Bristol can provide an interesting setting for a romantic weekend away or breath of English heritage as well as providing plentiful entertainment for families. These are some of the most popular things to do in Bristol. Bristol can be incredibly busy in peak season so always book your Bristol hostel in advance for the best rates.
Brunel’s SS Great Britain
A museum within the one of the original passenger steam ships and gives one the chance to experience what life on Victorian steamships was like.
Bristol Aquarium & IMAX 3D cinema
Here visitors are given a chance to go on an underwater safari through an aquarium that has both native and tropical marine life from around the world. The aquarium also has a life size recreation of a sunken ship and Bristol harbour scene as well as a wooden footbridge looking down onto a giant coral seas display home sting rays and tropical sharks. It also has a walk-in seahorse display.
The IMAX 3D Cinema is one of its kind and gives visitors a chance to watch numerous marine-themed 3D films giving you a more solid understanding of the underwater world. All of this is included in the admission price; all in all this is worth a visit.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery has displays from around the world including art by many internationally famous artists as well as paintings of Bristol and others by local artists. The museum has sections on natural history as well as national and international archaeology and local industry all inside a beautiful Edwardian building.
Cabot Tower
The Cabot Tower is a tower built in the late 1800s in Bristol in memory of John Cabot’s famous voyage from Bristol to what would later become Canada. The tower is not just a historic building with a fantastic view of all of Bristol but is also situated in the beautiful Brandon Hill parkland a wildlife haven so is definitely worth the visit.
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