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Manchester is in New Hampshire, USA. It is home to St. Anselm College.

Contents 1 Get in 1.1 By air 1.2 By Bus 1.3 By Car 2 Get around 3 See 3.1 Sports 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 8.1 Hotels 8.2 Bed and Breakfast 9 Get out

Get in

By air

• Manchester - Boston Regional Airport, Brown Av. Route 101 exit 2, Phone: +1 603 624-6556, [1]. A convenient way to get to the city and much of southern New Hampshire. Sometimes used as a low-cost, low hassle alternative to Logan International Airport in Boston.

By Bus

• Vermont Transit, 119 Canal St., Toll free: +1 800-552-8737, [2]. Service from Montréal, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
• Concord Trailways, 119 Canal St., Toll free: +1 800-639-3317, [3]. Service from Boston.

By Car

The city is located right on Interstate 93, and Route 3.

• Town & Country Taxi, Phone: +1 603 668-3434.

Get around

• The Manchester Transit Authority, 110 Elm Street, Phone: +1 603 623-8801, [4]. Service within the city including between the airport and bus terminal. It's typically hourly and fares are $1. It stops at around 6pm.

• By Foot: Downtown (Elm St.) has become more walkable as of late, much of the sites are withing walking distance.

See

• Currier Art Museum, 201 Myrtle Way, Phone: +1 603 669-6144, [5]. 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. Museum Hours Su, M, W, F 11AM-5PM, Th 11AM-8PM. Sa 10AM-5PM. Free admission Sa 10AM-1PM. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays. Zimmerman House hours: tours M, Th, F at 2PM; Sa at 11:30AM, 1PM and 2:30PM; Su at 1PM and 2:30PM.
• The Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St, Phone: +1 603 668-5588 (box office), [6]. A restored theater that features plays, concerts, and other live performances.
• Amoskeag Fishways Learning and Visitors Center, 6 Fletcher St., Phone: +1 603 622-3474, [7]. Year round. M-Sa 9AM-5PM. (Also open Sundays May, Jun). 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.

Sports

• New Hampshire Fisher Cats Baseball, One Line Drive, Phone: +1 603 641-2005, [8].

• Manchester Wolves Arena Football, Brady Sullivan Field, Phone: +1 603 627-9653, [9].
• Manchester Monarchs Hockey Club, 555 Elm Street Verizon Wireless Arena, Phone: +1 603 626-7825, [10].
• New Hampshire International Speedway, 1122 Route 106 North in nearby Loudon, Phone: +1 603 783-4744, [11].

Do

• Derryfield Golf Course, 625 Mammoth Road, Phone: +1 603 669-0235, [12]. Public municipal course. 18 holes. $35 green fee; $26 for cart.
• Livingston Park, Hooksett Road. Running track, ballfields, walking, playground.

Buy

• As with the rest of New Hampshire, there is no sales tax.
• Downtown offers many smaller shops.
• South Manchester (The Shopping District) is home to many large chains and a large mall.
• East Colony Fine Art, 55 South Commercial St. in the Millyard, Phone: +1 603 621-7400, [13]. W-F 11AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-5PM. Browse or buy, worth the trip.

Eat

• Lala's Hungarian Pastry & Restaurant, 836 Elm St, Phone: +1 603 647-7100. Hungarian and Austrian pastries, breakfast and lunch.

• Piccolo Italia Ristorante, 827 Elm Street, Phone: +1 603 606-5100. Voted Manchester's #1 Italian Restaurant.

• Unwined, 865 Second St., Phone: +1 603 625-9463, [14]. Romantic place with wine bar.

• Fratello's Ristorante Italiano, 155 Dow Street, Phone: 603-624-2022, [15]. Excellent! Prime rib recommended.

• The Black Brimmer American Bar & Grill, 1087 Elm Street, Phone: +1 603 669-5523, [16].

• Nutfield Ale & Steakhouse, 55 John E. Devine Dr., Phone: +1 603 666-3030, [17]. At Four Points Sheraton. Casual upscale with their own microbrews center stage.

• Intervale Country Club, 1491 Front Street, Phone: +1 603 626-7344, [18]. Open to the public.

• Chateau Restaurant, 201 Hanover Street, Phone: +1 603 627-2677, [19]. W,Th 4PM-9PM, Sa,Su 4PM-10PM. Classic long-time favorite with Martini lounge.

• The Yard Restaurant, 199 Mammoth Road, Phone: +1 603 623-3545, [20]. Great for Sunday brunch.

• CJ's Great West Grill, 782 So. Willow Street, Phone: +1 603 627-8600, [21].

• Shogun Japanese Steak House, 545 Daniel Webster Highway North, Phone: +1 603 669-8122, [22]. M-Th 11AM-10PM, F,Sa 11AM-11PM, Su 12PM-9PM.

• Longhorn Steakhouse, 1580 S Willow Street, Phone: +1 603 647-4901.

• Tinker's Seafood, 545 Daniel Webster Highway, Phone: +1 603 622-4279.

• Bob Nadeau's House of Subs, 776 Mast Rd., Phone: +1 603 623-9315. Nadeau's is a hole-in-the-wall treasure, known and loved by locals. Very close to St. Anselm's college, this place is well known for it's absolute brilliance with steak and cheese subs.

• Alleycat Pizzaria, 486 Chestnut St., Phone: +1 603 669-4533.

Drink

• Manchester (nicknamed "Manch-vegas" by the locals), is all about partying. A short walk on Elm Street will bring you past many bars and restaurants.
• The Black Brimmer American Bar & Grill, 1087 Elm Street, Phone: +1 603 669-5523. "Voted best pick-up place."
• Omega, 494 Elm St., Phone: +1 603 668-7997. Great for dance enthusiasts.
• Billy’s Sports Bar, 34 Tarrytown Road, Phone: +1 603 622-3644. Dude! A TV in the rest room! Now that is a sports bar.

Sleep

Hotels

• Best Western Executive Court Inn and Conference Center, 13500 S Willow Street, Phone: +1 603 627-2525, Toll-free: +1 877 627-2525, Fax: +1 603 665-7090, [23].
• Courtyard Manchester Airport, 700 Huse Road, Phone: +1 603 641-4900, Fax: +1 603 641-0001, [24].
• Fairfield Inn Manchester Airport, 860 Porter St., Phone: +1 603 625-2020, Fax: +1 603 623-7562, [25].
• Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown Ave., Phone: +1 603 641-6466, [26].
• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, 1298 South Porter St., Phone: +1 603 669-6800, [27].
• SpringHill Suites Manchester Airport, 975 North Perimeter Road, Phone: +1 603 668-9400, Fax: +1 603 668-8200, [28].
• TownePlace Suites Manchester Airport, 686 Huse Road, Phone: +1 603 641-2288, Fax: +1 603 641-2223, [29].

Bed and Breakfast

• Ash Street Inn, 118 Ash Street, Phone: +1 603 668-9908, [30]. 5 rooms, $150+.

Get out

Particularly in early fall, a trip to the White Mountains for foliage viewing is rewarding. Boston, Vermont and the Southern Maine Coast are not too far.

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