there is now a small inn in the building.

Get in
Boat to Atins and Barreirinhas once a day, R$ 5. Negotite a fare with any boat at the pier. You can walk to Atins in about 1.5 hours.

Eat
No real restaurants, but any of the bars should be able to serve you a cheap set dish around lunch.

Sleep
Ask for a private rom or a hammock.

Go next
Just a few hundred metres away is the village of Bar da Hora, perhaps unique on the planet in being named after a bar (now closed).
 * Atins

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Mandal

Mandal in Lindesnes municipality in the county of Agder is the southernmost town in Norway. Mandal is known for its narrow and idyllic streets. Mandal is also known for its many beaches and the annual Shellfish festival. In summer, Mandal is a popular coastal town, with many visitors. Its population was 15,600 in 2020.

By car
Mandal is on the European Road E39 46 km southwest of central Kristiansand, 155 km southeast of central Stavanger.

By bus
There is a bus service to Mandal from Kristiansand, Stavanger and the small towns between.

By plane
The nearest airport is Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (, 57 km (35 miles) to the northeast). Scheduled flights to London-Southend, Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

By train
There is no railroad to the small town of Mandal. There is an inland railway station in Marnardal and a larger station in Kristiansand. Bus to Mandal.

Get around

 * The town center is quite compact, which means that everything is within walking distance.
 * Bus is the best and most affordable public transport solution.
 * Mandal Taxi ☏ +47 38 27 19 00

Go next

 * Lindesnes Lighthouse (turn off the E39 west of Mandal, and follow the county road 460 to the lighthouse at the endpoint), dating back to 1656, sits at mainland Norway’s southernmost point. Worth a visit is also the lighthouse museum. The nature and the environment around the lighthouse are breathtaking.

Spangereid

Further afield

 * Kristiansand
 * Lyngdal

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Mandalay

Mandalay (Burmese: မန္တလေး) is the second largest city (after Yangon), and a former capital of Myanmar. The city is the economic and religious hub of upper Myanmar. The city is centred on the royal palace, and has wide avenues filled with bicycles and motorcycles.

Mandalay is known for its millionaires, its monks (half of the country's monks live in Mandalay and surrounding areas) and its cultural diversity.

History
The very name Mandalay evokes the splendours of old Burma. But most people will be surprised to learn that Mandalay is not an old city, not even a medieval one, but rather a new city created by King Mingdon Min in 1857 as the new capital of the kingdom of Ava. Only two Burmese kings ruled from there, King Mingdon and King Thibaw, before the British conquest of Upper Burma in 1885. It was a city of splendour between 1858 and 1885, but most of the magnificence has vanished, gone in the fires that consume wooden structures and by intensive Allied bombing during the Second World War. The city, neatly planned with its lettered roads and numbered streets, is a British creation. The once magnificent royal palace and the great Atumashi ("incomparable") pagoda, King Mingdon Min's finest creations, are modern reconstructions. Today, Mandalay lies at the end of the Lashio Rd and it is, by Burmese standards, relatively prosperous as a centre for trade with China and India. Despite the capital having been moved to Naypyidaw, Mandalay remains by far the main commercial centre of Upper Myanmar.

People
Mandalay is ethnically diverse, with the Bamar (Burmans) forming a slight majority. There has been a major influx of Chinese from mainland China, and the Chinese (both recent migrants and descendants of colonial-era immigrants) form 30-40% of the population. Their influence is seen in the Chinese-style glass buildings throughout the city. Other ethnic groups include the Shan, who are ethnically and linguistically related to the Thais and Laotians, and the Karen (Kayin). There is also a sizable ethnic Indian population.

Climate
Mandalay has a semi-tropical climate. Winter (which is dry and cold) lasts from Nov-Feb, and summer lasts from Mar-May. Because Mandalay is in the central dry zone, it receives far less rain than the more tropical south.

By plane

Getting there/away:
 * Taxis from the airport are 15,000 kyat or 4,000 kyat per person if you fill the vehicle with others. A shared bus is available for 4,000 kyat but may leave before you can exchange cash and purchase a SIM card. Fill out your entry card while on the plane to avoid being at the back of the queue.

 * Towards the airport taxis cost around 15,000 kyat (Sep 2017) and take roughly ½ hr from the city centre. There is a security check before check-in, and you need to have your ticket, email verification or something related to your flight to get through. Further security check after check-in.

By train

From specific destinations:

 * Yangon – There are several trains daily from Yangon. While the tracks are old and, in some cases, the carriages may be old, the fifteen hour journey is quite pleasant. Trains operate during the day so that trains do not cross Pyinmana in the dark, although the privately managed Dagon Mann Express runs overnight. Fares range from about US$15 (ordinary class/hard seat) to US$50 (air-conditioned sleeper on the Dagon Mann Express).
 * Lashio, Hsipaw and Pyin U Lwin – There are two trains daily from Pyin U Lwin (US$4/2) and one from Lashio via Hsipaw and Pwin U Lwin (US$9/3 from Hsipaw). These trains are slow, crowded, but fascinating. The Pyin U Lwin - Hsipaw section includes the famous Gokteik Viaduct, a feat of Raj ingenuity.
 * Myitkyina – This 24-hr journey is on old rolling stock and even older tracks so expect it to be bumpy.

