Avoid! (Manchester Airport (MAN))

Member Name: doctordarke2389

Product:	Manchester Airport (MAN)
Date:	22/07/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The train/flight out

Disadvantages: too many to mention ..

I have only used Manchester airport once, last November to Abu Dabi, and found it a dis-spiriting experience. Okay, it was undergoing extensive refurbishment and the place was like a building site in parts, but there are other aspects that are quite separate from that, and it was on a cold and sad November evening. Travelling there (I usually go from birmingham) was a nightmare, with delaying problems on the train to Sheffield, and a dodgy connection to Manchester.

The airport itself looks good from the outside, and is pretty much a generic structure as in most airports share the same characteristics like your average high street, and are therefore cultural deserts. Sure, they are little more than transit points, I concede; but, Manchester has a depressing finality to it, like the terminal that lost souls arrive at before going down to Hades. This is reflected in the bar - not the best I've visited by any stretch of the imagination. it's bland, featureless, small, depressing, and totally bereft of any kind of charm.

Moving onto discuss the shops - what can one say? pretty much of a muchness, but that area is still in need of some investment to bring it up to true international standard. All I can add is that I have resolved to pay that little bit extra and fly from Birmingham International, of a much better standard, and complete with occasional battling Hells Angels for one's pre-flight entertainment. More on this place elsewhere.

Summary: Not my favourite