The Best Western Princess on Portland is a traditional English hotel set within Manchester city centre, located one mile of the areas restaurants, galleries and museums. The 85 contemporary guestrooms are decorated in rich and blue tones with dark wood furnishings. Modern amenities include coffee and tea making facilities, direct dial phones, clock radios, Internet connections, trouser presses, satellite television, hairdryer, and bathrooms with toiletries. In the hotel restaurant, Brasserie on Portland, modern British dishes with a continental influence, are prepared in an open theatre kitchen and served in a contemporary setting. Guests can also choose light meals from a bar and lounge menu. Guests can relax with a drink in the bar lounge, or take advantage of room service. Wireless Internet access is available in the public areas for checking schedules or looking up local information. Guests can purchase day passes at preferential rates at the nearby fully equipped fitness centre, which also houses an indoor pool and sauna, and offers beauty treatments. Parents can benefit from babysitting services and drivers can make use of onsite parking (surcharge. There is plenty to see and do in the vicinity, with Manchester Art Gallery, the Village, China Town, the Palace Theatre and Opera House, main shopping centre, Museum of Science and Industry and Manchester Museum, all within one mile. Manchester Airport is approximately 10 miles and a 20 minute drive from the hotel.