Allow plenty of time to get into the Banksy exhibition. I drove past at 9.30 on Tuesday morning (ie a week day) and there was already a sizeable queue then. A quick-witted ice-cream vendor had parked his van up to service the waiting masses. At the weekends the queues have been very lengthy, apparently - there are crowd control barriers up the street and around the corner.

If the weather's on the clement side, a wander around the harbourside (just a child's stones throw from where I'm currently typing, in fact) is always v agreeable (plenty of bars, a couple of galleries), as is a round-the-docks voyage on one of the many little ferries buzzing up and down the water.

As the former editor of West Country listings bible™ Venue, I obviously can't avoid instructing you to buy the latest issue as soon as you arrive in this here fine city. Your evening entertainment will be sorted in an instant.

is worth a visit - I should say that whenever I've been, I've taken the children, who really enjoy it as it has a lot of interactive exhibits, but still think it would be an enjoyable way for grown ups to spend an hour or two. it has an Imax as well which may have something worth seeing.

If you go to the GB, you can get a boat along through the floating harbour to it from near the steps and the end of the square in the City centre, which is fun.

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Lots of fine Georgian squares; some lovely places to eat and drink.

From the Triangle (where the Banksy show is), walk up Queens Road, past 20th Century Flicks, cut diagonally through Victoria Square then under the arch into Clifton Village.

At the end of the road under the arch (Boyces Avenue), turn left and you're at the heart of the village.

If you want to see the Suspension Bridge, take the right hand road (Princess Victoria Street) and walk right down it to the end - past numerous eat/drinkeries - look right at the end of PVS and there's the bridge!

I lived on Victoria Square for 10 years, Clifton Village is a glorious place, especially on a fine summers day.

and I'm sure "Venue" will make for good reading in the Banksy queue

My GLW and I spent a nice weekend in Brizzle in 2005. We signed up for Pirate Petes Pirate Walk. It was great fun, and genuinely interesting. If they still offer it, you could do worse

Just below the Banksy exhibition is Park Street which has some good shopping (Fopp!) and off here, to the right as you head down the hill, is a pleasant little park containing Cabot tower which offers great views. If architecture is your bag check out St Mary Redcliffe, a 10 minute walk from the centre, which is an exquisite gothic masterpiece and makes Bristol's actual cathedral look very lumpen.

The guys above are not kidding about the queue for Banksy, though: I drove past at lunchtime Thursday and it was stretching way past the sign that said, '1 hour from this point'.