July 22, 2025 • 36 mins
When you think of travel in England, the historic city of Bath might be high on your list - and for good reason.
In this episode, we dive into everything you need to know to plan your perfect visit to Bath. Drawing on our many personal experiences and favourite spots, we answer common questions about how to get there, top things to see and do, where to stay, and whether it’s best for a day trip or a more extended stay.
From the iconic Roman baths and striking Georgian architecture to Jane Austen connections and delicious local dining, we share practical travel advice, insider tips, and insights to help you make the most of your trip.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or returning to see more, join us as we explore what makes Bath such a special, relaxing, and memorable destination.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Planning a trip to Bath.
In this episode, I'm sharingpractical tips and answering
common questions how to getthere, what to do, where to stay
and whether to visit for theday or spend a few nights.
Based on my own many visits,I'll walk you through what to
expect and how to make the mostof your time.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome to the UK Travel Planning Podcast.
Your host is the founder of theUK Travel Planning website,
Tracey Collins.
In this podcast, Tracy sharesdestination guides, travel tips
and itinerary ideas, as well asinterviews with a variety of
guests who share their knowledgeand experience of UK travel to
help you plan your perfect UKvacation.
(00:39):
Join us as we explore the UKfrom cosmopolitan cities to
quaint villages, from historiccastles to beautiful islands,
and from the picturesquecountryside to seaside towns.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Hi, welcome to this week's edition of the UK Travel
Plan and Podcast.
In this episode, we're going tobe talking all about Bath.
Doug is here.
Hello there, One of the mostpopular cities in England, of
course, Bath is, and the onlyentire city in the UK to be
recognised as a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site.
In fact, Bath holds two UNESCOdesignations for its Roman and
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Georgian architecture and is oneof the great spa towns of
Europe.
Now, before we dive in and starttalking all about Bath, I would
like to, or we would like tosay a huge thank you to listener
Lisa Webster, who supports thepodcast with their monthly
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We really appreciate it.
Thank you so much, Lisa.
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Now back to today's episode.
Doug and I have visited Bathnumerous times.
(02:01):
Oh, many times, over many years,and so we thought in this chat
today, we would share ourfavourite places, helpful tips
and personal experiences to helpyou plan your own trip.
So we're going to cover how toget there, what to see and do,
where to stay, when to go andeven a few great day trip ideas,
yeah, yeah.
(02:21):
So Doug's going to take overhost and duties in this one, so
he's going to be asking thequestions we often hear from you
guys and chiming in with hisown thoughts from previous
visits too, yeah.
So whether it's your first timevisiting bath or you're
planning to return, this episodewill help you feel more
confident about how to make themost of your time there.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Let's start with a simple question to start with,
for anyone who hasn't been,where is Bath and how would you
describe it?
And I suppose an extension iswhat makes it such a special
place to visit.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well, bath is located in the county of Somerset,
which is in the southwest ofEngland.
It's an elegant and historiccity full of beautiful Georgian
architecture, roman history.
It's compact and walkable,which makes it easy to explore
and just enjoy being there.
What makes it so special?
Well, it's that mixture ofhistory, architecture, spa,
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culture and literary connections, because you've got the Roman
bath, stunning buildings likethe Royal Crescent and, of
course, jane Austen everywhere.
It's the kind of place whereyou can slow down, take your
time and just soak it all in.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I couldn't agree more .
In fact, I would add on to thatit's a relaxing place.
We've spent many times visitingthere and just had a picnic up
near the park and just chilledout, haven't we?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, it really is.
It's a very special city.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Okay, so the next question is what's the best way
to get there to Bath from London, for example?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, I'm actually going to turn this around and
ask you because, as the UK trainexpert, I think if you explain
how to get there from London bytrain, that would be really good
.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Oh yeah, I guess that makes sense, doesn't it really
Okay?
So, departing from LondonPaddington, which is the train
station on the west side ofLondon, using the Great Western
Railway service service, ittakes about an hour and 15
minutes for the fastest serviceto bath spa so that's perfect,
so that's the best way to getthere by train.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, um, and you say it's just over two hours and
we've done that journey so manytimes?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
yeah, our train is about one hour 15 minutes for
the fastest for driving,depending where you're leaving
in london from.
