See Brighton's Attractions, Entertainment, Hotels and Taste Its Food

By Alison Bembridge

Brighton is a city by the sea and, thanks to its fantastic road, rail and air links, its a city which has attracted millions of visitors in the past and continues to do so today.

Places of Interest in Brighton

Brighton's long sea front has long been a great hit with the town's tourists and, thanks to the Victorians, who loved their technology, this attraction can be enjoyed while travelling on the first public electric railway in the world, the Volks Railway. This runs all the way from Brighton Pier to Black Rock - the full length of the seafront. It is one of Brighton's earliest tourist attractions and provides the visitor with yet another way to see the town and its coast.

Brighton has is fair number of representatives of the seafaring classes and could never, therefore feel complete without a marina. The Brighton Marina, which is located in the Kemp Town area of Brighton, is among the largest yachting marinas in the UK. Recent development here, however, mean that the Marina complex is much more than just yachts and it has been developed into a modern and attractive tourist area with its shops, cafés, restaurants and bars, along with a multi-screen cinema and a ten-pin bowling complex. Because of its location, pretty-well all of the facilities enjoy fantastic views of the harbour and make you want to simply sit, relax with a drink or two and enjoy the view. Regular boat trips are on offer from the Marina, both around the marina and the surrounding coast.

Brighton can make the shopper feel at home in Brighton by offering them not only all the outlets which are expected in one of the UK's larger towns but something extra. That's the possibility to escape from the High Street shops which are seen in monotonous regularity on every high street and to wander into a world of individual shops of every description in The Lanes - it's a world long disappeared in most UK towns and cities. When you wander into the Lanes, you wander into a world of small, personally-owned shops. There's shops of every description here, with antiques, gifts, jewellery, music, clothes - and every shop has its own individual identity. Mixed in with the shops are historic buildings, street entertainers and, of course, restaurants and cafés and atmospheric pubs in abundance. When you get into The Lanes, it's difficult to imagine that you're still in the busy seaside town of Brighton. Many people regard The Lanes as Brighton's Secret Garden.

The Brighton Entertainment World

Brighton has been developing its entertainment offering ever since The Prince Regent discovered the town and is still doing so today. The modern visitor can justifiably complain that, in Brighton, they're spoilt for choice!

The most-outstanding entertainment venue in Brighton has to be The Theatre Royal, as it is housed in an outstanding Grade II listed building which has almost 200 years of use as a theatre. This provides a wide mixture of theatrical events for the visitor, with everything from Noddy to The Sound of Music with Sleeping Beauty, Gilbert and Sullivan and Mozart in between. It doesn't matter what it is you go to see as the experience is made all the more-pleasurable by the wonderful building to which The Prince of Wales gave the Royal Assent in the summer of 1806

Another venue which stages contemporary dance and drama performances is The Gardner Arts Centre. Here, visual arts, films, music and comedy are also presented. Of a more-traditional 'seaside entertainment' is that provided at The Pavilion Theatre where a range of entertainments including theatre, music, comedy and dance is provided. Similar shows are also put on at the Komedia.

Brighton cinema goers are also very well-catered for with the multiplex cinema at The Brighton Marina.

For many visitors, one of the the main attractions of the town is the Brighton nightlife and, as could be expected from the number of hen and stag parties held in the town, this too is an extensive and varied experience.

The Wining and Dining Experience

As a visitor to Brighton, you need have no worries about your appetite during your trip. The city boasts over 400 restaurants and can rightly claim to offer a menu to match every taste. As it's a seaside town there are the expected beach front fry-ups with burgers and fish and chips but there are also restaurants which offer a traditional English cuisine. There is also the other end of the scale, with Brighton's chic café culture and a great range of exclusive restaurants where even the most-discerning of palettes can be satisfied. Many of the earlier-humble pubs in Brighton have been transformed to cater for the types of visitor to the town and there's many a great meal to be had in a modern Brighton public house!

Brighton Accommodation

Brighton offers a wide range of accommodation from Bed and Breakfast to five-star hotels, catering for all the different types of visitors who choose the resort. This leaves the visitor free to choose whether they seek the family-run atmosphere of a small B&B or to meet their fellow backpackers in a hostel. For the deeper-pocketed visitor, who wishes to be pampered and treated as royalty at one of the exclusive and elegant seafront hotels, there's a rich choice of quality hotels. With a bit of research, you can find exactly what you are looking for.

Your Welcome to Brighton

It matters not who you are or from where you came, there'll be a welcome in Brighton and its sister town Hove. If you're looking for more facts, figure and photos or just looking for Brighton things to do, please do give our web site a visit and plan your visit to Brighton and Hove.

Hello, I'm Alice and I love travel. I love to meet the people where I go and to hear what they think of the world - and particularly of their home town. However, most of all, I love Brighton. Every time I visit the place, I find something new to enjoy. I'm amazed at the variety of experiences which it has to offer. I can't see how any visitor, whether they're with their family, on their own or with a bunch of stags or hens, can fail to have a good time. It's not just what's on offer in Brighton which impresses me, it's the ease of availability of everything. Perhaps it's because Brighton is such a compact place or perhaps it's because they - the locals - have been doing it for so long that they've got good - no really, really good - at welcoming the visitor. They do have an unfair advantage though, when they've got a town that's so well-blessed with attractions, is so well situated, has geat accommodation, fantastic restaurants and has such good connections with the rest of the world. Still, let's not get jealous, let's just get along to Brighton and enjoy the things to do there!