WALKING TOUR IN THE CITY OF...
Bristol
From the imposing heights of Clifton Gorge down to this city's lovely reclaimed harbours, Bristol is a beautiful Georgian port full of energy and colour. Join us for a stroll around its streets
of 19th-century buildings that gaze out at the bridge. First comes the old Clifton Rock Railway, a funicular that used to drop tourists down to the Hotwells volcanic springs on the banks of the River Avon. Next is the Avon Gorge Hotel, which opened in 1896 as the Grand Clifton Spa and Hydropathic Institution, using water pumped up from those wells to provide an efficacious Turkish bath for guests.
Text by Adrian Mourby | Illustrations by Sophie Minto
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TART IN ONE of England’s grandest suburbs at the Clifton Observatory, a former windmill that was converted into a camera obscura in 1828. From here, there are impressive views across the Avon Gorge (300 feet deep at this point) and of Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge that has spanned it since 1864. Taking the path down Sion Hill, you pass a complex
These buildings form one end of a 19th-century terrace that was intended to rival Bath’s Royal Crescent. It was named Prince’s Buildings but was left incomplete. Today, single-storey extensions fill the gaps between grand town houses.
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