Greater Manchester tours, things to do and tickets

Immerse yourself in the City story on the Manchester City Stadium Tour. Visit areas of the Stadium not usually available to the public.

Using the latest technology, dreams come true as you and your loved ones sit and interact with Pep Guardiola in the press room. Immerse yourself in the City Story as you walk out of the glass players' tunnel, sit in the seats in the dug outs and soak up the views of the stadium from pitchside! There is a surprise at every turn!

Your behind-the-scenes tour at the home of the Treble winners includes an exclusive look at the home team dressing room, where you will gain insights into what happens on matchdays with an audio-visual show. Take a selfie with your favourite player's shirt, before walking down the tunnel to the sound of the Etihad Stadium crowd. Then go pitch-side and sit in the mangers seat in the dugouts. You can then pose for a photo and field questions with a virtual Pep Guardiola in the press conference room.

Welcome to the ultimate indoor LEGO® playground.  LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre is the perfect place to learn and have fun! Learn building tips from our Master Model Builder workshops or zap the skeletons in the Kingdom Quest laser ride. You can also enjoy the Merlin’s Apprentice ride and LEGO® City: Forest Pursuit Driving School or even become our latest recruit at the LEGO® Ninjago Laser Training camp. We also provide the unique opportunity to see all of Manchester’s top attractions made from LEGO® in our MINILAND®.

There’s plenty of LEGO® to keep you busy, whatever the weather. So if you’re heading to Manchester’s shopping city, Trafford Palazzo, please come and visit the fantastic LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre and lose yourself in over 2 million LEGO® bricks, all under one roof!

SEA LIFE Manchester transports you into the amazing underwater world. Prepare for astonishingly close views of everything from humble starfish and seahorses to graceful rays and powerful sharks. With an amazing ocean tunnel, 30 display tanks and more than 5,000 sea creatures SEA LIFE Manchester is the perfect stop for family fun! To get any closer you would have to get wet! Small group limited to 5 travellers

If you only have a few days in the city, or you want to discover its secrets and explore the main attractions, this is the best walking tour in the city. Because we are limited by number we can ensure we give you a personal experience and you can really get to know your tour guide and the rest of the people on your tour.

Our tour guides are in love with the city, and being in a personal small tour they can answer all of your questions and make tailor made suggestions to make the most of your time in Manchester.

All the main attractions are located in the city center, so this tour is the perfect choice to get to know Manchester in just a few hours.

Join Joe on the #1 Google rated walking tour of Manchester. Wander through the streets and learn some of the hidden gems and secrets of Manchester!

On your tour you will see some sets of BBC and Netflix series. You will also see where Hollywood movies were filmed and see that the architecture, staircases and pavements of the streets look like New York.

You’ll also experience the incredible street art of the Northern Quarter and find plenty of Instagram photo opportunities!

You’ll learn how one Manchester resident was instrumental in ending the 2nd world war. You’ll also see how Manchester had a huge role in leading the way to ending slavery.

You’ll see how Manchester gave the world many firsts including the handheld ice cream, women voting rights, vegetarianism and policemen! You will also see the meeting place which gave the world the Premier League!

Learn what famous singers did before they made it! And see how and why Manchester has more music than any other city in Britain!

Calling all curd nerds and turophiles – yep there’s a word for your love of cheese – Manchester’s finest cheeses are being wrapped up into one 2 hour walking tour!

You have not truly explored Manchester until you tour as a turophile. Get involved in Manchester’s first and grate-est cheese crawl!

The crawl is 2 hours of non stop in-curd-edible action. There will be a cheese whizz quiz and of course a bit of wine.

The crawl will be packed full of the finest of Manchester’s brie-liant cheeses, with very mature fun facts, and the chance to heckle your quizmaster with your favourite cheese puns that will have your group crumbling faster than a wensleydale.

Meanwhile you’ll feta believe you’ll learn a bit about cheese making, and be introduced to some cheese mongers and shops you just camembert to stay away from.

It’s a whole different kind of ‘cultured’.

Inspired by Hollywood Movies and TV that have brought to life America's infamous prison stories, Alcotraz is London's first immersive theatrical cocktail bar. From the orange jumpsuits upon entrance, to the real metallic cells, Alcotraz becomes the perfect backdrop to a drink within an epic yet intimate environment. You won’t find a set menu of drinks here…after all, it is prison! The working inmates of Alcotraz will be serving unique, personalised cocktails behind bars using the liquor that visiting convicts will have smuggled in and your personal tastes. As new inmates you can expect to see your illegally smuggled liquor combined with liqueurs, bitters and homemade syrups to make bespoke, contemporary and classic cocktails perfect for your time behind bars. Be as creative as you can with your attempts to smuggle-in liquor. Alternatively, Inmate Cassidy has got the Guards on your side who have their own system for hiding contraband. Just make sure the Warden doesn’t catch you.

Arrive at iFLY Manchester and safely float in an 800-horsepower vertical wind tunnel that generates a wall-to-wall cushion of air commonly used by professional skydivers without having to jump from a plane. Just about anyone can fly and no experience is necessary.

Once inside the flight chamber, a tunnel operator slowly increases the wind speed until you and your instructor are airborne. Feel the adrenaline rush as you float at wind speeds reaching 130 to 175 mph (209 to 282 kph). The stable wall-to-wall airflow keeps you from falling off the column of air and your instructor is on hand at all times to guide you.

