Guidebook for Bristol
Parks & Nature
It's full of a wide variety of wonderful trees and is vast so you can wander without seeing anyone BUT they have a lovely cafe! It is about a 40 min drive away but worth the trip
340 locals recommend
Westonbirt, The National Arboretum
It's full of a wide variety of wonderful trees and is vast so you can wander without seeing anyone BUT they have a lovely cafe! It is about a 40 min drive away but worth the trip
It's very near the cottage, you can walk through it all the way to Bristol, traffic free and has 2 cafes. The walk through takes you past wonderful trees, the house of the original owners of the park and a deer park. It brings you out on the road to the Suspension Bridge.
Ashton Road
Ashton RoadIt's very near the cottage, you can walk through it all the way to Bristol, traffic free and has 2 cafes. The walk through takes you past wonderful trees, the house of the original owners of the park and a deer park. It brings you out on the road to the Suspension Bridge.
Shopping
One is a great shopping mall and the other full of small independent retailers
36 locals recommend
Cribbs Causeway
One is a great shopping mall and the other full of small independent retailers
It's an area of Bristol on the edge of the Gorge, near the Suspension Bridge, great small shops, indepedent food shops and restaurants and in a historic and very attractive area of Bristol. Huge houses once owned by the merchants of Bristol and although some are still family homes, most are flats
77 locals recommend
Clifton
It's an area of Bristol on the edge of the Gorge, near the Suspension Bridge, great small shops, indepedent food shops and restaurants and in a historic and very attractive area of Bristol. Huge houses once owned by the merchants of Bristol and although some are still family homes, most are flats
Food Scene
It is a great spot you can have just a coffee or an entire lovely meal, great if you are meat eater or veggie and near loads of independant little shops
52 locals recommend
Primrose Cafe
1 Boyce's AveIt is a great spot you can have just a coffee or an entire lovely meal, great if you are meat eater or veggie and near loads of independant little shops
Sightseeing
Joining the country to the city, the bridge hangs hundreds of feet above the river Avon, amazing views, you can walk, cycle or drive over. Great photo spot and fantastic coffee van on countryside of Brunels wonderful bridge
540 locals recommend
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Bridge RoadJoining the country to the city, the bridge hangs hundreds of feet above the river Avon, amazing views, you can walk, cycle or drive over. Great photo spot and fantastic coffee van on countryside of Brunels wonderful bridge
The harbour in Bristol is now used for cafes, places to eat, museums, Brunels' SS Great Britain, great for adults and children alike but not cheap. the little ferries work on a jump on and off system and are a fun way to travel around the centre of Bristol, getting great views of the historic spots of the City
32 locals recommend
Harbourside
The harbour in Bristol is now used for cafes, places to eat, museums, Brunels' SS Great Britain, great for adults and children alike but not cheap. the little ferries work on a jump on and off system and are a fun way to travel around the centre of Bristol, getting great views of the historic spots of the City
First inhabited by the invading Romans who used the hot springs there you can still sample the supposedly healing waters and swim in them, look round what remains of the Roman Baths. It is a very beautiful City home for a short time of author Jane Austen, has good theatre shops, places to eat and is full of tourists but an essential place to visit and is just 10 mins from Bristol on the train but a good 40 mins by car.
721 locals recommend
Bath
First inhabited by the invading Romans who used the hot springs there you can still sample the supposedly healing waters and swim in them, look round what remains of the Roman Baths. It is a very beautiful City home for a short time of author Jane Austen, has good theatre shops, places to eat and is full of tourists but an essential place to visit and is just 10 mins from Bristol on the train but a good 40 mins by car.
Arts & Culture
The oldest working theatre in the UK, great productions for adults and children, was the starting off point for the careers of many great British actors.
90 locals recommend
Bristol Old Vic
King Street The oldest working theatre in the UK, great productions for adults and children, was the starting off point for the careers of many great British actors.
There is loads to see about the history of Bristol, very hands on and always new exhibitions arriving. Its on the Harbourside, good cafe and you can sit outside to eat AND IT'S FREE!!!!
219 locals recommend
M Shed
Wapping RoadThere is loads to see about the history of Bristol, very hands on and always new exhibitions arriving. Its on the Harbourside, good cafe and you can sit outside to eat AND IT'S FREE!!!!
Drinks & Nightlife
The Milk Thistle
Colston AvenueIt's unusual and you have to book you can't just walk in
Entertainment & Activities
It's gone out of it's way to reduce the animals, provide them with the best spots and rotates the animals to being in the zoo to having time in their Wild Place where they are free to roam. Wonderful gardens, great spot to watch the seals, penguins etc from underwater areas. Gorillas are wonderful and are part of a breeding programme to return these endangered creatures to the wild
192 locals recommend
Bristol Zoo Gardens
College RoadIt's gone out of it's way to reduce the animals, provide them with the best spots and rotates the animals to being in the zoo to having time in their Wild Place where they are free to roam. Wonderful gardens, great spot to watch the seals, penguins etc from underwater areas. Gorillas are wonderful and are part of a breeding programme to return these endangered creatures to the wild