By bus

From specific destinations:
 * Yangon – There is a night bus with air-con (there are 5 options, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 21:00, and 21:30 departures, standard 10,500 kyat, VIP 15,000 kyat, 8½-9 hr) running into Mandalay. Almost certainly the cheapest option for getting between the two main cities in Myanmar. From Inle Lake, 10,000 kyat.
 * Inle Lake, Kalaw or Mid-Eastern Towns – There are buses available along this route, either a day minibus (05:00 departure, 9,000 kyat, 9 hr) or a night bus with air-con (18:00 departure). The minibus in the day takes a slightly shorter route than the larger (and some say more comfortable) full-sized night bus. Expect windy and bumpy roads, stops for picking up and putting down passengers, and, if you are lucky, a search of the bus by just-bribed police officers in plain-clothes.
 * Monywa – There are buses apparently every hour. 2,000 kyat. 3½ hr.
 * Tamu – Minivans leave at around 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, for 20,300-30,000 kyat. One Ordinary Express (4 seats across 2 + 2) departs at 11:00, 22,000 kyat. And one VIP Express (3 seats across 2 + 1) departs Tamu at 12:30 (arriving in Mandalay at 03:50), 28,000 kyat. (May 2019)
 * Kalay – The Ordinary Express is at 15:00 and the VIP Express at 16:00, coming from Tamu. Kalay may be a convenient stopover for Tamu (for India). (May 2019)

By bicycle
The best and most flexible way to see the city is by bicycle, as traffic isn't as heavy as in other Asian cities.

By pickup
The cheapest local transportation network consists of mini-trucks, loaded with passages on two benches on the back. They run along routes all over Manadaly starting at the centre at the market at 84th/29th. A number (Burmese symbol) defines where the truck is going and usually two people are standing at the back, shouting their destination and helping people get in. If you catch one at the main hub, it is easier to ask people for the right number and price. Usually 500 kyat pp, sitting in cabin might be more expensive. Routes include:
 * 8 (၈): Centre - Aramapura (along Mandalay - Sagaing Rd.)
 * 23 (၂၃): Centre - 78th south along runway - bus station at Aung Myint Mo Hotel (buses to/from Bagan, Myawaddy)

By moto-taxi
Motorbike taxis try to charge you overly expensive prices, but they would eventually turn out to be cheaper than car taxis if there are only one or two people. Don't pay more than 1,000 kyat for a ride to the centre, including to Mandalay Hill. You can get full-day (09:00-sunset) tours for 10,000 kyat. The driver will take you to the ancient cities, Sagaing and to Amarapura for sunset.

By moto-rental
Renting a motorcycle can be a dangerous in Mandalay as driving can be chaotic, but it is a great way to see the city if you are experienced. Some hotels on 25th St rent bikes and there is an American expat in the centre who rents dirt bikes and motorbikes that can be delivered to your hotel.

By taxi
Taxis are relatively inexpensive and are excellent for travelling around Mandalay. Many sights are centred around Mandalay Hill, which makes walking feasible in that area. However, beware it is not always easy to get hold of a taxi depending on which part of the city you are, so making arrangements beforehand can help.

By trishaw
Trishaws (cycle rickshaws) are a convenient way of getting around in Mandalay if you're able to find one. If you find a driver who speaks good English you can have a tour guide and transport together for a reasonable price with a little bargaining. They only hold one or two persons.

See
Mandalay has a "Mandalay Zone Fee" of 10,000 kyat that covers most of the central attractions and lasts for about a week. Buy it from the first attraction you visit. The tickets are not always checked at all attractions and you might be able to get individual cheaper tickets for some attractions. Access to the Mandalay hill requires an additional entry fee of 1,000 kyat, and Mingung and Sagaing are 5,000 kyat extra both (not always enforced).

Do

 * Mandalay Hill, Sutaungpyai Temple, Myanmar.jpgMandalay Hill 06.jpg

Tours
Do-it-yourself bicycle tour of Mandalay: A whole day tour to Maha Muni, Innwa and U Bein Bridge. Sagaing Hill can be included as well. You can visit U Bein Bridge twice: Once during the day and once at sunset. Start early at the Clock Tower in Mandalay (26th Street, 84th Street) and cycle south 84th Street till two streets after the 42nd street. The road will then split into 2, go left. After the next bend you will see the entrance to Maha Muni Image. Lock your bicycle and take your time to explore the temple and the gardens behind.
 * Daytour "three former capitals": Amarapura, Sagaing, Innwa – You can usually book this tour at your hotel/hostel or directly with a Tuktuk driver (be careful with the price in this case). The normal price for a Tuktuk for the whole day tour is 35,000 kyat (January 2020), which can be divided depending on how many people fit the Tuktuk (usually up to 3 people). The tour starts at 08:30. First place to visit is Amarapura. You will visit the second biggest monastery in the country and watch the monks preparing their food. After that you will go to Sagaing. In Sagaing you will visit two pagodas on the Sagaing Hill, where you have a beautiful view too. From there you have lunch near a small river, which you have to cross after (2,500 kyat per person including return) to get to Innwa. In Innwa you can only get around by horse-drawn carriage (15,000 kyat per person) or walking. The carriage drivers will try to convince you that walking takes too much time, but that's not true. You have enough time to visit all the spots. After visiting Innwa you have to cross the river again. The Tuktuk driver takes you back to Amarapura to watch the sunset on the U Bein Bridge, one of the longest Teakwood bridges in the world. Usually the tour ends at 20:00.
 * Halfday tour to Mingun – For this halfday tour you have to take the ferry at 09:30 in Mandalay and will arrive at 10:30 in Mingun. The ferry (5,000 kyat per person including return) only leaves once a day. Mingun belongs to Sagaing Region and not to Mandalay Region anymore, that's why you have to pay another 5,000 kyat as "entrance fee". In Mingun you can visit the famous Hsinbyume Pagoda (a beautiful white Pagoda also called "photo pagoda") and the Mingun Bell. The ferry back to Mandalay leaves at 13:30. There are no other ferries back to Mandalay later. If you miss it, you can take a Tuktuk back or find a place to stay. (January 2020)

Go back to where the 84th Street splits into two and this time go right. Continue further south. Parallel to your street runs another, getting really close to yours after about 3 km, only to then turn right when yours goes gradually left (there is a petrol station, 100 m to your left is a white pagoda). From there continue on the main road. After 400 m the road bends right, then continues straight for about 1 km and then bends left. You can stop there to visit the Burkayar Monastery. Afterwards, continue straight and leave the main road. After 500 m the railway tracks cross the street. Continue straight through the neighbourhoods for 500 m more until you reach the Taungthaman Lake. Follow the road anti-clockwise along the lake and after 2 km you will reach the parking area of U Bein Bridge. You might have to pay a small parking fee (100-200 kyat). Cross the Bridge and settle in a teahouse on the other side.

