Places To Visit 

See some of the very best attractions in Bristol – land and water based ones! From environmental to industrial, maritime to media, with a cathedral and Clifton Suspension Bridge thrown in too!
Harbourside Attractions Guide

Find some great drinking establishments; overlooking the harbour, or tucked away down back streets. From those serving traditional ales and ciders, to funky wine bars with great cocktail menus.
Dockside Pub Guide

Fab food from a range of eateries – some on boats, some on land, from high class restaurants to good old local pub fare.
Dockside Eateries Guide

10 best independent businesses to support

1. All the independent traders in St Nicholas Market - Enjoy the fantastic bustling market; tuck into one of the cafes within the hugely popular food hall swamped with local traders (selling Italian, Portugese, Morroccan and Jamaician cuisine along with great sausage and cheese selections from expert sellers, Bristol's famous Olive Shed and Pieminister Pies and a popular juice bar to top it all off)! Also a wide range of stalls selling jewellery, fabric and beads, secondhand books, unusual gifts and cards, historic photos, traditional sweets and more!
   Wednesdays - An award-winning Farmers market
   Fridays and Saturdays - a bustling arty / fashion led Street Market. (Welsh Back landing stage)
2. View Gallery - Independent art gallery. (Mardyke landing stage)
3. Brunel Buttery - THE best place for bacon butties in the city! (damn good veggie sausage and mushroom ones too!) (Prince Street Bridge or ss Great Britain landing stages)
4. Spike Island - support the 80 + independent artists based there and tuck into great food at their new Canteen/Bar (ss Great Britain landing stage)
5. Local traders often set up stalls along the walkway infront of Watershed and The River. Buy a hat, some jewellry or a second hand book! (City Centre landing stage)
6. Create Centre - visit the Eco-Home for free, enjoy the lovely homemade food in the cafe (some of the food is even grown in their garden!) (Nova Scotia landing stage)
7. Top nosh at Bordeaux Quay - organic, locally sourced and in a splendid eco-building too! (Millennium Square landing stage)
8. Take a walk with Pirate Pete - leave the car at home and walk the city with one of the harbour's big characters! (all around the harbour!) www.piratewalks.co.uk/
9. See the boatbuilders work; repairing and building all sorts of craft at The Underfall Yard. (Cottage landing stage)
10. Visit The Glass Boat for top nosh food and great views of the water and Bristol Bridge in the old quarter! (Welsh Back)

10 best free things you can do by ferry!

1. Play in the fountains in the City Centre. (City Centre landing stage)
2. Can you see Sylvester the friendly Chinese Goose around Welshback? (He's the one with the bent neck!) or can you find the Canadian geese, or one of the small number of moorhens that live in the harbour too? (Generally found around the Welsh Back landing stage)
3. View the Clifton Suspension Bridge and see the big lockgates that all the huge ships pass through when returning from their sea adventures (Pumphouse or Nova Scotia landing stages)
4. Visit The Create Centre - free entry and a great display on recycling, and check out The Ecohome! (Nova Scotia landing stage)
5. Make faces into the amazing planetarium mirrored sphere at At Bristol! (Millennium Square landing stage)
6. Try out traditional sweets bought from glass jars in the sweet shop in St Nicholas Market (Welsh Back landing stage)
7. Play frisbee in Queen Square (City Centre or Welsh Back landing stages)
8. See how the Museum of Bristol is coming along (completion due in 2012). (Prince Street Bridge landing stage)
9. Free entry to the City Museum at the top of Park Street (City Centre landing stage)
10. Join Mr Cabot who sits and contemplates life outside The Arnolfini (Prince Street Bridge)