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Bath is one of England's gems. This ancient city, set along the banks of the River Avon , was founded on the site of a hot spring long revered by the Celts and Ancient Britons. When the Romans arrived at Bath they dedicated the site to the Roman goddess Minerva. However, they named the town Aquae Sulis, in reference to the Celtic goddess Sulis. The hot springs that had been so important to the ancients drove the growth of this city situated in a natural bowl formed by the surrounding hills. It is in the English west country in the county of Somerset . Queen Elizabeth the First granted Bath city status by royal charter in 1590. In the Georgian period it gained status as a spa resort and developed rapidly into the fine city it is today, packed with outstanding Georgian buildings all made from the local bath Stone. The Georgian expansion gave the city the world famous Bath House, built on the site of the hot springs and the old Roman temple. The Georgians built both public and private buildings in Bath, including the many iconic Georgian terraces. Two of these terraces are world famous. "The Circus", designed by the elder John Wood, consists of three long, curved terraces to enclose a circular space intended for civic functions and games. The architecture draws heavily on classical influences with the main inspiration being Rome's magnificent Colosseum. Like the Colosseum, the three façades have a different order of architecture on each floor: Doric on the ground level, then Ionic on the piano nobile and finishing with Corinthian on the upper floor. Wood died five days after personally laying the foundation stone on May 18, 1754 and so never saw the finished work. Famous as the Circle is, perhaps best known of Bath's terraces is the Royal Crescent, built between 1767 and 1774 and designed by the younger John Wood. Bath is obviously most famous for the spa that gives the city its name. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level with four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. All the buildings above street level date from the 19th century. Sadly, problems with infectious diseases in the water means you can no longer bathe in the original pools. New bore holes have been drilled, however, to allow visitors to drink the waters and to facilitate offsite bathing at the recently constructed Thermae Bath Spa. The Baths are a major tourist attraction and, together with the neo-classical salon the Pump Room , receive more than one million visitors a year. Outside, surrounding the baths complex is a bustling shopping and tourist area that is always very busy during the summer months. Further attractions within the city include the splendid abbey and the sunning Pulteney Bridge. Visitors who enjoy the arts are very well served in Bath as there are five theatres; the Bath Theatre Royal , Ustinov Studio, the Egg, the Rondo Theatre and the Mission Theatre. Art galleries abound in the city, as do antique shops. Bath became a World Heritage Site in 1987. Bath has some lovely public parks, the main one being Royal Victoria Park, which is a short walk from the centre of the city and overlooked by Royal Crescent. Should you tire of the city relief is only a short walk, cycle ride or car drive away in the shape of the beautiful Somerset countryside. There is plenty of accommodation in Bath ranging from budget rooms to luxury hotels and serviced apartments. This, and the city's own wealth of attractions, make it an ideal base for exploring more of this wonderful part of England.
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Recommended Hotels See Map
- Ayrlington Hotel Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Dukes Hotel Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Milsoms Hotel Bath *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Pratts Hotel Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Royal Crescent Hotel (The) Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Bath Priory Hotel, Restaurant and Spa Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - The Lansdown Grove Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - The Moody Goose at The Old Priory Bath *featured*
Licensed, Restaurant - Villa Magdala Bath *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Old Manor (The) Bradford-on-Avon *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Swan Hotel Bradford-on-Avon *featured*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Widbrook Grange Bradford-on-Avon *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Hunters Rest Inn Clutton Hill *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Parking, Restaurant - Homewood Park Hotel & Spa Hinton Charterhouse *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Combe Grove Manor Limpley Stoke *featured*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Parking, Restaurant, Conference Facilities
Hotels bookable online See Map
- Abbey Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Bailbrook House Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Bailbrook Lodge Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Carfax Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Express by Holiday Inn Bath Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV - Harington's Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Hilton Bath City Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Gym, Restaurant - Limpley Stoke Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant - Mercure Francis Bath Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Royal Hotel Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Ston Easton Park Bath *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Old Mill Hotel Bathampton *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Old Mill Batheaston *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Best Western Leigh Park Hotel Bradford-on-Avon *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Castle Inn (The) Castle Combe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Manor House Hotel & Golf Club Castle Combe *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Lucknam Park Colerne *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Gym, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Rudloe Hall Corsham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Best Western The Cliffe Hotel Limpley Stoke *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities - Beechfield House Melksham *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - The Moody Goose at The Old Priory Midsomer Norton *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - Hunstrete House Hotel Pensford *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Pool, TennisCourt, Restaurant, Conference Facilities - Ston Easton Park Ston Easton *book online*
Licensed, Historic, Restaurant - The Park Wick *book online*
Licensed, Parking, Historic, Restaurant, Satellite TV, Conference Facilities
Bed and Breakfast See Map
- Apsley House Hotel Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Aquae Sulis Hotel Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Ashley Villa Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Astor House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Bathweston Lawn Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Bay Tree House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Bodhi House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Brooks Guest House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - Brooks Guesthouse Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Cranleigh Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Devonshire House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking, Disabled - Dorian House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Dorset Villa Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Eastwood Halls Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Edgar Townhouse Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Grosvenor Lodge Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - High Beeches Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Holly Lodge Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking, Disabled - Lamppost Villa Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Lavender House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Lindisfarne Guest House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Lorne House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Lynwood House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Manor House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Marisha's Guest House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Number 30 Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Old Rectory Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - One Three Nine Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Paradise House Hotel Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Polden Court Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Queen Charlottes Orangery Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Roban House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Shrubdown B&B Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Tasburgh House Hotel Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The County Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - The Firs Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - The Kennard Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - The Parade Park and Lambrettas Bar Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - The Residence Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Three Abbey Green Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Wentworth House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Wentworth House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms - Windsor Guest House Bath *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - Grove Lodge Batheaston *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - B&B at Hunters Spinney Bathwick *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Greenways Bathwick *featured*
TV in rooms - Villa Claudia Bathwick *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Barn House B&B Box *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Clifton House Bradford-on-Avon *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - High Beeches in Bath Combe Down *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Heatherly Cottage Corsham *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Pickwick Lodge Farm Corsham *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Friary Dene Hinton Charterhouse *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Brittons Farm Estate Keynsham *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Passford House Kingsdown *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic, Parking - Old Rectory Lacock *featured*
TV in rooms, Children Welcome, No Smoking, Historic, Inspected, Parking - Limpley Stoke Hotel Limpley Stoke *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic - The Plaine Guesthouse Norton St Philip *featured*
TV in rooms, No Smoking, Historic - Southwood House Wick *featured*
TV in rooms, Historic, Parking - The Gate House Wick *featured*
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Pubs & Inns
- King William IV Bath *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Old Malt House Hotel Bath *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Radstock Hotel Bath *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Rose & Crown Bath *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Griffin Inn Bath *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - The Old Crown Bath *book online*
Food, Children Welcome, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Crown Inn Bathwick *book online*
Food, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Hunters Rest Clutton on the Mendips *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Tollgate Inn Holt *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Swan Inn Kingsdown *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wheelwrights Arms Monkton Combe *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Ring O' Bells Priston *book online*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Wheatsheaf Wellow *featured*
Food, Historic, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards
Self-Catering See Map
- Bath City Centre Apartments Bath *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Bath Star Apartments Bath *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Burlington Street Apartment Bath *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Laura's Townhouse Apartments Bath *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Newton Mill Caravan and Camping Park Bath *book online*
Pub Nearby, Open all year, Parking, Credit Cards - Waterfront House Bath *book online*
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