Get back on the bicycle and go west until you hit the main road (Sagaing-Mandalay Expy) and the tracks. From there you can explore the neighbourhoods and stop by any building where you hear the dominant rattling noise of the looms. There are factory-like businesses and private homes with only one or two machines. There are plenty, and you will be warmly welcomed to any of them to have a look.

To go to Innwa follow the main road (Saging-Mandalay Expy) further south for 4.5 km, always straight until you reach a roundabout. Go straight for Innwa, or turn right and cross the bridge to Sagaing. After another kilometre you will reach a crossing. The main road bends right a little and crosses the river to Sagaing, a smaller road bends sharply left to somewhere else. And straight continues a small street of rather poor condition. Take this small street and follow it for another kilometre until you reach the river. You can only cross it by ferry (1 min). 1,000 kyat per person and 200 kyat extra for the bicycle return ticket.

Once you leave the ferry you will want to continue as soon as possible as the horse cart tour touts pester you. Follow the horse tracks.

Mahar Aung Mye Bonzan Monastery: From the jetty follow the road, go left, then right at the T-crossing. When the road turns left follow the small trail straight instead (no horse cart can pass), cross the tiny bridge. And after 50 m you reach the monastery (zone ticket). Right hand side from the main entrance there is a stupa, walled with two doors each having stairs. The stupa is connected to the monastery.

Take 2-3 hr to explore Innwa fully. Then go back the same way to see the sunset at U Bein Bridge. There are street lamps all the way to Mandalay. There are no hills, just flat land.

 * Mandalay Clock Tower - Maha Mudi Image: 4 km, 20 min
 * Maha Muni Image - U Bein Bridge: 8 km, 40 min
 * U Bein Bridge - Innwa: 8 km, 40 min

In case you got lost just ask people for the way. As few cycle in the area, not even locals, they are very curious and will gladly help you. Have your destinations written in Myanma as it's easier for people to understand. Try to get a bicycle with lights.

Costs: 1,500 kyat for bicycle, 1,200 kyat for the ferry. Alternatively you can rent a motorcycle for 10,000 kyat. But only one can fit at a time on the ferry.

Buy
Some other markets are listed under.

Eat
Mandalay is a former capital of Myanmar and a major trading centre between Myanmar and its neighbours, China, India and Bangladesh. As a result, it has a notable array of specialities from various regions in Myanmar and from other countries. Cuisine from the Shan State (usually including fermented pastes, vegetables and meats) is popular in Mandalay which has a sizable Shan minority. Muslim Chinese noodles, pronounced pan-THEI-kao-sweh (flat thin noodles mixed with an array of spices, chili, and chicken), are also famous in Mandalay and the surrounding hills. Regardless of where you eat, try to leave space for Htou moun(to-moh), a traditional Burmese dessert sold only in Mandalay; it contains a lot of oil and is extremely sweet.

Budget
Most budget guesthouses are around 25th St, between 81st and 84th Streets. There are many more than those listed here.

Stay safe
Mandalay is a haven for drug kingpins and is a main trading centre of illicit drugs. In 2005, an explosion occurred at Zegyo Market. However, Mandalay is generally a very safe city.

Go next

 * Amarapura (Pyi) – Famous for its ancient sights, and for U Bein bridge, the world's longest teak bridge.
 * Hsipaw – Bus leaves at 06:00 and 14:30 (5,000 kyat), 5 hr.
 * Mawlamyine – Overnight bus Shwe Mandalar at 18:00 (15,000 kyat), leaves from the Highway Bus Station. Quite luxurious (Swedish) bus, includes a towel, pillow, blanket toothbrushes and water. Arrives at Mawlamyine at 05:00.
 * Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) – A former British hill station in a lush alpine forest. The small town contains a variety of colonial relics, and is most famous for its botanical gardens (modelled on England's Kew Gardens). Also known for the Defence Services Academy, the top-ranked military academy in Myanmar. Shared taxis come pick you up (6,500 kyat, back seat, 7,000 kyat front, 1½ hr). Pickups leave from the corner of 27th and 82nd (1,500 kyat, 2 hr). Train is very scenic, and is a must-do train journey if you like trains. It leaves Mandalay at 04:00 (US$3 for upper class).
 * Mingun – Best known for the Mingun Bell (one of the largest bells in the world), is a boat ride away. Boats leave from the Mingun jetty (all drivers know it) at 09:00 and return at 13:00. 5,000 kyat return.
 * Pyin U Lwin – Hill station established by the British. Pick-up trucks run east along 35th street and take about 2 hours and cost 1,500 kyat. Shared taxis leave from 27th and 79th streets (next to the Mother's World Hotel). Depart when full. They will pick-up in Mandalay, and drop off at your desired destination in Pyin U Lwin. Cost was 7000 kyat (May 2019). The train for Pyin U Lwin departs from the railway station each morning at 04:00 (May 2019).
 * Sagaing (to the east) – Has many Buddhist temples and monasteries, especially on Sagaing Hill.
 * Yangon – Overnight buses at 07:00 and 09:00 (10,500 kyat). Luxury bus for 16,000 kyat. Leaves from the Highway Bus Station.
 * Bagan by bus (OK-Bus with pick up and drop off at your hotels) 8,000 kyat. By slow boat (13 hr) on Sundays and Wednesdays at 05:30 for US$15 or express boat (8 hr) daily at 07:00 but only Nov-Feb, US$45. Ticket office for both in 35th Street & Sein Pann Road (kyat not accepted)

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Mandalgovĭ

Mandalgovĭ is the capital of Dundgovĭ province.

