Bristol Airport 51 min
The Roman Baths (12 min) Roman bathhouse and temple, with spring water, Pump Room restaurant, museum and audio tour for kids. Fashion Museum Bath (9 min) Fashionable dress from 1600 to now plus Victorian clothing and old sports costumes to try on. Prior Park Landscape Garden (8 min) National Trust gardens overlooking Bath with follies, Palladian bridges, lakes and woodland. Thermae Bath Spa (12 min) Modern glass and stone spa with thermal waters, Roman origins and an open rooftop swimming pool. Victoria Art Gallery (8 min) Historical and contemporary European and British artworks including Bath artists and Gainsborough. No. 1 Royal Crescent (10 min) 18th-century Palladian-style townhouse featuring elaborate period room displays & fine art. Royal Victoria Park (11 min) Sprawling Victorian parklands with lawns, skate park, playgrounds, boating and tennis. Pulteney Bridge (8 min) Historic bridge built in 1774 with notable architecture & rows of stores lining each side. American Museum & Gardens (9 min) Pre-1880s American items including room replicas and a wagon in Georgian country manor and gardens. The Jane Austen Centre (9 min) Small museum chronicling the life and times of the famous writer, Jane Austen, plus Regency tearoom. Sally Lunn’s Historic Eating House & Museum (9 min) Bath's oldest house (c.1483), home of the famous Sally Lunn Bun (a semi-sweet bread) and tearoom. The Pump Room Restaurant (8 min) Classical music accompaniment to coffee, lunch and afternoon tea overlooking Roman Baths hot spring. Royal Crescent (11 min) Massive green grassy lawns next to the Royal Crescent with serene views of historic architecture. The Holburne Museum (5 min) Victorian collection of ornate silver and Old Masters in a Georgian building with modern extension. Bath Abbey (7 min) Late Medieval church with a Victorian Gothic interior by Sir George Gilbert Scott and tower tours. |