Bath was appreciated by the Romans and British royals alike. The natural hot springs were attraction enough to develop a city almost exclusively focused on tourism. Today it’s a perfectly preserved Georgian city with great sites, shopping, and restaurants. Architecturally interesting and just fun to wander around — Bath is the most popular tourist spot outside of London and just a couple hours away by car or train.
We stayed at a fantastic B&B that treated us to the best food of the trip each morning and enjoyed the local cider at some great watering holes. We even took in a George Bernard Shaw play at the Theatre Royal.
Bath is noted for it's honey colored limestone and uniform architecture style -- this wedge of The Circus exemplifies what you see all over town.
The River Avon runs right through the center of town
Like most British towns, Bath prides itself on plenty of greenery, parks and gardens
We saw scores of people in European squares doing the statue act -- but this guy was so good a pigeon actually landed on his head !
Bath Abbey is the centerpiece of downtown
Lovely Bath Abbey has some of the finest fan vaulted ceilings in the country
This "insider's view" of the abbey clock was part of the tower climb and tour
The view from the top of Bath Abbey
There are a lot of jokes that can be made about this chocolate sculpture
The huge, inexplicable hare statues sort of stood out in Victorian Bath's central plaza
The Athole House B&B was one of our favorite stays of the trip -- and Wolfgang was definitely our favorite host!
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