Understand
This small dusty town in the middle of the Gobi Desert today serves a convenient stopping place to the huge mines further south and as reasonably close place to the capital to experience the Gobi. However, at one time the winter palace of Ögedei Khan, Genghis Khan's son, was located near the city, as well as the ruins of Sum Khuh Burd temple from the 10th century and ancient forts, tombs, and monasteries. Also outside of the city, there are large wild game animals such as ibex, Argali sheep, black-tail gazelles, and antelope.

Get in
There are 2 buses a day that leave from the Dragon Center in Ulaanbaatar to Mandalgovĭ, at 8am and 2pm. The ride took about 6 hours before a paved road was completed in 2013. Probably much faster now. Tickets should be purchased a day in advance. Or you could get there much faster by hiring a driver to take you.

See

 * Province Museum
 * Dashgimpeliin Khiid Monastery opened in 1991 and has about 30 monks today.

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Mandaluyong

Mandaluyong City is a city in Metro Manila, Philippines. While not touristy as its neighbors owing to the lack of historical sites, the city is by the way a shopping destination, bordered by Makati to the south, Manila's southeast suburban districts to the west, Pasig to the east, and San Juan and Quezon City to the north.

History
The city used to be the historical center of the ancient Namayan kingdom, which used to cover much of some of the districts of Manila, and eastern and southern Metro Manila. When the Spaniards arrived, the remnants of the kingdom have been re-established as the municipality of Santa Ana, which survived as the easternmost district of Manila. Namayan, in turn, survived as the name of one of the city's barangays

Mandaluyong is established in 1843 as the town of San Felipe Neri, named after the patron of Rome. Its first church and parochial school was built in 1863. The city played a strategic role for the revolutionary Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution.

Civil government is established during the early 1900s. San Felipe Neri is merged into the nearby town of San Juan del Monte (present-day San Juan City), and has served as the provincial capital of Rizal for four months in 1904, until it was transferred to Pasig. In 1907, the American colonial administrators restored the municipality, now renamed as Mandaluyong. Many of the city's government buildings and infrastructure, most notably the Welfareville complex, which included the Correctional Institute for Women, Boy's Town, and the National Center for Mental Health (NCHP), are built during the American era.

World War II in the Pacific was devastating in Mandaluyong; it is heavily damaged and many of its people killed. Liberation forces arrived in February 9, 1945, and saved the rest of the municipality from damage. February 9 has since been turned into a local public holiday, Liberation Day

Postwar years is marked by progress and prosperity. Rebuilding was done quickly, and Mandaluyong have undergone an economic boom during the 1950s and 1960, and became the most developed municipality of Rizal. The municipality became part of Metro Manila in 1975, and became a city in 1994.

Get in
Buses or jeepneys can get you into Mandaluyong, with buses mostly plying the main thoroughfare of EDSA.

For the tourist however, the easiest way to get to Mandaluyong would be via taxi, the MRT and the EDSA Carousel that run across it.

Mandaluyong is connected to Makati through three bridges (Guadalupe, Estrella–Pantaleon, and Makati-Mandaluyong). From Manila, it is either by Lambingan Bridge or Sevilla Bridge.

Get around
Mandaluyong's CBDs, all along EDSA, are served by the MRT and the EDSA Carousel; elsewhere, you go with jeepneys, taxis and tricycles.

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Mandan

Mandan is a town in Western North Dakota. Mandan is immediately west of the state capital, Bismarck. It has a population of 23,000 people in 2020.

Get in

 * By car: four exits off Interstate 94 (152, 153, 155, 156).
 * By plane: Mandan Municipal Airport

Do

 * - located in Mandan

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Mandarmani

Mandarmani (or Mandarmoni, Mandarbani) is a beach resort in South Rarh in India.

Get in
The nearest train station is Kanthi and the nearest airport is at Kolkata. For the last 6 km into Mandarmani, there is a narrow but all-weather road, which takes you directly to the hotels and resorts, provided you travel in a car or jeep. You can still drive along the beachside road, but beach developments has a seriously adverse effect on the local ecology, not to mention the atmosphere of the beaches. While driving on the beach side road, stick to the side far from the sea or keep to the established track or you may risk getting caught in mud or sand. The Mandarmani - Tajpur road connects Jalda bride, and tourists can visit Tajpur as well while staying at Mandarmani.

