3 nights bath or bristol

[Bells3032]

Hello. Due to not wanting to go abroad dh and I planning to go away for three nights end of September. We are both massive history buffs and he's never been to Bath so deff want to take him. So thinking one day in Bath and one full day in Bristol zoo. Not sure what else we want to do.

But we can't decide whether to stay in Bath or Bristol. Bristol is cheaper and a bit more to do but bath is so quaint and lovely to walk around.

Oh help

I'd recommend staying in Bristol. The attractions are a lot more spaced out than Bath and staying there would give you more time to visit them. Bath you could conceivably do in one day.

Agree. Stay in Bristol and visit Bath for the day.

I’d stay in Bath because it’s so beautiful.

Stay here:
https://www.thepighotel.com/near-bath/

@MilkshakeandFries it's not available the dates we want to go :(

@Bells3032 oh no!

This place also looks lovely:

https://www.thebirdbath.co.uk/?utmterm=the%20bird%20bath&utmsource=google&utmmedium=cpc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInbeZ3dDF6wIVSoBQBh0jPgfzEAAYASAAEgICtvDBwE

Have you looked around Brisol marina

Bath! Bristol is a hole...

It's also walking distance to pretty much everything you could want.

We stayed at this inn www.ohhpubs.co.uk/the-bear-and-swan/accommodation/ and from it we visited Bath, Bristol, Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole

Bath is lovely at night, it depends if you want peace to soak up the atmosphere or a bit of life (in which case Bristol). Walk around the Royal Cresent at dusk, go for a meal, wander over the bridge and look at the river. I want to go now!

I'd stay in Bath, and maybe do a day trip to Bristol. I've lived in both. I just love the atmosphere in Bath, and there's so much to do there.

I'd stay in Bristol as there is so much to do, SS Great Britain if it is open, possibly a boat tour of the docks, the Suspension Bridge, art galleries and museums galore, history at every turn.
You could visit Bath for the day, and fit in the main attractions.

Bristol Zoo is not great. Bath is full of old people.

Wild place project is better than the zoo!

2 nights in Bristol and 1 night Bath. Bath is lovely at evening time and there are some great places to eat and drink so definitely worth spending one night there.

Have lived in both and love both although I did feel Bristol had got a bit seedy and scruffy last time I visited.

Def stay in Bath. It’s lovely in the evening and has lots of nice hotels.

Bristol is great but the zoo is not a full day trip, more like a half day.

You won't need a day in Bristol zoo. It's very small. Bath and Bristol aren't that far apart, but I think I'd stay in Bristol rather than Bath, but Bath is nice too (not much help!)

Bath, its beautiful. Visit Bristol then come back to Bath

Not sure what you’d want to do in Bristol without kids that would make a need to stay there. SS Great Britain is fab though.

Bath has the Roman Baths, all that architecture, the Spa, parks, No1 Royal Crescent, Jane Austin connection, book shops, great shopping....

Stay in Bristol, there is loads to do, it's a lovely and lively city. Stay neat the docks of possible.

What is there in Bristol to do without kids now a days?I found the shopping a bit grim.

The zoo is ok..

But it’s more gardens with a few animals than a zoo proper.

It used to have lots of animals years ago, but they were not kept in good conditions so they were moved out.