Iditched south-west's most over-crowded Christmas market for a better one nearby (Image: Paul Gillis/Reach Plc)

While most of Britain piles into Bath and Birmingham for the big Christmas market blowouts, there's one city that doesn't need all the fuss and social media hype. I love a winter trip to Bristol for Christmas menus, culture and even a pop-up sauna and it isn't as crowded as other British cities at this busy time of year.

Visitors to the popular Bath Christmas Market have taken to social media to voice disappointment over the lack of festive spirit, steep prices and overcrowding, with one calling it the 'worst Christmas market' they've been to.

So I would like to present a vibrant alternative to Bath's reported "absence of holiday cheer, extortionate costs, and excessive crow

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