By road
From Kolkata, after crossing the Vidyasagar Setu, take the Kona Expressway. There are two toll plazas on the route at Dhulagori and Sonapetya. After driving a while turn left to Mumbai Road. As the total drive takes about 3½-4 hours from Kolkata, breakfast/lunch/toilet breaks are necessary on the route. Decent toilet facilities and food is available en route at Ruk Zaraa (Kolaghat), Sher-e-Punjab (Kolaghat), Express Food Plaza (Kolaghat), Sher Bengal (Mecheda) etc. Drive till you reach Kolaghat, and turn left toward Nandakumar. From Nandakumar turn right towards Contai. 2 km before reaching Contai Town you will reach Contai Bypass Road, a shortcut that will again drop you on the Kolkata-Digha road. Drive another 10 km to reach Chawalkhola. Take a left turn from Chawalkhola and follow the village road till it ends at a sea-side village called Dadanpatrabar, around 8 km. From Dadanpatrabar take a right turn along a narrow road that runs for another 2-3 km. At the end of this road, you can either drive straight along the sand or take a right turn again through a narrow village road to reach Mandarmani. The road straight ahead has a steep 40-degree downhill slope which leads to the beach and the car should be maneuvered very slowly on this slope. Normally during high tide cars are advised not to take this road as the chances of the cars getting stuck in the sand are high. However, while going on this beach road, the trick is to drive quickly over the sand and not stop as it may result in the car tyres getting stuck. The sand road is typically 4-5 km and it would hardly take 5-7 min to traverse it. It is advised to go in groups of cars so that there is help at hand if any car gets stuck. The village road is just a soil road with dense vegetation and some population on both sides. There are no lights or any other amenities. This runs for another 3-4 km. This road is typically very narrow and for any oncoming traffic either car would have to slow down to give way. There are a few patches of broken road as well and it is advisable to take cars with high ground clearance (SUVs etc) rather than hatchbacks because you would end up scraping the car's underbelly couple of times at least unless it has a high GC. It can take up to 45 minutes to traverse this bad stretch of road which ends up onto the beach near Rose Valley Resort. From there to reach Sana Beach Resort or Victoria Resort, take a right on the beach and drive for another kilometer. Traveling through the beach road is always more time saving and hassle free than the village road but there's the risk of cars getting stuck in sand. It's best to cover the whole stretch from Chawalkhola to Mandarmani before dark.

The total trip from Kolkata is around 3½ hours.

Distances are as follows: Esplanade - 63 km - Kolaghat - 3 km - Mecheda - 80 km - Contai - 12.3 km - Chawalkhola - 4 km - Kalindi - 4 km - Dadanpatrabar - 6 km -Mandarmani - total 172 km.

If coming from Kharagpur drive down the Chennai Highway. This is a good road but drivers need to be careful of the buses and trucks travelling at high speed. Drive for about 40 km till Belda where you have to leave the Chennai Highway and turn left to enter Belda village and proceed towards Egra. This road is comparatively narrow and filled with potholes. Clusters of small villages and towns will come up regularly. From Egra a sharp right hand turn will lead you to Contai from where the road extends towards Chwalkhola. You may also continue straight from Egra to reach Kanthi (Contai) and then take a right turn from there to reach Chawalkhola. From Chawalkhola there is a sharp left turn leading towards Mandarmoni. The road side area is densely populated on both sides and the road has speed breakers placed maybe every few hundred meters. Be extremely careful while driving on this road as the speed breakers may be a bit too high for cars with low ground clearance. There is no electricity in this area and it is strictly advisable to travel before dark. This road will lead towards Dadanpatrabar village where one can go directly towards the beach or take a right turn and travel parallel to the beach for approximately a 100 m, from there one can enter the beach. The distance from Chawalkhola to Mandarmoni is 13 km but it takes 25 to 30 min by car due to the narrow road.

By bus
From Kolkata, catch a bus at Esplanade or at Howrah headed for Chawalkhola, or any bus headed towards Digha. From Chawlkhola there are cycle-rickshaws and auto-rickshaw which you can take to Dadanpatrabar and/or Mandarmoni. You can also hire a car from Chawalkhola for Mandarmoni.

From Dadanpatrabar, you can again get use rickshaws, but it is best to take the transport from Chawalkhola till Mandarmani since transport availability from Dadanpatrabar is very uncertain.

State Transport Buses are available cost ₹130. A number of deluxe coaches run daily, ₹100-₹110. Whiteliners is the better option, departing Esplanade at 7:30AM, cost is ₹205.

Volvo Bus is available from Gariahat via Esplaned in the morning. Check if the route is operating when booking as some times bus may be canceled for mechanical failure or other reason.

By train
There are several trains with different timing. There is one train from Howrah to Digha around 2-3PM and another around early in the morning. After one reach Digha one have to take or hire a vehicle like Maruti and stuff which would take one to Mandarmani. It takes around 45 minutes to reach there. While the journey takes place, you can feel little unsafe looking at the road side darkness, but no need to worry; actually the locality hardly have electricity so they avoid going out after it gets dark.

Get around
You'll most likely be walking between your resort and the beach, however if you need to travel longer distances, avoid the temptation to drive on the beach as it is prohibited now.

Be careful while driving and try to stick to the central part of the road while driving. Towards the end of the road, the sands are soft in places and your car may get stuck in it. Avoid walking on the mohona beach after dark as if you get stuck in the sand dunes, you may not be able to get any local help to pull yourself out.

On the beach, there is no electricity and after dark the only sources of light are the lights of the small beach-side shops which get their electricity from generators or batteries. As the evening progresses, the high tide causes the sea to rise. By 7-8 PM the sea takes up almost a quarter of the total width of the beach. So, if you had visited the beach during daytime, be careful as the sea will definitely be nearer in the evening. Better to have a torch with you at all times after dark.

See

 * The beach – Most people are here to hang out at the beach. The waves tend to be calm and the water is often dotted with a few fisherman going about their daily routine.
 * The Delta – At the end of the beach, there is the 'mohana' or river delta (place where a river meets the sea). There are some fishing settlements nearby.

 * This place is about 5-6 km from the main part of the beach where most of the hotels/resorts are located and is really beautiful with a scenic backdrop. On one side of the river there are dense jhau trees, while on the other side is the fishing village. A bit further from the village on the other bank of the river is some dense vegetation. It is not realistic to attempt to cross over to the other side and go into this forest as it is actually quite distant, despite appearing to be quite close.

