MANCHESTER GIFTS AND EXPERIENCE DAYS FOR COUPLES
If you’re looking for a fantastic gift for a couple who lives in Manchester, then look no further, because we’ve discovered some unique and exciting treats that any true Mancunian would be thrilled to receive! From fun filled experience days in the city to stylish gifts to add that special touch to their home, here are our top-picked fantastic gifts that are the true definition of 'mint':
Segway Adventure
Perfect for couples who love spending time in the great outdoors, this 1 hour Segway adventure is the ideal gift for those looking for a fun-filled thrilling experience day. Enjoy the future of travel with a special someone as you roam the grounds of your chosen park, experiencing the joy of the Segway. You will be given a safety briefing before you undergo a 3 stage session where you learn how to navigate the Segway, practice on a track, and finally set off to roam the park as you please. This exciting day out is a great gift for that special someone who enjoys trying out new things and love a little adventure! For those couples who just cannot get enough of the great outdoors, what better way to appreciate nature and get some fresh air than with each other?
Featured Experience: One Hour Segway Adventure For 2 From £69
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Food Tour
Give the gift of a romantic gastronomic adventure in Manchester! This curated food tour is the perfect experience for a couple seeking a unique and delightful way to explore the city together. Led by a knowledgeable guide, they'll uncover hidden culinary gems and savor diverse dishes that reflect Manchester's rich food culture. With a luncheon featuring locally sourced ingredients included, this experience promises an unforgettable day for the pair to indulge in both the city's history and its delicious flavors. Whether they're food aficionados, history buffs, or simply love discovering new places together, this Manchester Food Tour is the ultimate gift for a memorable and shared experience.
Featured Experience: Half Day Food Tour With Lunch From £60
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Axe Throwing
For the love birds that want an adrenalin rush, this 70 minute indoor axe throwing experience with drinks makes for an exciting and unique date night. Hosted by Whistle Punks, this indoor activity is a fun way to learn a brand new skill and introduce some friendly competition into date night. Your experience will be shared alongside 10 other players, and your experienced instructor who will be there throughout your night to guide you. You will practice and build up your confidence before taking part in a tournament against your team! Enjoy two complimentary drinks each to quench your thirst while challenging yourself. This is a fun way to enjoy a unique day out together and take on a new challenge.
Featured Experience: Indoor Axe Throwing With Drinks For 2 From £79
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Cocktail Experience
Send a fun-loving couple on the most unique night out in Manchester with an immersive cocktail experience like no other. During this theatrical evening at Alcotraz Prison Bar, you’ll discover what it’s like to be behind bars in a jail cell that looks like it came straight out of the real Alcatraz. Once you’re kitted out in your classic orange jumpsuit, you’ll enjoy four delicious cocktails each prepared by your mixologist inmates, while enjoying the dramatic atmosphere of the clink. Packed with entertainment and fun challenges, this theatrical prison themed cocktail evening is one of the best nights out in Manchester ideal for that Mancunian couple who love a good time and trying something different.
Featured Experience: Immersive Cocktail Experience at Alcotraz Prison Bar From £37
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Jigsaw Puzzle
The perfect gift for any massive jigsaw fan in Manchester is a puzzle featuring one of the works of L.S. Lowry, the famous English artist with a connection to the city. This beautiful jigsaw depicts a scene of yachts sailing off the British coastline and his distinctive style of depicting human figures often referred to as matchstick men. Couples will love cosying up together in the evening to construct the 500 pieces of this puzzle and admiring Lowry’s mysterious seascape painting. The ideal gift for both lovers of jigsaw puzzles and art, this thoughtful gift can be used time and time again and comes with an additional A4 poster of Lowry’s ‘Yachts’ that the couple can frame and hang proudly in their home.
Featured Gift: L.S. Lowry Yacht 500 Piece Jigsaw From £10.99
Art Class
We all know a super creative couple who would love every second of this paint and sip art class in Manchester. Send them to a trendy hotel or pub in the city for this arty evening out where they’ll enjoy a workshop in drawing or painting while sipping on their favourite tipple. Under the guidance of a local artist, you’ll learn how to master some of the fundamental techniques of a chosen artistic style and how to express yourself through your materials. With no experience or skill level necessary, this art class is all about having fun and enjoying the relaxed, social atmosphere with a drink in hand. Let your creative juices flow and see what masterpiece you come up with.
Featured Experience: Paint and Sip Art Class In Manchester From £25
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Old Trafford Stadium Tour
For that Manchester United superfan, how about a stadium and museum tour of iconic Old Trafford? Send a football mad couple to walk in the footsteps of Man United Legends Bobby Charlton, George Best and David Beckham. Explore this legendary stadium to see the famous pitch, player’s tunnel and dugouts, and the spectacular view from the ability platform at the top of the stands. At the museum you’ll marvel at the impressive trophy collection and display of past kits while discovering fascinating trivia about your favourite players. Treat that die-hard Red Devils couple to a day at The Theatre of Dreams they’ll never forget!
Featured Experience: Old Trafford Museum And Stadium Tour From £56 For 2
Alternatively, Give The Gift Of A Manchester City Stadium Tour
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Escape Room
Gift an experience to remember with this Enchanted Magic Escape Room. Ideal for treating that couple who are a fan of puzzles, problem-solving and all things magic, this 60-minute Escape Game Venue will be an amusing, unforgettable experience that they will be reminiscing on for years after. Encounter strange creatures, find head-scratching clues and work together to solve the mysteries that will send you on the adventure of a lifetime. To escape, you must search for clues and solve a series of puzzles that test your logic, teamwork and problem-solving skills. Hopefully, you will be able to succeed and escape before the time is up. If not... well, let's just say, the outlook is pretty Grimm. This experience is the perfect gift for that special someone, or that specific couple who love solving mysteries and problem-solving with strange clues and stories.
