Top 10
For 2,000 years visitors have been enjoying this golden city. Bath has some of the finest architectural and historic treasures in Europe including the Roman Baths and Pump Room, 15th-century Abbey and stunning Royal Crescent. Bath is an unmissable part of the great British experience.
1. World Class Heritage
Designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, visitors to Bath can enjoy some of Britain's most famous architectural masterpieces such as the Royal Crescent, the Circus and Pulteney Bridge.
2. Roman Baths
Around Britain's only hot spring, the Romans built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows with natural hot water. See the water's source and walk where Romans walked on the ancient stone pavements. The extensive ruins and treasures from the spring are beautifully preserved and presented using the best of modern interpretation
3. Number 1 Royal Crescent
Number 1 was designed by John Wood the Younger, and was the first house to be built in the Royal Crescent, now designated a World Heritage Building. It has been redecorated and furnished to show how it might have appeared in the late eighteenth century.
4. American Museum
The museum shows, largely by way of period rooms, how Americans lived from the early New England Settlers to the eve of the Civil War. Other attractions include an 18th Century Massachusetts Tavern. There is a wonderful collection of quilts and a gallery of Native American objects. There are extensive gardens and an arboretum of North American trees and shrubs.
5. Thermae Bath Spa
Britain's original and most remarkable Spa - the only place in the UK where you can bathe in natural hot waters. Thermae Bath Spa is a combination of the best of the historic Spa with a state of the art building offering modern comforts and facilities including four thermal baths and a full range of complementary therapies. As well as the new spa, there's a good choice of spa hotels in and around the city offering health, beauty and relaxation packages.
6. Victoria Art Gallery
Bath & North East Somerset's Art Gallery houses work by Gainsborough, Sickert, Zoffany and many other leading artists from the 15th century to the present day. The Gallery has one of the best temporary exhibition programmes in the region, ranging from prints to sculpture, including national touring exhibitions and major retrospectives.
7. Shopping
Famous for its shops since Georgian times, Bath continues to draw crowds of shoppers all year round, to delight in the range of independent shops clustered in the heart of the city, and to dally in the shopping quarters that have developed over time.
8. Gourmet's Heaven
The area boasts many Michelin-starred restaurants and there's a tempting choice of international culinary styles to smaple. Yet the traditional food and drink of the area is celebrated with great vigour as well.
9. Bath's beautiful surroundings
Bath lies between two designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Cotswolds and the Mendip Hills. Explore them by walking the ancient footpaths of the Cotswold and Mendip Ways. For idyllic waterside walks, follow paths that weave through peaceful wooded valleys beside the Kennet & Avon Canal or the River Avon.
10. Events
Bath is a city of festivals and the arts, highlights include the annual International Music Festival in May, The Jane Austen Festival in September, Film Festival in October and the Bath Christmas Market in December.
For more information click here for the official Bath visitor website:www.visitbath.co.uk