I stayed for 2 nights, on a complimentary basis, at the Abode Hotel Manchester during the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. The former 18th century textile building is located a couple of minutes walk from Manchester’s main rail station, Piccadilly.

Abode Hotel Manchester courtesy of abodehotels.co.uk

The hotel stairwell is beautiful, with tiled walls and some stained glass windows. I loved the large bed in the room and found it to be really comfortable. The rain head shower was very refreshing. The free wifii was fast and reliable. However I had a couple of niggles. The safe was almost at ground level, so I had to kneel on the floor to access it. Also there was no power socket close to the tea and coffee making facilities, so I had to put the kettle on the floor in order to reach the nearest socket.

Breakfast was very good and the freshly made Danish Pastries were the best I’ve ever had (and I’ve scoffed a few of these in my day). In fact the Continental selection was so good that one morning I didn’t bother with the cooked breakfast option.

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