10 things to do in Bristol
- City Bus Tour
- ss Great Britain
- Harbour Ferry Tour
- Day out with Thomas
- Blaise Castle
- Haynes International Motor Museum
- Zoo keeper for a day
- Drive a steam train
- Carefree Cycling Tours
- RockSport at Cheddar Caves & Gorge
Award winning Bristol Restaurants
- The Oakwood
- Thornbury Castle
- Hotel Du Vin
- Riverstation
- Bordeaux Quay
- The Lounge at Cadbury House
- Ellipse Restaurant
- The Bowl Inn and Lilies Restaurant
- Quarterjacks Restaurant
- Tyrells
"The happiest place to live in England!" - You Gov Poll 2006
More on Bristol
Since the late 1970s, the city has been home to a crop of bands combining punk, funk,
dub and political consciousness, the most celebrated being The Pop Group. Ten years
later, Bristol was the birthplace of a type of English hip-hop music called trip hop
or the "Bristol Sound", from artists such as Tricky, Portishead, Smith & Mighty
and Massive Attack. It is also a stronghold of drum & bass with notable artists
such as the Mercury Prize winning Roni Size/Reprazent as well as the pioneering DJ
Krust and More Rockers. This music is part of the wider Bristol urban culture scene
which received international media attention in the 1990s.
The city's principal theatre company, the Bristol Old Vic, was founded in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic company in London. Its premises on King Street consist of the 1766 Theatre Royal (400 seats), a modern studio theatre called the New Vic (150 seats), and foyer and bar areas in the adjacent Coopers' Hall (built 1743). The Theatre Royal is a grade I listed building and the oldest continuously-operating theatre in England.