The entire indoor skydiving experience takes about 90 minutes from start to finish. Each session includes up to 13 people, but you fly one-on-one with your instructor twice - the same freefall time as three tandem skydives!

To ensure our team are able to fly you, it's vital you arrive at the venue no less than 45minutes before your booked flight time.

On this food tour we visit not one but two of Manchester's most vibrant areas. You will hear the fascinating history of Manchester and it's people.

From the golden age of the Industrial revolution to the ultra cool and trendy city of today. On the tour we'll visit some of the city's most famous eating places and also some of our secret spots. Each place we visit has a special dish that tells a story of Manchester.

You'll get to meet some of our chefs, bakers and producers. Our mission is to showcase our food heroes and introduce you to a side of Manchester you may never have seen or heard of before.

A gastronomic adventure, sample some of the best food and drink the Britain's greatest industrial city has to offer and learn how our food and drink offers an insight into the city’s past, present and future. Manchester’s food and drink scene is booming and this tour will show you why. Your local guide will take you on a multi-stop food tour across the city revealing some culinary hidden gems and historical insights along the way.

Departing Salford Quays take a 60-minute cruise along Manchester's historic Ship Canal and River Irwell on board a purpose build Dutch sightseeing vessel departing from central Manchester. Venture through the industrial heartland of the north of England and see historic monuments such as Stephenson's railway bridge.

Love Craft Beer? Then you'll love Craft Beer Tour Manchester!

If you are looking to enjoy craft beers across Manchester then join our tour through the city every Saturday. Our friendly guide will introduce you to breweries and beer houses off the beaten track, making it the perfect day out for beer lovers visiting the city and locals alike!

On each tour, you will get 10-12 beers (1/3 pints) of superb craft beer locally brewed in Manchester. At each venue a brewer or a tasting expert will guide you through some of the best produce the city has to offer.

Join us for an unforgettable Manchester experience!

Each craft beer tour includes:

• Taste 10-12 craft beers (1/3 pints), each beer unique to the venue

• A 3 ½ hour guided tour & tasting experience around the city

• Visit four venues, including Manchester based breweries and specialist craft beer bars

• A talk on each drink & the brand behind the beer by the experts at each venue

• All drinks included in the price

A fun and different way to see Manchester!

Solve satisfying clues and follow beautiful maps sent to your phones.

Spot things other people take for granted!

You’ll learn interesting facts and stories.

Everything is outdoors and you can do social distancing.

To see a demo, go to https://treasurehuntmanchester.com/sightseeing/

Sightseeing Tours the way they should be. Fully narrated and escorted by driver guides who love their jobs almost as much as you will love your day with them.

Navigating exciting hidden roads and routes into the superb landscape, we will show you sights that most tourists will never get to see.

Fun and laughter all the way, all day.

Windermere Lake Cruise will be included in your tour price.

The Lake District is where people go to rejuvenate their senses.

The soaring mountains refresh your mind, the lakes calm your worries, and the quaint houses and little lanes make you yearn for a long-forgotten age.

So on this tour, we take you on a day trip through the best locations of England’s most famous National Park.

You learn the tales from Windermere, the largest lake in England and you admire Wordworth’s cosy Dove Cottage.

Join this tour, enjoy the scenery, and let nature help you unwind.

Experience the delights of Derbyshire on this day tour to the Peak District from Manchester. Explore Castleton, Monsal Head, Bakewell, Peak’s Cavern, and more.

Explore the back streets for urban art & discover how ceramic art transformed the area into the city's coolest district. We cast a critical eye & learn about issues facing the city from social justice to public spaces, and look at the ethics behind public art itself.

The tour tracks the transformation of the Northern Quarter since the 1970s when it was in decline in the wake of our first American-style shopping mall, the Arndale Centre, opening.

The area, the one with the highest density of protected buildings in the city, was cited by cultural icon Tony Wilson in the 90s as being 'our Detroit' owing to a mass evacuation of businesses.

It was art that turned the area around from 1998 onwards. The tour discovers the original ceramic art trail & uses more modern street art in order to weave together the narrative. We also take a dive into AirBnBs, gentrification, public space & where to sit down.

I donate 10% profit to local causes. Sustainable, thoughtful & inclusive tourism

We offer tailor-made private tours for any group (U3A groups, Stag/Hen parties, business team-building days). These tours can be adapted to suit your interests. For example, you might be interested in an LGBT+ tour, or a Street Art tour, or a tour of Manchester political history. You may want there to be pub-stops, or to include personalised features.

These tours are led by Josh, a young MA Manchester history graduate who has been running tours of Manchester for nearly a decade!

Get in touch to learn more of what we can offer.

King Edward built a castle in Conwy, King Arthur slayed a giant in Snowdonia, and the Romans laid the foundations for the town of Chester: this part of the world is packed full of myths and marvels.

And on this tour, your guide takes you on a journey through the best of the must-see sights.

You explore Conwy where a castle watches over a bustling harbour town. You visit Betws-Y-Coed, a quaint village nestling amongst the stunning mountains of Snowdonia. And you explore Chester, a town that’s blessed with one of the most brilliant cathedrals in all of England.

It’s a day tour that’s perfect for anyone who enjoys a mixture of castles, beautiful landscapes, and curious towns.

Join a fully-narrated sightseeing tour from Manchester to North Wales. Explore Victorian seaside resorts, marvel at a medieval castle, and experience the mystical Snowdonia National Park.