 * You can watch the fishermen standing or wading through knee deep water laying their nets or catching fish and crabs.

 * Red crabs are visible over a large stretch of the beach near the Mohana.

 * However, try to avoid this place after dark as it becomes very isolated and you will not find any people, local or outsiders.

 * One can visit the nearby temples and other sight scenes if interested. For that you have to book a "toto", a small vehicle; or you can hire a "bhatbhati" by asking the locals. Mandarmani -Tajpur connecting bride is operational now.
 * One can visit the nearby temples and other sight scenes if interested. For that you have to book a "toto", a small vehicle; or you can hire a "bhatbhati" by asking the locals. Mandarmani -Tajpur connecting bride is operational now.

Do
Relax, swim and enjoy the beach. You can roam everywhere. It is unlikely that anybody will disturb your privacy and the beauty of this beach is that you are not likely to have many other visitors around. Activities include fishing, table tennis, carrom, beach cricket, beach volleyball, and boat cruises. Sunbathing is best from October to February. However, this beach is not frequented by foreign tourists and so if you plan to sunbath here, be sure to keep in mind the local culture.

 * ATV Bikes  You can enjoy the ride of ATV Bikes with pilot on the long beach
 * Jet Ski    Enjoy the ride on Jet ski with pilot, surf the sea. feels amazing
 * Banana Boat It's a ride on sea with several people sitting on a banana shaped boat
 * Bumpy Rides It's a ride on waves, feels bumpy
 * Bungee Trampoline is banned in Mandarmani as of 2022.

Buy

 * Fresh fish & crabs are sometimes available from the local fishermen.
 * Shells the small shops dotting the beach also sell small knick-knacks made out of shells and oysters. You can buy shell-necklace and other such stuff. Beach balls, hats, toys, brought from the Kalindi market or Chawalkhola, are also sold.

Eat
Most of the resorts serve typical Bengali food and Kolkata-style Chinese cuisine. However, food is a bit costly since most of the items have to be brought from far away Kalindi/Contai market. The local raw materials available in the nearby village will not usually serve the requirements of the hotels or resorts.

Also, do not expect very high quality food as the hotels usually employ local people without much expertise as cooks. However, the food is hygienic and generally clean. Crab and prawn preparations are worth savouring. But negotiate the price beforehand.

The beach also has a number of small eateries which sell tea and snacks. If you want to have meals from here, you have to place an order with the owners beforehand. These eateries make the food only 'on-demand' as per prior bookings from customers. With these stalls, you may have to compromise on the hygiene. Costs are again on the higher side.

From the eateries you can borrow chairs to sit on the beach. Food is very expensive. Approx ₹500 per day per head.

Drink
Green coconut water is sold by the local farmers. You can get a limited variety of alcohol from the shops near the beach, but be sure to dispose of the containers properly rather than littering the beach. Also be informed that the alcohol is exorbitantly costly, and in some cases almost double the normal market price. Beer is approximately ₹80 for a 650 ml bottle or can.

Sleep
Several resorts are spread along a 6 km stretch of beach:

Stay healthy
Reportedly some resorts dump solid waste into the ocean, which you may want to consider before heading out for a swim. The report may be wrong because any solid material dumped in the sea ultimately returned by the sea and make a line of debris at high tide line which is not visible. But every tourist should take care of their health. Don't go in the sea beyond hip level water for your own safety.

CCarry any essential medicines if visiting the area as there are very limited sources of potential supply in an emergency.

Go next

 * Digha
 * Junput
 * Mahisadal
 * Shankarpur

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Mandaue

Mandaue is a city in the Philippines, part of Metro Cebu. Mandaue is just north of Cebu City and, like that city, it is on Cebu Island. Just off the coast opposite Mandaue is Mactan Island with the city of Lapu-Lapu on it. From Mandaue two bridges lead to Lapu-Lapu and several good (if sometimes jammed) roads go to Cebu.

Understand
Mandaue is the least glamorous and least touristed of the three cities that make up the core of Metro Cebu, though it has quite a few resident foreigners because its housing costs are lower.

Cebu City is the main center, with better shopping and a wider range of hotels and restaurants, and Lapu-Lapu has the airport and quite a few high-end resorts and condos. Mandaue is mostly residential and industrial; quite a few people live there and commute to work in Cebu.

On the other hand, Mandaue has almost 365,000 people (2020), so it does have all the services one might expect in a medium-sized city anywhere. There are even a few resorts along its coast.

Climate
Like the rest of the Philippines, Mandaue has a tropical climate. It has considerable risk of typhoons, though not as much as some other areas of the country. See Metro_Cebu for more detail.

Get in
The main airport of the region is Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu, and the main port is in Cebu City. Mandaue is easily reached by bus, taxi or jeepney from either.

Metro Cebu has two major long-distance bus terminals, the north terminal in Mandaue and south terminal in Cebu City.

Get around
See the Metro Cebu article for general information on getting around within the urban area that Mandaue is part of.

Within the town, most people travel by taxi or jeepney. Motorcycle rideshare by Angkas and car rideshare by Grab are also popular.

Go next
Mandaue is located between Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu and well connected to both by road; getting to either by taxi or jeepney is easy. Another possibility quite nearby is Olango Island, with birdwatching and diving, reached by ferry from Lapu-Lapu.

Going beyond those, anywhere on Cebu Island is readily accessible by road, and there are many buses. Metro Cebu has two main long distance bus terminals; the north terminal is in Mandaue and the south terminal in Cebu City.

For other modes of travel, Metro Cebu is the main hub for the Visayas region and has connections to many cities outside that region. Mactan-Cebu International Airport is in Lapu-Lapu. For travel by sea, the main port is in Cebu City.