Featured Experience: Enchanted Magic Escape Room For 2 From £54
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Cocktail Set
What do you buy that gin loving couple whose bar at home is already stocked with gin? An elegant gin cocktail set of course. This stylish copper set comes with a Boston shaker and mixing glass, double-ended measurer, Hawthorne strainer and mixing spoon, all in a velvet style black case embossed with the Manchester Gin logo. This sophisticated set belongs in the home of any true gin fan and is sure to attract countless compliments from guests invited round for drinks. With everything they need to make the perfect gin cocktail, they’ll be mixing up a Negroni, Tom Collins or Gin Sling in no time!
Featured Gift: Manchester Gin Cocktail Set From £58
Cheese and Wine Pairing
For that couple who love their wine and cheese, we’ve found the ultimate gift that will tantalize their tastebuds. Under the guidance of a wine expert, spend a wonderful evening pairing a variety of wines to their perfect cheese match! At a special venue in Manchester, you’ll be treated to a tasting of six different wines and introduced to a delicious range of carefully chosen cheese as you experience classic pairings as well some unexpected ones. Whether you’re tasting a Brut Champagne, a refreshing Chardonnay or a full-bodied red, your expert host will teach you how to select the cheese that will compliment it the most. With your newly acquired knowledge, you’ll be crowned forever more as the king and queen of wine and cheese nights that will delight and impress your guests time and time again.
Featured Experience: Cheese And Wine Pairing Evening For 2 From £70
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Chopping Board
Whether used to prepare dinner or as a serving platter for gourmet cheese and charcuterie, this worker bee chopping board is a great gift for any Manchester couple. The worker bee has been an iconic symbol of Manchester for over 150 years, denoting Mancunians' hard work ethic and the city being a hive of activity. This stylish and solid board belongs in the kitchen of any proud Mancunian, with its contemporary, monogram-style bee engraving making it a chic utensil you’ll be proud to have on show on your counter top. This sleek board is ideal for hosting wine and cheese evenings at home and is sure to attract envious glances from your guests. Due to its tough, long-wearing material, the recipients of this lovely board will get to enjoy it for many years to come.
Featured Experience: Manchester Bee Wooden Chopping Board From £24.99
Bungee Jump
We all know that one couple who are obsessed with anything that gets their adrenaline-pumping. It can be argued that nothing else can match the adrenaline rush provided by a massive 160ft freefall (whilst safely being attached to an elastic band, of course!). After you have been welcomed into the centre and completed your membership form, you will be weighed twice to ensure the correct bungee rope is used for your jump. You will then be harnessed and strapped in by the ankles, whilst the team perform their extensive safety checks. Not long after, you will enter the cage and prepare to Admire the scenic beauty of Manchester as your instructor prepares you for your leap, before descending down with full speed. You are guaranteed to feel a mixture of shock and euphoria as you descend and recoil skywards again with massive G force!
Featured Experience: Tandem Bungee Jumping From £125
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Chocolate Making
If you or your partner have a sweet-tooth (I know I do.), this Chocolate Truffle Making Workshop in Manchester is the perfect experience to gift that chocolate-lover. Chocolate has always been a romantic, sweet delight that couples love to share with one another on special occasions. Whether you, that special someone or that special couple are full blown chocoholics or just occasional investors, this will provide them with a guaranteed tasty treat whilst in the company of fellow friendly chocolate-lovers. You will be taught the educational history of Chocolate and its origins, before learning the basics behind making your very own. You will be able to fill your truffle with tasty cream (Plant-based options available, for those healthier chocoholics) amongst other fillings. Shortly after, you will begin your decorating as well as trying out other methods of creation, such as mixing, sculpting, rolling, cutting and dipping! Once you're done, you will be able to hand-wrap the goodies, which you can gift and share (or keep for yourself - I definitely would)!
Featured Experience: Chocolate Truffle Making Workshop From £45
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Perfume Making
If you or that special someone prefer to sit back, relax and just catch up with one another (or just love some good tea!), this Platinum Perfume Making with Afternoon Tea in Manchester is the perfect experience for those couples seeking a glamorous solo day out. The Platinum Perfume Experience is a luxury 3 hour session where you will start learning about the history of perfume and how it fits with various cultures around the world learn all about creating perfumes, before making your own unique fragrance which you will be able to take home. The expert will introduce you to over 20 blends of fragrance, so it can be guaranteed that there will be a perfect scent for even the most pickiest of choosers. You'll pick your favourites and create your own, unique perfume that will be given for you to take home at the end of your experience. After your perfume experience, you will be able to enjoy an extravagant Afternoon Tea, where you and your partner can relax and talk away about your brand new fragrances. This experience is perfect for that partner who enjoys the finer things in life, and loves spending quality time with their loved one.
Featured Experience: Platinum Perfume Making With Afternoon Tea For 2 From £188
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Happy Gift Buying!
We hope our Manchester gifts guide for couples has given you some great ideas for the ideal present. Whether an exciting prison themed cocktail experience or a stylish worker bee themed gift for their home, we’ve discovered some fabulous presents which the lucky Mancunian couple will find ‘dead good that’. Need more ideas? Browse our full range of awesome experience day gift certificates for Manchester here. Whether they love to go segwaying, tackle a challenge in an escape room or get creative during a photography workshop, we have exciting experience days in Manchester to suit every couple!