I guess it's two hours plus,depending on how much time you
stop and say where you'releaving from yeah, I would never
say to leave from london, thatwould.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We would never say drive in london.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I wouldn't say that all the time.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I really would not um , but if you are planning to,
you know, include bath in in adriving itinerary around the uk,
which many, many of you do.
We know it's a very popularplace to go um.
What about actually drivingthere and and parking?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
well, there is, uh, car parks available in bath
itself, but to be honest, Idon't think you need to really.
I mean, we're big fans of parkand rides, aren't?
We, yeah, we do definitelyrecommend them yeah, there's
three around uh bath itself,depending which direction
driving in from.
But the park and ridesthemselves can work in a
slightly different way.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yes, I know some of them you park the car and you
pay for the car parking and thenyou get a free bus, and some of
them you pay for the bus andyou have free parking.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yes, those work a bit different, but they're easy to
work out, aren't they?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yes, so it's either.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
which other way One time you pay for the parking and
you don't pay for the bus,although you pay for the um bus
and you don't pay for theparking.
Yeah, that's it.
But using the parking ride itcan actually save you time,
because you haven't got to driveinto the center of uh well, any
city but bath in this case, andso that can save you a lot of
time.
You haven't got to sit intraffic absolutely, and me is
(05:44):
doing nearly all the driving, ifnot all the driving.
It gives the driver a bit of abreak as well.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So yeah, that's true.
So if you're planning to go,and just if you, well, basically
, if you plan to do that and goon a day trip and you drive it,
and so it's part of your drivingitinerary, that's what we'd
recommend.
We are going to talk aboutaccommodation in a bit, but
actually that's something toconsider.
Um, if you are going to getaccommodation, that you need to
really think carefully about theparking issues.
But I say we will mention thatin a bit.
(06:09):
But, um, we honestly dorecommend trying to avoid
parking or even trying to parkin any of these cities.
Especially bath is extremelypopular.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, yeah, I mean for bath itself.
We've recommended to some,we've done itinerary consoles,
for there's a lovely littlevillage called
Bradford-pont-avon, not too far,it's actually minutes away by
train.
So even if you're driving intothat direction, you know you can
maybe stay if you plan onstaying more than one day in
Bradford pontoon and then catchthe train in.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, that's a good idea so do you think?
I mean, we know it's doable as aday trip, but you know,
recommend staying overnight,really yeah, ideally, if you can
, we would recommend that you,you know, have a few days in
bath, um, but you can.
If you, if you're limiteditinerary time and limited time
in the uk and you're kind ofputting your itinerary together
(07:00):
and you want to really go tobath but you're struggling to
fit it in you, you can do it asa day trip and I've done that
many times from London.
Our partner that does this isthe English Boss, which is a
small coach.
It's a small group coach thatwill take you to Stonehenge Bath
and to a secret Cotswoldsvillage which I won't mention
(07:23):
because it's a secret, but I'vedone that before mention because
it's a secret, but I've donethat before and that's a really
great.
It's a small group, reallygreat guide.
You get to cover StonehengeBath and, as I say, part of the
Cotswolds, so that covers kindof three very popular
destinations, but you do gettime in Bath to explore and at
least have, you know, a smalltaste of the city.
(07:45):
Really.
Other ways to go to Bath ifyou're staying in the Cotswolds,
for example, you can go outwith Go Cotswolds who, again we
work with, do small group tours,excellent small group tours.
Last year I actually went toBath with my mum to the
Christmas market and they alsonow have a new Bath and Southern
Cotswolds tour which departsfrom Morton and Marsh or
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Stratford-upon-Avon.
Now for both the English busand Go Cotswolds we have a promo
code for a small discount.
So I will link to those in theshow notes.
And we actually have had Chrisfrom the English bus and Lisa
from Go Cotswolds on the podcastpreviously as well, so you can
listen to them all about theircompanies, what makes them so
special.
(08:31):
Another option is you can take aprivate tour, if you want, from
London out to Bath.