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Mandeville (Louisiana)

Mandeville is a small city in the Florida Parishes of Louisiana. It is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, in St. Tammany Parish.

Get in
From New Orleans and Metairie, take the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway north across the lake. From the east or west, Mandeville is a short distance south of Interstate 12 on either Highway 59 or Highway 190.

Get around
Private automobile is the best way to get in and around. Once in the older part of town, everything can be easily reached by bicycle as well.

The old part of town, with most of the attractions of interest to visitors, is south of Highway 190 to the lakefront.

Lakeshore Drive runs along the picturesque shore of Lake Pontchartrain, with beautiful old homes and local restaurants along the inland side. The largest concentration of local restaurants and shops are along Girod Street (also called "Gerod Street"; a sign maker's mistake generations ago is still often used). The area along Highway 190 has a modern look, along with many more restaurants and shops. Additional local businesses are scattered around the old town area.

See

 * The old part of town along the Lakefront.

Sleep
There are a few bed & breakfasts in town.

Connect
Telephone area code is 985.

Go next

 * The city of Covington and the town of Abita Springs are a short drive to the north; Madisonville is to the west. New Orleans and Metairie are across the Causeway on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain.

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Mandi

Mandi is a town in Central Himachal Pradesh. It is on the crossroad between Dharamsala, Manali and Shimla.

Understand
Mandi has around 300 temples, with 81 stone temples known for their intricate carvings. Most of these temples are built for Shiva and Kali. Some of the temples to visit are Panchvaktra Temple, Ardhnareshwar Temple and Triloknath Temple, all declared as protected monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India. Also visit the anceint Bhootnath Temple, dating back to the 1520s.

Get in
The only way to get Mandi is by road.

By bus
There are regular buses that run between Mandi and all other major towns in Himachal as well as to Chandigarh. The drive to Chandigarh is about 5-6 hr. Manali is about 4 hr.

The bus to Shimla leaves around 9AM, for about ₹300.

By train
The nearest railway stations are Jogindernagar (narrow gauge to Pathankot by Kangra) and Shimla (regular Delhi and valley connections).

By plane
The nearest airport is Bhuntar Airport (in Kullu District) which is 60 km from Mandi Town. Flights are available to and from Delhi, Chandigarh and Jubber-Hatti (Shimla). From Delhi, it takes one & half hour to reach Bhuntar Airport. Another airport is Gaggal airport in Kangra district.

Get around
This historic town is built along the banks of the Beas river. Sage Mandvya is said to have meditated here, hence the name. The town is known for is old stone temples and the fine carvings and is called the Varanasi of the Hills.

See

Otherwise mostly temples, as mentioned:

Further afield

 * Rohanda Valley (2,100 m) – Another beautiful place nearby on Mandi-Shimla road which is pretty popular among motorcycling clubs. Orchard resorts (2,200 m) near Rohanda are quite good on this route.
 * Rohanda Valley (2,100 m) – Another beautiful place nearby on Mandi-Shimla road which is pretty popular among motorcycling clubs. Orchard resorts (2,200 m) near Rohanda are quite good on this route.
 * Rohanda Valley (2,100 m) – Another beautiful place nearby on Mandi-Shimla road which is pretty popular among motorcycling clubs. Orchard resorts (2,200 m) near Rohanda are quite good on this route.
 * Rohanda Valley (2,100 m) – Another beautiful place nearby on Mandi-Shimla road which is pretty popular among motorcycling clubs. Orchard resorts (2,200 m) near Rohanda are quite good on this route.

Trekking

 * Shikari Devi – Trekking Paths through woods of assorted trees and shrubs-which include several medicinal herbs-two separate trek routes lead up to this ancient shrine which crowns the top of a hill. Hunters in the area once prayed to the goddess for success in their hunt and here perhaps, lies the origin of the name "Shikari Devi". The goddess is worshipped in the form of a stone image. Interestingly, the temple which is said to have been in existence since the time of the Pandavas, has no roof, for local legend has it, that all attempts to build one have been unsuccessful.

 * For those who seek adventure a not so popular trekking destination Janjehli is 67 km away. It offers trekking up to 3,300 m to shikari mata peak. It has several others trek routes but the place suffers due to apathy of government. Nonetheless the whole valley offers you some exhilarating views of unspoilt nature and sprawling apple orchards. Dense forests of Himalayan cedar and blue pines really present a treat to eyes as well as health. Shikari mata sanctuary has myriad varieties of flora and fauna. Alpine oaks, spruce, fur and several other medicinal plants are found in plenty there. Wild animals like black bear, musk deer and leopard live here in their natural habitat. Various types of birds including the rare monal are at galore in protected sanctuary of Shikari mata. Janjehli is connected by road to Mandi and buses and taxis are a conveniently available and a guest house of Forest department is available for those who want to stay overnight there and a trekkers hostel is under construction.

Do
Stroll around in the Sunken Garden an its shops, and have a chai.

Eat
There are lots of local delicacies with urad dal as one of the main ingredient. Even the food is served on plates made of leaves. The complete meal is the combination of different type of dishes "sweet, sour n salty".

Sleep
Few hotels have an online presence and even less are listed on major booking websites so the best bet is to show up and inquire on foot. Accommodation can fill up on weekends or when road become impassable due to landslides. Low budget options seldomly have WiFi.

