🇬🇧 Manchester Circular Route: A Day in the Industrial Gem

📍 Start: Piccadilly Station (just 2.5hrs from London) 🐝 Fun fact: Manchester’s transport logo is a bee—even the trams are sunshine-yellow! 🚶♀️ Itinerary 1️⃣ The University of Manchester 🎓 • Red-brick grandeur + Nobel Prize vibes. Don’t miss the "Instagram Gate"! 2️⃣ Manchester Museum 🦖 • Free dinosaurs, mummies & lizards (right next to the uni). 3️⃣ Science & Industry Museum 🔧 • Steam engines to spaceships—where the Industrial Revolution began! 🍽️ Lunch: Rosa’s Thai (📍 Hidden gem—order the sharing platter!) 4️⃣ John Rylands Library 📚 • Hogwarts-level Gothic (free entry!). 5️⃣ Albert Square & Town Hall 🏛️ • Festival hub + epic Victorian architecture (under renovation until 2027). 6️⃣ Manchester Art Gallery 🖼️ • Pre-Raphaelite to modern—free culture fix. 7️⃣ Chinatown 🏮 • UK’s 2nd largest—locals swear by Xiang Zhi Wei’s spicy Hunan dishes! 🎧 Final Stop: Northern Quarter 🎨 • Graffiti, vinyl shops & indie cafés—perfect for evening drinks. #ManchesterInADay #IndustrialChic #UKStudentLife