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Recorded as the tiny fishing village of Brithelmeston in the Domesday Book, BRIGHTON seems to have slipped unnoticed through history until the mid-eighteenth-century sea-bathing trend established a resort that has never looked back. The fad received royal approval in the 1770s when the decadent Prince Regent, later George IV, began patronizing the town in the company of his mistress, thus setting a precedent for the "dirty weekend", Brighton's major contribution to the English collective consciousness. Trying to shake off this blowsy reputation, Brighton now highlights its Georgian charm, its upmarket shops and classy restaurants and its thriving conference industry. Yet, however much Brighton tries to present itself as a comfortable middle-class town, the essence of its appeal is its faintly bohemian vitality, a buzz that comes from a mix of English holiday-makers, thousands of young foreign students from the town's innumerable language schools, a thriving gay community and an energetic local student population from the art college and two universities.

Any visit to Brighton inevitably begins with a visit to its two most famous landmarks - the exuberant Royal Pavilion and the wonderfully tacky Palace Pier , a few minutes away - followed by a stroll along the seafront promenade or the pebbly beach. Just as interesting, though, is an exploration of Brighton's car-free Lanes , where some of the town's diverse restaurants, bars and tiny bric-a-brac, jewellery and antique shops can be found; or an idle meander through the quaint, but more bohemian streets of North Laine .

Brighton has the greatest concentration of restaurants in the southeast after London. Around North Laine are some great, inexpensive cafés , but for classier establishments head to the Lanes and out towards Hove. Many of the cheaper places fight hard to attract the large student market with discounted deals of around ten percent, so if you have a student ID, use it. Nightlife is hectic and compulsively pursued throughout the year, making Brighton unique in the sedate southeast. There are a couple of outstanding clubs, lots of live music and more cinema screens per head than anywhere else in Britain. Midweek entry into the clubs can cost just a couple of pounds and cinema seats are similarly priced before 6pm.

Brighton train station is at the head of Queen's Road, which descends to the Clock Tower and then becomes West Street which eventually collides with the seafront - a distance of about half a mile. Buses arrive at Pool Valley bus station, tucked just in from the seafront on the south side of the Old Steine. The tourist office is at 10 Bartholomew Square, behind the town hall on the southern side of the Lanes (June-Sept Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm; Oct-May Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; tel 0906/7112255), a maze of narrow alleyways marking Brighton's Old Town. You'll find most budget accommodation clustered around the Kemp Town district, to the east of the Palace Pier, with the more elegant and expensive hotels west of the town centre around Regency Square, opposite the West Pier.

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