Roman Bath, Bath England Tourist Attractions and Travel

Famous for its Roman Baths and its elegant, honey-coloured Georgian architecture, Bath is both a World Heritage Site and a tourist mecca. Bath was the haunt of English fashionable society in the 18th century, but the frivolous aristocrats who flocked here to gamble, gossip and flirt also brought brilliant architects who designed the Palladian terraced housing, the circles, crescents and squares which dominate the city.

Roman Bath travel, Bath England Tourist Attractions

Attractions include the gorgeously located Bath Abbey, the Roman Baths, the elegant Pump Rooms and the much-photographed, shop-lined Pultney Bridge. It's a small, compact, civilised city, built for strolling around, exploring alleyways, gawking at the superb housing and ogling the expensive products in the shops. In summer, buskers and crowds fill the streets, but you can escape to the idyllic River Avon and row through the town in peace.

 

Roman Bath attractions

Bath Abbey

 

 A musician entertains at the entrance to Bath Abbey

 

 The Roman baths

 

Roman Bath tourism

Cruising the Avon River and crossing under the Pultney Bridge; Bath, England

 

  Wide field view of Pultney Bridge and whirlpool