Bath, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Tour Guide
Dec 18, 2004 (1 photos)

... So after panicking all day (remember it was my first tour group!) it all sorted out in the end.. Since I didn't see much of Bath, I took another tour group up (with Natasha) a few months later, this time I even knew where things were and could point ...

Bath and environs
Jun 15, 2007 (9 photos)

... in our vauxhall something or other. A solid automobile (thanks jay). It is quite good at buffing curbs with its tires. We reached bath and after a little grunt work managed to find a hostel to stay in right in the centre of town. We are staying in an ...

Going Home
May 23, 2006

... fit and alert woman for her age. I left Cheam at 4pm and caught the 5.30pm bus from London's Victoria Station to Bath... 3.5 hours. The National Express Bus Service is ever so efficient... runs to the second on most occasions. It is much cheaper than ...

To Zorb the Stone Ring
Jun 24, 2006 (12 photos)

... booked a couple of beds at the local YMCA we headed out for some dinner at a quaint little Italian place then wandered around the town. Bath was nice as the tourists rolled out for the day. We saw the old Roman Baths, hence the town's name, and the cool ...

Welcome Retreat from London
May 25, 2006 (12 photos)

... on our Aussie beer's and wine whilst in WA. I spent the morning touring the sights... including the Roman Baths, Bath Abbey, Royal Crescents, Botannical Gardens, markets, Puteny Bridge and surrounding streets. Bath is a beautiful town... but funnily, ...

Adjusting to the (North)West
May 26, 2007 (17 photos)

... holiday weekend, the waters were fantastic and soothing. And I've even grown accustomed to steam rooms. This bath house had 4, with varying aromatherapy fragances united by a refreshing cool open group shower in the middle of the room. You could inhale ...

Long Live Sulis Minerva!
Jul 8, 2007 (79 photos)

... .   Our tour ended with a visit to the Pump Room.  An elegant Georgian styled restaurant overlooking the main bath had a beautiful water fountain from which you could get served a complimentary glass of hot spring water.  Ed and I asked ...

Bath
Sep 28, 2008

... with English humour, perhaps from watching so many BBC comedies throughout my life. I am very sad to be leaving, and wish I stayed longer. Bath is definitely the best place I've been to in England, and one of the highlights of my trip. I think Stu could ...

Snowden to Stonehenge
Sep 9, 2003 (5 photos)

... using deer antlers! So many generations just piling more dirt up onto a hill with no apparent purpose....anyone, any ideas??????? Bath is a neat little city/town...did not seem all that big. Visited the main attractions, Roman Baths, Royal Cresent ...

Bath, but not Ston Easton Park (World)
May 21, 2006 (13 photos)

... back and spend more time, stay a night or two (and NOT be a part of a tour group so I can explore at will). P.S. The author includes Ston Easton Park with Bath in the listing. It sounds like it is an 18th century mansion turned restaurant. Next time. :)

Bath, England
Jun 9, 2005 (1 photos)

... was recognised in 1987 with designation 'World Heritage Site', the only city so honoured in Britain. No visitor to Bath leaves unrefreshed or without a profound sense of gratitude for the gifts of the past. Three remarkable men were largely responsible ...

Big Rocks and Greasy Pies
Sep 4, 2002 (12 photos)

... Next stop was in Bath where there is Cadbury chocolate (a bit of a letdown after Swiss chocolate) and Roman Baths. I went into Bath Abbey and ate a Cornish Pastie which is a flakey pastery filled with various fillings. I ate the steak and potato one and it ...

Drive to Bath
Jul 2, 2009 (11 photos)

... didn’t help to visit at the same time as 3 bus loads of tourists. We continued on our drive to the Georgian town of Bath. The countryside was beautiful and at parts it looked like Australia and then as` soon as we saw a house you knew we were in ...

Narrowboating on Kennet & Avon Canal
Mar 24, 2008 (37 photos)

... when we got back from our mornings strolling through Bath, we'd be ready to head on back towards Bradford. Walking down towards Bath we were greeted by church bells ringing through the town and a bit of rain too. Being Easter however, the shops took a ...

