Take a look at some of the gorgeous imagery that clearly establishes why Bath is Britain’s foremost spa town.
Bath’s elegant Georgian terraces are easy to admire from the air |
View from the terrace of the Great Bath |
Bath Abbey, with its impressive flying buttresses |
The wonderful Perpendicular Gothic fan-vaulted ceiling of the abbey |
The impressive sweep of the Royal Crescent |
The Royal Crescent’s terraced facade is little changed since the 1770s |
The Great Bath at the Roman Baths is well worth a tour |
Flaming torches in sconces add to the Roman atmosphere |
The baths are filled from a hot spring, so steam on colder days |
The Grade I listed Pulteney Bridge across the River Avon |
Prior Park Garden, designed by Capability Brown and the poet Alexander Pope |
The Holburne Museum of Art, built as a hotel in 1795 |
The Theatre Royal, and first house of influential 18th-century dandy Beau Nash |
The roof-top pool at the award-winning Thermae Bath Spa |