Go next

 * Rewalsar – 24 km from Mandi, Rewalsar is equally sacred to Hindus, Sikhs & Buddhists. It was from this place that Padam Sambhava, a zealous teacher & Buddhist missionary left for Tibet to preach his new doctrine of Buddhism. The Hindus believe that it was here that Rishi Lomas did his penance in devotion to Lord Shiva. Rewalsar is important to the Sikhs who have a Gurudwara built in commemoration of Guru Gobind Singh's visit to this place. It is a very sacred place for the Bhutanese, who are following this doctrine of religion as their State Religion. So there is a temple, gompa and gurudwara, besides the holy lake with floating islands.
 * Barot – 40 km by road and 12 km by Haulage Trolley from Jogindernagar. Barot packs an enormous range of out door activities. The reservoir of the Joginder Nagar Hydel Power Project is located here. A trout breeding centre, makes it a wonderful place for angling. Across the river Uhl is the Nargu Wildlife Sanctuary-home to the Ghoral, Himalayan black bear and a variety of pheasants. A trek route through thick forests links Barot to Kullu.
 * Prashar Lake – 50 km from Mandi at an altitude of 2,730 m. The deep blue water at this beautiful lake is held sacred to the sage Prashar. Experience the serenity and breathtaking views of Dhauladhar mountains. There is a motorable road till the lake but vehicles do not play in winter when its snows there. A 7.5-km moderate difficult trek amid the forest can be taken by adventure enthusiasts. It is here that the sage Prashar is said to have meditated. On the lake's edge is a three storied Pagoda-like temple dedicated to the sage. Capped with a roof of slate tiles, the temple has a wealth of wood carvings. An old temple, it is said to have been built by Raja Ban Sen of Mandi in the 14th century. An entire panorama of snowy mountain ranges is visible from this location.
 * Panjin Thach – 75 km from Mandi via Bali Chowki.These are two villages situated in the middle of thick forests of deodar, pine and tosh trees. Both villages offer beautiful scenery and base camps for adventure loving tourists.
 * Tattapani – 155 km from Mandi. It is a deep scenic valley surrounded by high hills, Tattapani is famous for its hot sulphur springs—noted for therapeutic powers. 4 km from Tattapani is a Shiva Gufa which has created a lot of anxiety among local populace and researchers.

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Mandimba

Mandimba is a city in Niassa in Mozambique.

Get in
Mandimba is the first town you will come to while entering the Niassa District area of north-eastern Mozambique as it borders the Chiponde, Malawi exit. Travelers can enter by foot, by bicycle taxi, hired vehicle or personal transport. Regular vehicles drive in from Lichinga to the north and Cuamba to the east.

Get around
Getting around on foot or bike is no problem in this small town. It is easy to hire transport to take you wherever you may need to go whether it be nearby or far away.

Do
There is not much for a tourist to do in Mandimba. You could hang out in some local bars, get to know the friendly folks that make this area interesting. It's mainly a resting point for travelers heading to Lichinga up north, or towards Nampula to the east.

If you've got a mountain bike there are some nice dirt roads/trails leading through scenic villages and the like. There is a smallish waterfall outside of town heading towards Cuamba that's good for a swim during certain times of the year (turn right past the second bridge out of town and go down a few kilometers where there is a branch-off to the right, park and cross the river on foot and walk down the rocks.)

The first church of Niassa Province sits unassumingly just past the first bridge out of town heading towards Cuamba (on the right; sometimes there is a sign to mark the church set back off the road).

Buy
There is a thriving local market that sells all kinds of locally available produce (tomatoes, onions, lettuce, ground nuts, maize, etc. depending on the season), as well as simple construction supplies. Visitors are known to come in from Malawi to purchase new Chinese motorcycles available at rock bottom prices with the quality to match.

Eat
Several dining establishments are available for those who enjoy chicken and chips, locally-caught fish, beef purchased from the Namwera, Malawi Saturday market.

Drink
There are several bars in Mandimba offering a wide selection of beers, wines and liquor.

Connect
Media outlets include TVM (the national television network) and a locally-run radio station which uses a mixture of Portuguese and locally-based languages of Makua and Ciyawo (also known as Ajawa, Chiyao). Several government offices are housed in Mandimba including the Administrador, Dept of Labor, District Court, City Planning, and others.

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Mandrem

Mandrem is a village in North Goa, India.

Get in
Buses go from Pernem a few times every day via Arambol. It's the last stop of the line.

If you looking for an adventure, you can walk along the beach-side from Arambol, even if the walk is more like climbing due to the steep coastline and the difficult terrain, so don't even think about doing it with you backpack on.

A mototaxi from Arambol will cost ₹100-200.

Get around
From the small village of Mandrem just walk towards the sea, there is little chance that you will miss it.

See
There is a small Portuguese fort close to Mandrem, you will see it as soon as you walk out on the beach. Getting there is quite easy, free service is operated every 30 minutes but the walk is quite exhausting especially if its hot, but will give you the chance to see a sleepy small village were tourists still are quite an attraction. The is an abandoned school-building in the woods just shortly before entering the village, an almost impassable small path lead there and these 5 minutes walk are really worth it. The Fort is now turned into a High-Class hotel but the stuff don't mind if you walk around and enjoy a beautiful view over Mandrem beach and Maharashtra in the north.

Except for this, there is little to do than laze around at the beach or take a swim in the surprisingly deep water.

Do
Visit the beautiful deserted beach, just a few huts offering not-so-good food, but the beach and sea are worth it.

Buy
Except for a small pan-shop at the main "bus terminal" there were no shops spotted in April 2010

Don't even think of an ATM out here so stock up on cash well in advance.

Drink
In April 2010 there were 2 small beach-shacks providing you with semi-cold drinks and a really small selection of food for reasonable prices

Sleep
A few guesthouses provide you with a bed in Mandrem village, but rather stay in Arambol and do a day trip because there is nothing really to do in Mandrem. But if you are looking for some quiet time one a desert beach then try bargaining because there are a few guesthouses but no one really to stay in them so you might get a better price.

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