The temperature will always be tropical, azure waves will gently lap at your feet, and the cocktails will be on ice at a swim-up bar.

When you're bored of splashing about in the warm waters, you might fancy a go on one of 25 slides into one of the many pools.

Or how about sampling one of the 20 on-site saunas, then walking around colourful botanic gardens.

Sound like paradise to you? Well, that's exactly what the bosses of Therme Manchester have promised this week, as work finally, finally begins on the vast, £450million wellness resort that is about to take shape right here in Greater Manchester - next to the Trafford Centre .

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