Hire Car Bristol Tips, Experiences & Comparison

Discover Bristol by Hire Car

Surrounded by rolling countryside, close to the sea, is one of the UK’s most beautiful major cities, Bristol.

You can already enjoy the beautiful surroundings while driving there. As the city in the southwest of England is the intersection of two popular motorways, namely the M4 between London and Wales and the M5 connecting Birmingham and Exeter, even guests who are unfamiliar with the area will be able to reach this beautiful city easily.

If you hire a car, you will not have to pay for the journey and ferry to the island. One thing to note is the left-hand traffic throughout England.

Sights in Bristol

Sights worth seeing in the city on the River Avon are on the one hand the area around the harbour, here you can park your hire car and stroll for hours. Especially during the summer months Bristol is the place for worthwhile events: The “Bristol Balloon Fiesta” is a popular event for hot air balloons, known far beyond the city limits.

The animation studio “Aardman Animations”, which produced among other things the famous “Wallace & Gromit” films, can also be visited like the technology museum.

Bristol contains two universities, so a large number of young people populate the town, giving it a certain liveliness.

Leisure activities in Bristol

Unfortunately, parts of the historic city centre, including the magnificent castle, were destroyed during the Second World War. What remained on this site was the castle park, which today serves as a “green oasis” for guests.

In it stand the remains of two churches, as a memorial against war of any kind. But the parts that remain give Bristol its charming exterior. So a stroll through the city centre takes you past a wide variety of historic buildings.