Hotels in Portsmouth

Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard is full of interest and by taking advantage of the 'All Attractions Ticket' available you can take a conducted tour of the Harbour by boat, or take a day trip over to the Isle of Wight, visit Portsea by Ferry to visit the WW2 submarine. Back on dry land, visit the fabulous Mary Rose Museum and HMS Victory. Your Ticket will allow you to return within the year to complete the dockyards final attractions and to spend time exploring the towns added attractions; not to be missed!

Places to go: Gunwarf Quays, which is where you will find the spinniker tower, fantastic range of shops, places to eat aswell accompanied with a cinema. We also found another shopping centre which is only a 10 min walk from Gunwarf Quays, which has a fantastic range of high street shops.. Worth a look!! This is just past the Guildhall, which is an amazing building which is accompanied by an outdoor cinema screen with movies shown 24/7 :). Places to explore would be the historic docks, aswell as a little drive down to Southsea, for the castle and D-Day museum!!

We only went for the Naval Dockyard,which surpassed our expectations.There is something for all ages and especially lots of interactive things to amuse the kids.You could really do with a week to see everything.It was off season,so the submarine museum and Explosion are only open at the weekend and we were disappointed on the monday to find there were only three boat trips of the harbourThe Mary Rose is shut until late summer as more work is being done on her.Visit the Victory and go round the Victory museum,then the Naval museum,but allow plenty of time as there is so much to see and do.Food and drink is quite expensive,so we took a picnic.Kids will love Action Stations as there is so much to do.The Warrior too is very interesting. Just outside is a pub serving roast dinners every day as well as other meals.We ate at the Ship Anson pub,just down the road.Prices are very reasonable.We had steak and chips with all the trimmings for £7.99,which was delicious.Five minutes walk from the naval dockyard are Gunwharf Quays with all the shops and restaurants you could need

Take a trip to Gunwarf Quays and up the Spinnaker Tower for a great view. Old Portsmouth is good for some traditional old pubs and nearby restaurants - you must try the Courtyard in Southsea Castle with its beautiful arches and delicious affordable menu. Take a trip to the Historic Dockyard to see the old Warships Victory and Warrior with the added bonus of viewing Henry VIII's flag ship Mary Rose - if that doesn't float your boat then pop across the road to the Ship and Ansom pub for a few pints in a really historic pub.

Shopping was amazing, the kitchen restaurant is fantastic and we love the fact that we could buy a years pass to the dockyards as there are so many wonderful things to do there. We have returned to spend more time at the dock seeing all the brilliantly presented historical ships. The award winning car park is deservedly named 😀not something that I would normally mention! !!

A wonderful Victorian/Edwardian feel to Southsea, and a wonderful naval heritage. Favourite places: the Historic Dockyard (especially HMS Victory, HMS Warrior,Mary Rose, M33 and the Museum of the Royal Navy), Southsea Castle, Palmerston Road (shops, cafes). Excellent eateries we used: Carluccios (Gunwharf Quays), 6oz Burgers (Osborne Road) and especially Agora (Clarence Parade). Great pubs: The Phoenix (off Albert Road), The Dolphin and the Still and West (Old Portsmouth). Very easy to get around Southsea (by foot, bus).