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Manchester
Manchester is in New Hampshire, USA. It is home to St. Anselm College.
Get in
By airManchester - Boston Regional Airport () (), Brown Av. Route 101 exit 2, Phone: +1 603 624-6556, . 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 BusVermont Transit, 119 Canal St., Toll free: +1 800-552-8737, . Service from Montréal, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.Concord Trailways, 119 Canal St., Toll free: +1 800-639-3317, . 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, . 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, . 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), . 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, . 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.
SportsNew Hampshire Fisher Cats Baseball, One Line Drive, Phone: +1 603 641-2005, . '''New Hampshire Phantoms, .Manchester Wolves Arena Football, Brady Sullivan Field, Phone: +1 603 627-9653, .Manchester Monarchs Hockey Club, 555 Elm Street Verizon Wireless Arena, Phone: +1 603 626-7825, .New Hampshire International Speedway, 1122 Route 106 North in nearby Loudon, Phone: +1 603'' 783-4744, .
Do
Derryfield Golf Course, 625 Mammoth Road, Phone: +1 603 669-0235, . 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, . W-F 11AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-5PM. Browse or buy, worth the trip.
Eat
The Puritan Restaurant, 245 Hooksett Road, Phone: +1 603 669-6980. . Quality Service since 1917. You...
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