We spent a day at the huge Therme waterpark that's coming to Manchester - it's jaw-dropping

There are giant palm trees as far as the eye can see, the temperature is a constant 30C and there's the gentle splish splash of water as I dip my toes into a vast swimming pool complete with a swim-up cocktail bar. I may be abroad right now - but one day Manchester, one day very soon, this really will be ours.

I'm at the original Therme Waterpark in Bucharest, Romania - a huge indoor domed waterpark and wellness experience boasting 10 pools, 16 water slides, 10 saunas and outdoor beaches, pools and fountains. It's a truly jaw-dropping experience - but even more astounding is that the next Therme Waterpark will be right here in Manchester and it will be DOUBLE the size of this one.

Work is about to start shortly to demolish EventCity opposite the Trafford Centre to make way for the £250m Therme waterpark with a staggering 25 pools, 35 water slides and 30 saunas. It's set to be a gamechanger for not only Manchester's tourism scene, but for the entire UK.

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Seeing how it will look on a computer generated image is one thing, but actually visiting the real-life Therme here in Bucharest is quite another. It makes you realise that this really IS a reality, and it's about to become OUR reality.

That one day very soon, all of us northerners will be lolloping around on an indoor beach, waves lapping on our feet, before we swim up to a cocktail bar for our Margaritas and Mojitos. We'll be getting steamy in a range of eye-popping sauna experiences (more on that later), getting a relaxing massage or facial, or maybe even trying a bit of yoga in an expertly manicured herb garden, all under a glass dome super-structure.

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