Welcome to the Berlitz language center Bristol

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The City:

Bristol is historic west-coast port, where ships sailed to the Americas with slaves and emigrants and returned with cotton and sugar. Today the harbourfront is home to fashionable restaurants, galleries and apartments.

The magnificent Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon Gorge has become a symbol of Bristol's engineering past. Built 150 years ago by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it makes a popular destination for visitors. So too does the first transatlantic steamship, his SS Great Britain.

With two universities and a plethora of cultural events, festival and venues, Bristol is competing to be European City of Culture in 2008.
Location:

City centre location; Park Street is a busy shopping street located between Bristol Cathedral and Bristol University, and is only a 20 minutes walk from the train station (Temple Meads).

What to see and to do?

Bristol is a harmonious blend of a dynamic and relaxing city. Bustling streets, shopping centres and street markets burst with energy. A fine selection of quality restaurants offers a wide variety of different cuisines and friendly bars and nightclubs abound. Yet just beyond Bristol is a calm world of rolling green countryside. Any direction you choose you will find beautiful landscapes: the Avon Valley, Avebury, the Cotswold Hills and the surfing seaside resorts of Devon.

Thirteen miles east of Bristol lies the charming city of Bath - truly amazing Georgian and Roman architecture that has become a World Heritage Site. Visitors can enjoy a full range of spa treatments in the old Roman baths.

Bristol hosts such diverse cultural events as the Bristol Harbour Festival, Balloon Fiesta, Kite Festival and St. Paul's Carnival. There are plenty of art galleries and museums, including the modern Arnolfini and the educational @Bristol. And London and Oxford are just over an hour away by train, making ideal daytrips.