Brighton is a great fun place to go to once. There’s loads of action in the evenings with many different types of people on display, having fun, despite the rain. It’s oversized and overpriced and very brash. The Gold Coast pales in comparison. If I wasn’t on a budget I would have bought a giant fairy floss stick and played an arcade game.
Brighton’s Royal Pavilion (built by King George IV as a summer palace) is horrific. The guidebooks did not do justice to its degree of garishness (and this was without going inside). How did the English people end up so refined?