Start from 40 curated places around Brighton, GB, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Plateau
An independent natural-wine bar and restaurant in The Lanes serving inventive seasonal small plates from Sussex produce alongside a low-intervention wine list and cocktails. It has been the city's go-to for natural wine and creative sharing plates for over a decade. Best for oysters, charcuterie, and a bottle of something unusual at the bar.
Dilsk
An intimate Kemp Town dining room serving exquisite, hyper-local seasonal tasting menus that offer genuinely exceptional value for the quality. The chef's ingredient-led cooking is a quiet Brighton highlight. Best for a special, considered dinner where you trust the kitchen entirely.
Trails & outdoors
Devil's Dyke
A dramatic dry chalk valley on the South Downs just north of the city, with sweeping views over the Weald and breezy ridge walks from the National Trust land. On a clear day you can see for miles. Best for a moderate ridge walk and the big-sky views, with a bus straight from town.
Ditchling Beacon
One of the highest points on the South Downs, a chalk summit on the South Downs Way with panoramic views and a stiff climb for cyclists tackling the London-to-Brighton route. The ridge walking either side is glorious. Best for a higher, more challenging Downs walk with the best views around.
Things to do
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
A lively museum in the Royal Pavilion gardens with strong collections of decorative arts, fashion, and local history, plus the city's own story told with personality. It's compact, eclectic, and central. Best for an hour of art and Brighton history beside the Pavilion.
Brighton i360
A slender 162-metre seafront observation tower with a glass pod that glides up for 360-degree views over the city, the sea, and the South Downs. There's a bar in the pod for a 'flight' with a drink. Best for a clear-day or sunset ride with a drink in hand.
Landmarks & sights
Royal Pavilion
George IV's extravagant seaside pleasure palace, an Indo-Islamic fantasy of domes and minarets outside and Chinese-inspired opulence within. There's nothing else like it in Britain, and the restored interiors are jaw-dropping. Best for a tour of the banqueting room and music room, then the gardens.
Brighton Palace Pier
The classic Victorian pleasure pier stretching over the sea, all fairground rides, arcades, fish-and-chip stalls, and Edwardian charm lit up at night. It's the cheerfully tacky heart of the seafront. Best for a sunset walk to the end and the fairground lights after dark.