So MyTailor tours again they'vebeen on the podcast they can
talk all about their private daytours to Bath.
If you want something a bitmore bespoke for you, you want
to kind of maybe include a fewplaces on the way to stop off,
for example Stone or Avebury,for example, you can talk to
them.
Otherwise, that's a great wayto get out to Bath if you're and
do it privately.
But if you can, I would say tryto stay at least one night just
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to soak in the amazingatmosphere of Bath.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yeah, I totally agree with that.
So let's talk aboutaccommodation now.
So you've stayed in Bath a fewmore times than I have, so where
did you stay and would yourecommend those areas?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Well, we actually stayed together a few years ago
at the Black Fox, which is an18th century inn with what they
describe as 21st century luxurywhich it is and it was fantastic
.
We really enjoyed that, didn'twe?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
We really did.
It was really nice.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yeah, and it was fantastic.
We really enjoyed that, didn'twe?
We really did.
It was really nice, yeah, andvery historic Fantastic
breakfast, as they say and itwas just really close, close to
the train station, close towalking to the actual Roman
Baths itself, to the actualcentre.
So that was really cool, so wereally enjoyed that.
And then, actually, for my mum's80th birthday, I took her to.
She chose Bath as where shewanted to go for kind of a few
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days away.
So we stayed in number 15 byGuest House, which was excellent
.
Food was excellent.
You've got dolls, houses in thebedrooms, lovely bathroom.
It's a real lovely boutiquehotel and with lovely little
touches.
Like there's a little pantrythat you can go and get crisps
and drinks and sweets, which wasjust fantastic.
They'll also pick you up fromthe station as well if you
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organize that with them.
So if you arrive at the trainstation and you need to get,
obviously, with your luggage tothe hotel, they'll organize that
for you.
So that's a lovely hotel.
And then the other hotel that Istayed in actually I was invited
to stay in last year was theHotel Indigo in Bath, and now
this is a beautiful four-starboutique hotel.
It's close to the station, veryclose to Bath Abbey and the
(10:32):
Roman Baths.
Lovely restaurants, gorgeousrooms, bathrooms, beautifully
decorated and actually I have afull review of my stay at that
hotel on the website, which Iwill link to.
But there are lots of boutiquehotels, georgian b&b's,
self-catering flats, lots ofvarieties, different places to
stay in bath.
(10:53):
I will just say, though, ifyou're driving, make sure that
you have got parking included inthe accommodation.
That's one thing that we areconstantly reminding people of.
It's very important in Bath,but beautiful.
And another tip I will say aswell as looking, if you're
driving, making sure that youget parking is to consider
booking ahead.
(11:13):
If you're visiting during afestival period, during the
summer school holidays, you knowit can get very busy,
especially in the Jane AustenFestival, which is annual.
Christmas market, is verypopular.
So if you're planning to gostay in Bath in those periods,
do book ahead.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Okay, so we know there's plenty of things to do
in Bath, but what are some ofthe top attractions that
visitors shouldn't miss?
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Well, I think you should also join me talking
about some of these things, andbecause you know we both love
the same things in Bath, don'twe?
We?
We do Right.
So the number one that youreally shouldn't miss if you go
to Bath are the Roman Baths, andthey are the top attraction.
They were built in 70 AD, canyou believe it?
And they were built on top ofthe thermal springs.
(11:58):
A lot of it is in ruins, butmuch of it really is remarkably
well-preserved.
You can actually see thechanging rooms and the plunge
pools that people swam in.
Yeah, that's true 2 000 yearsago.
It's.
It's absolutely incredible.
The museum is excellent, it'sinteractive and one of my
favorite things about the museumis there's a model of actually
what it looked like, because itwas an entire complex that the
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romans built and you can even,if you want and we have both
done this sample the actualmineral waters.
We have and you can see thespring.
You can actually see that thewater coming from the spring.
So it's absolutely incredible.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
It's 100, somewhere you should include in your
itinerary yeah, and doesn'tmatter how many times visited
there, they it seems to getbetter every time.
They just sort of embrace alittle bit more of it or add
this in it's just fantastic.
