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Visit the complex and walk on the ancient pavements of one of the best preserved Roman Remains in the world. The Roman Baths were constructed around 70AD as a grand place to socialise and bathe in the natural warm spring waters which are found beneath the city, 1,170,000 litres of steaming spring water reaching 46 °C still fill the bathing site every single day. Other chambers to explore include the remains of the ancient heated rooms and changing rooms as well as tepid pools and plunge pools.

Magnificent stained glass windows, columns of honey-gold stone and some of the finest fan vaulting in the world, create an extraordinary experience of light and space. There has been a place of Christian worship on this site for over 1,200 years. Since 757 AD, three different churches have occupied the site of today’s Abbey and the Abbey remains very much a living church today with services taking place throughout the entire week.

Explore how the city of Bath impacted upon Jane Austen’s life and writing in much loved books such as Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The Centre is set in a classically decorated Georgian town house, offering a snapshot of what it would be like to live in the Regency times. Get into the Jane Austen spirit and feel as if you’re really in Pride and Prejudice by dressing up in any number of the exhibition’s Regency costumes including bonnets, top hats, shawls, fans and dresses

Built between 1767-1774 to the designs of John Wood the younger, No I was the first house to be built in the Royal crescent. The town house now offers an insight to the life of Georgian Bath. View the superbly appointed Dining Room, elegant Drawing Room and The Gentleman’s Retreat. Upstairs are a Gentleman’s and a Lady’s bedroom and below stairs are the original kitchen and scullery, servant’s corridors and Servants' Hall. Guides in every room bring the house to life with stories of the past.

Thermae Bath Spa offers a special spa experience enjoying natural thermal waters, as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years ago. The historic spa buildings, the Hot and Cross Baths blend with the contemporary design of the New Royal Bath. Together, they offer bathing in the warm, mineral-rich waters and a range of spa treatments designed to ease the body and soothe the mind. Offering amazing views across the city from its roof top pool, Sauna and Steam rooms. Not accessible by car.

The Grade 1 listed building was originally designed and constructed as a hotel, but is now home to a collection of fine and decorative art. The fascinating pieces that adorn one of Bath’s most beautiful buildings and gardens vary from Renaissance treasures to masterpieces by William Hoare and Gainsborough. Discover more about the history of Bath, as some pieces tell stories of what the city once was. The works embrace Bath's history as a fashionable and artistic spa city.