Bath II
Jun 18, 2005

... the river Avon, where we saw an Elvis impersonator on a boat. We went up into the hills behind the city, where the University of Bath lies, and where Jane Austen used to like to walk, and got a lovely sunset view of the city for our pains. Then again to ...

Castles, Roman Baths and a Mystery
Aug 26, 2008 (79 photos)

... and viewed the excavation and thermal waters then we had a little free time to explore the town.    After leaving Bath we drove through the countryside and through the Salisbury Plain to the site of Stonehenge.  We were truly amazed  ...

Pride and Predjudice
Mar 1, 2008 (45 photos)

... I could appreciate why the place was so important. And I learned some stuff too! After an hour at Stonehenge we continued onto Bath which I absolutely loved. Now, like I said before, this was my second trip to Bath but this was the first time that I ...

Stonehenge and Bath
Sep 8, 2006 (20 photos)

... and the devil. It was really windy (kind of reminded me of West Texas) and pretty cold. After Stonehenge, we went to Bath which is a beautiful town. I would really like to go back and spend more time at the museums. There was a Jane Austen Center ( ...

Fun with the Folks - Bath
Apr 2, 2005

Bath and Stonehenge

Hitchihiking out of London Stonehenge to Bath.
Jul 17, 2009

... i think so we walked a few miles through wet grass to where there was a motorway and someone gave us a ride all the way to Bath, England even though it was way out of their way. They dropped us off at a hostel it was like 11pm we walked in the office was ...

England
Sep 6, 2008 (10 photos)

... )  It was great to see him again, and we both enjoyed telling his coworkers the tsunami story together.  Bath: This morning I boarded a bus for Bath.  It took a little over three hours from London.  Bath is England's ...

Stonehenge and Bath
Mar 28, 2007 (11 photos)

Some simple observations on Stonehenge and Bath... Stonehenge: - It's cold and windy - There's grass.  It's green.  Quite possibly because it's allways raining here.  I already have a cold (started sniffling as the plane was pulling in to ...

A Day To Remember: Through The English Countryside
Aug 30, 2007 (58 photos)

... & National Trust sites within England.  I found that little tidbit to be in striking contrast with that of the United States Military.  Living in Hawaii for 5 years, I saw first hand how the military treats archaeological wonders, with the ...

visiting Bath
Jan 30, 2006 (5 photos)

On Sunday morning I took a walking tour of Bath that went through the history of how the city had evolved, perhaps a bit too in-depth for my taste! We walked up to the Royal Crescent, past the Circus, and back down through the old town. After I went in to ...

Roman Baths from the ancient world
May 25, 2007 (7 photos)

... /town, but it was easy enough getting around with the various signs around. We found our way walking straight towards the Bath Abbey and making our way around the church, found the Roman Baths revealed. Though I'm not one for visiting museums or ...

hockey at bath
Dec 5, 2006 (9 photos)

well we nearly won, amazing i know. we played our best game yet. the whole team where great contributors therefore it was extremely hard to vote at the end of the game. Maree: fantastic clearances Megan: good runs Gill: some good vines action Ella: ...

More Travels...
Nov 12, 2006 (15 photos)

... felt like home, haha! We had to head back to Oxford cause I had class at 5pm on Tuesday, but first we stopped off at Bath for the morning, it was good cause they actually had a free walking tour so we just did that and then head back to reality, went ...

Day trip to Bath!
Apr 26, 2008 (42 photos)

... significant was found in terms of buildings, they would rebuild over the top again and any relics found would go to the Roman Bath museum.   Unfortunately didn't get to drink any of the spring water - which is supposed to be very good for you as ...

Bath
Apr 18, 2009 (4 photos)

... it was built etc. The amazing thing is that it most of it is still the original stuff that the Romans Built and the great Bath is still ined with the orignal lead. In all the years that have past and all the different owners there has been no changes, it ...

Day 6
Jul 3, 2009

... day of even slightly cold weather! It has been so hot everyday. We have been very lucky. We first visited the Bath Abbey, which was a very beautiful church, though after seeing westminster it doesn't really compare. We then visited the Jane Austen Centre ...