I love going.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
It's absolutely incredible and the museum is
appropriate for all ages.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
And very importantly from an accessibility point of
view, it's 90% wheelchairfriendly.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Yeah, it's honestly a fantastic place to visit.
Now, if you do go, make surethat you go early and if you're
going during peak season sosummer holidays, school holidays
, weekends, even that you bookahead, because it does get
booked up and we've seen longqueues, haven't?
We really have?
Yes, so the second place that Iwould say that you should visit
is bath abbey.
(13:19):
Now, it's only one minute walkaway from when you come out of
the baths, you turn right andthe Abbey's right in front of
you.
You can't miss it.
Now.
The Abbey dates back to the 7thcentury.
There is a small fee forentrance and my mum she really
wanted to go and see Bath Abbey,so she loved it when we went in
.
It has beautiful stained glasswindows and just the
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architecture is absolutelystunning.
Now, what you can do and I mustadmit I haven't done this, and
I'm sure it was Wendy in aprevious episode a long time ago
when she was doing a triparound the UK she did climb to
the top of Bath Abbey and theview is amazing, so I actually
need to add that to my list fornext time, most definitely and I
can't believe I have not doneit already.
(14:00):
Well, both of us need to do that.
We need to clamp the top ofBath Abbey because, apparently,
the views are amazing.
I can imagine, yes.
So now, obviously, bath is veryfamous for its architecture,
and there are two places thatyou shouldn't really miss.
One is the Royal Crescent.
Now, the Royal Crescentconsists of 30 identical, luxury
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Georgian townhouses, and theyare simply stunning, aren't they
?
They are, they are beautiful,really, really beautiful, and if
you've got an interest inGeorgian history, you want to
actually see what it was like ina Georgian home.
You can go into number one,royal Crescent, which is a
museum.
I found it a little bit priceyto go in, but, honestly, it was
(14:42):
absolutely worth it, and I didit this year oh no, it was
actually last year.
It was October last year.
I decided I was going to go andhave a look around and,
honestly, it was well worth it.
It was very interesting.
I will put some photos of whatyou can see, but I would
recommend doing that and havinga look around.
And then, just beside the RoyalCrescent is the circus.
Inside the Royal Crescent isthe circus.
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Now the circus is, basically, itis a circle but it's not a
circus, as in clowns andacrobats, it is a circle of
again identical Georgiantownhouses and they are stunning
, so absolutely beautiful toenjoy, really, in architecture.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I enjoy looking at these sort of things as well.
Even you know I'm not anarchitectural expert or Georgian
expert, but it is actuallyvisually worth looking at these
sort of things as well.
Even you know I'm not anarchitectural expert or georgian
expert, but it is actuallyvisually.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Oh it's beautiful, yeah but they're made of the
bathstone as well, so they'rejust that kind of lovely creamy
color as well.
Um, and of course, there's apulteney bridge.
Now this, the architect whobuilt this, was inspired by the
ponte vecchio in florence.
So it's one of the only bridgesum in England maybe in the
world, I think obviously alongwith the Ponte Vecchio, which
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has got shops built along thespan of the actual bridge itself
.
So the architect, robert Adam,apparently visited Florence and
went wow, I love this.
So he designed Pultner Bridgebased on that, and that was
completed in 1774.
So, again, quite old.
And you do get a great view ofthe bridge if you take a boat
(16:08):
tour.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
We did that, didn't we yeah, we did a walking tour
and a boat tour as well, whichwas a lovely combination, and
you do get a lovely well,obviously, a different
perspective from the river thatyou do from the road yeah, and
that was a combination.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
One is a combination, so we went on the boat to start
with and then I had a walkingtour afterwards.
I'll actually link to that inthe show notes uh, so that was
absolutely fantastic.
Now, obviously, I can't nottalk about bath without talking
about the um thermobath spa,which is, of course, as I say,
bath is named after the spa.
The spring, you can actuallybathe in those lovely warm,
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mineral rich waters, um, justlike the romans did, uh, which
is amazing really.
