Manchester Full-Day Experience: Local Highlights, Hidden Gems, Personalised Tour with a Local

Experience the best of Manchester with a personalized full-day tour led by a local. Explore local highlights, hidden gems, and indulge in the city’s culture and cuisine.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Old Trafford - Get what you want out of Manchester, even a visit to Old Trafford, on a private and personalized experience
    IMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalized experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences
  • Castlefield Gallery - Enjoy top…
What's Included
  • Choose 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 hour walking tour, exploring highlights and hidden gems
  • Hotel meet-up (available on request for central location)
  • Private and personalized walking tour with a passionate local
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation (primarily a walking experience however public transport may be used)
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Have one whole day to discover Manchester? Whether you’re a soccer enthusiast, eager to experience the town that Manchester United deems their home, or you’re simply interested in absorbing some of the northern customs - accompany one of our guides who are thrilled to show you what makes their city so unique! Pause for a pub meal, and sure, why not a…

Location
Starbucks Coffee
London Road
After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to fit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dmyc2015
Jul 19, 2025
Wonderful sights with a friendly guide - For me, a walking tour of any new city is an absolute MUST. The service provider was excellent as their Customer Service Manager communicated with me to confirm the tour and even arranged for an earlier time slot. My host Kevin was more like a friend, than a guide. He provided a preliminary itinerary before the tour and was prepared to tailor the tour to my interests. He gave me a lot of info and insights to better appreciate Manchester and helped me to better relate to the things I see in the city. My 2-hour tour covered a lot of fascinating history of the what's and why's to understand the motivations and circumstances that shaped the city. Kevin is certainly more enthusiastic about Manchester's rich history and personality, rather than both its famous football clubs. Kevin even shared some tips on places to visit on my own. He's passionate about what he does when he talks about life in the various neighborhoods, the local culture, values and lifestyle. Time really flew by. I highly recommend this walking tour to anyone. Kevin's tour has a bonus at the end, which you'll only discover if he's your host.
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Nicole_b
Jul 10, 2025
Outstanding - Jutta was an outstanding to a guide. She has lots of great questions to start and work out exactly how the tool best suit my interest. In my first time in Manchester, I could not have been more fortunate to have her as my guide. She was brilliant in her role leading me through the city.
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Bryan
Jun 18, 2025
The perfect tour of the city. - The tour was amazing. Roy was fantastic and his knowledge of the city and his personality were great. Even though he was a man city fan.
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Erika_n
Jun 10, 2025
Private walking tour of Manchester with Daz - Daz did such an amazing job on our 2 hour private walking tour of Manchester! Communication was wonderful and he REALLY nailed our interests. I am a huge music nerd so I was skeptical but he is very knowledgeable about the music scene and history of Manchester. It was like hanging out with a good friend! We 10/10 recommend!
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Joseph_d
Jun 7, 2025
Walking Tour of Manchester - Some walking, very knowledge guide. Knew exactly where to go to give us a solid overview in three hours. Some great side stories made it even more enjoyable.
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Lesleysp7900ja
May 29, 2025
A must do if you are in Manchester - Amazing fun and fact filled. We learnt so much about the rich heritage of the city, its economic, political and cultural background. Roy our guide was brilliant.
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Tironek
May 22, 2025
Great Tour! Highly recommend Kevin - Kevin showed me Manchester and all the sites. Was a great day out. I learned so much, we chatted about history, sport and all things Manchester. Highly recommend!
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393deettem
Apr 12, 2025
Everything I wanted from Manchester! - This was a highlight of my trip to Europe! The weather was disastrous but I had so much fun visiting all of the “Madchester” sites and hearing the AMAZING stories (historical and personal) that Darren had to share. He was beyond personable and if I didn’t live in another country I’d beg him to be my drinking buddy! Even if he supports United. Boo.
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Nicola
Mar 17, 2025
Great Manchester city tour - Manchester is such a cool City and my tour guide Darren was perfect. He has lots of interesting local knowledge about the town’s history and culture. He was fascinating on the music scene in particular. It was fun and I would highly recommend.
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Rick_f
Mar 9, 2025
A Perfect, Fast, and Fact Filled Tour - Did you know that the “insert item” was invented in Manchester? We learned so much on our two hour tour including the incredible listing of invented/created in Manchester tidbits that we have a new found affinity for the city that has nothing to do with its football teams. Jutta was always communicating prior to the tour and even gave us a great pub suggestion for the day before our scheduled tour - she gave us a great 2 hour tour covering everything we asked for in the lead up to the tour. We wanted to know about the history of the city with some emphasis on the music scene in particular the late 70’s and early 80’s punk and new wave music makers. We ended the tour with another great suggestion for a quiet coffee and scone location. Jutta can easily be hired for a longer tour should one have the time or inclination. I’m sure we missed so much. However, it was what we asked for and she delivered in spades. A great tour!
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From $35
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).