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Largest city in New Hampshire, United States
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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.
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Collection includes works by Picasso, Monet, and O'Keefe. Features European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs, sculpture, and performances. The museum owns Frank Lloyd Wright's Zimmerman House, the only Wright-designed house in New England open to the public. Free admission Sa 10AM-1PM. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays.
Interactive exhibit hall that allows visitors to explore the Merrimack River. View live turtles, frogs and salmon, play a salmon migration game, generate electricity. During May and June, view migrating shad, herring and sea lamprey through underwater viewing windows looking into a 54-step fish ladder.
Exhibits on the history of the city, including early colonial settlement, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company (at its peak was the largest textile producer in the world), and present-day immigration to the city.
Public municipal course. 18 holes. $35 green fee; $26 for cart.
Running track, ballfields, walking, playground.
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180-ft vertical drop. Known for great lesson programs & open from Christmas vacation to mid-March.
A restored theater that features plays, concerts, and other live performances.
A restaurant set in the historic Millyard District.
This small (30 seat) eatery serves excellent Nepalese food, which has elements of Indian and Chinese cuisine. The restaurant has a variety of vegetarian options and offers plenty of spicy -- very spicy -- entrees. The fiery gundruk soup is a must for lovers of spicy food, although be warned: it will clear your sinuses something fierce. A small parking lot, but other parking nearby is easily available.
Quality Service since 1917. A very popular destination for locals serving American and Greek food. You may even see Adam Sandler there.
Very fun diner, open 24 hours since 1922. Voted one of the top ten diners in the country by USA Today. Very good pancakes.
Voted Manchester's No. 1 Italian restaurant -- and with good reason. Reservations are strongly suggested. Terrific pasta and veal.
Open to the public.
Great barbeque joint, one of the many in the Longhorn chain.
Nadeau's Subs
Nadeau's is a local chain, sporting four locations in Manchester and one in Exeter. Won the Best Sub Shop of 2013 in Hippo Magazine.
New York-style thin crust pizza, subs, calzones.
1950s-style diner close to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, attached to south end of the Holiday Inn Manchester Airport. Sister of Common Man Restaurant chain.
Classic pub in one of Manchester's old mill buildings. Frequent live music (check online). Function room & brewery tours also available.
Billy's has an extensive menu, is inexpensive, and is an excellent place for out-of-state visitors to watch football games. Although the bar is a Patriots bar, fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Buffalo Bills, New York Jets and other out-of-market teams will find fellow partisans there on Sundays, usually in the smaller "back" room. The "back" room will usually have sound and one of the main high-definition televisions turned to the Steelers game when the Steelers are playing, due to a large group of Steelers fans who gather there weekly.
More than 65 beers on tap. Live music every night of the week. Good, cheap food. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, place is very crowded.
Offers a complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle service, fitness center, indoor heated pool, and an affordable park & stay package. Weekly specials and packages are posted on the hotel website.
Provides an in-room fitness experience.
Watch baseball from your room. Better yet, watch baseball from the hotel's outdoor bar.
The hotel provides a free hotel shuttle to and from the airport, an indoor saline pool and pet-friendly rooms.
5 rooms.
Comics and gaming. Owned and operated by Brett Parker and brothers Chris and Scott Proulx, the store opened its doors in July 2002 in an effort to provide a fun and exciting place to shop and game. Feel free to stop in and pick up game in the arena or just chat comics.
By bus
Greyhound has services from Montréal and many cities in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, as well as Boston.
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).
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.
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