So, um, yes, there is a spa, youcan book that and you can go
and bathe in those waters andenjoy, enjoy relaxing, yeah,
very nice and, of course, ifyou've done that, or you see,
you've done a little bit ofsightseeing, you've had a bit of
time at the spa and you think,oh, I could do with a bit of
shopping, also there's quite alot of nice shops in bath as
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well.
I do enjoy.
And, of course, bookshops.
They've got some, some greatbookshops, but I know your
favourite is Mr B's Emporium.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I love Mr B's Emporium.
It's just so relaxing.
The staff are incrediblypassionate and helpful and
really enjoy going there.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah there's some comfortable chairs.
You can sit down as well whenyou, you know, have a peruse in
the books.
I did.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
I did drag me out last time.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
I did, I did absolutely and, of course, just
around the corner from Mr B'sand I have to mention this.
Of course, I have to mentionthis because we're talking about
Bath is the Jane Austen Centre.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes, bath is so closely linked to Jane Austen,
so really, what is the bestplace to visit for fans?
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Well, I've just kind of mentioned it, the Jane Austen
Centre.
So that is an interactivemuseum.
You get a guided tour bycharacter actors and then you
get to look around the museum,but it's an interactive museum.
So I've got actually a pictureof my mum writing with a quill,
which she really enjoyed.
You can dress up in Regencyoutfits.
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You can have your photo takenwith the Jane austen waxwork or
and we did this, I did took momup there.
You can go and have afternoontea in the regency tea room.
And I will also mention thegift shop is amazing.
I always go to the gift shop,but I took my mom there, as I
said, for her 80th birthday.
I went to bath and, um, shewasn't sure about the jane
(18:22):
austen center.
She said I don't know and sheloved it.
She absolutely the Jane AustenCentre.
She said I don't know and sheloved it.
She absolutely loved it.
It was one of the favouritethings that we did.
And what's really interestingis that the centre is at 25 Gay
Street and actually Jane herselflived at 40 Gay Street, so not
too far away, for a short periodof time when she actually lived
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in Bath.
So I think that's kind of cute,oh that's very nice.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
So when is the Jane Austen Festival?
And really, what can peopleexpect if they visit that?
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, well, that's really famous because obviously
there's an annual festival everyyear.
It's basically in the secondweek of September and this year,
2025, it's Friday September the12th to Sunday, september the
21st.
I am hoping that I can get toit this year.
I really, really would love to.
Uh, there's lots of differentevents, including a regency
costume promenade.
(19:12):
Can you imagine just amazing?
Um, theatrical performances,talks, it's just that if you're
a jane austen fan, honestly it'sjust fantastic.
And it goes on for 10 days, um,so I will actually link to the
website as well.
So, if you want to fit thatinto your itinerary, definitely
look out, see if you can getsome tickets for that.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
I bet the tickets sell out fast.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Absolutely, and of course, as well as Jane Austen.
More recently, we have gotBridgerton, which was filmed in
Bath.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
All right, yeah.
So where are the key Bridgertonfilming locations?
Can visitors see them easily?
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Well, I'm not going to give that away.
I am not going to give thataway Because you can do a walk
and tour of Bath and discoverall of those, and I'm going to
highly recommend it because Idid that last year and it was
such a lot of fun.
The one I will give away isLady Danbury's House, which is
located at the Holborn Museum inBath, and that's it.
That's the only one I'm goingto give away.
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Do a tour, honestly, I highlyrecommend it.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Oh, that's mean Okay, so let's talk about getting
around Bath.
So, would you say, bath's easyto explore on foot.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Yeah, it is walkable and you can see most of the city
on foot really without muchproblem.
I will say that I did go withmy mom for her 80th birthday, so
she did struggle a little bit,so we did.
Uber is available and there aretaxis available and baths, so
(20:37):
we did.
I did call Uber most of thetime to if we wanted to get
somewhere.
That was a little bit like, forexample, going to the um, the
crescent, or going up the circus.
There it's slightly uphill, um,and it was a bit rainy actually
for one of the days, so we justcalled the uber and that was
not a problem so visitors don'tneed to worry about transport
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within the city, then really no,because you can get.
Honestly, uber was easilyavailable and there are local
taxis, for example, outside thetrain station as well, um, you
know, because there are a fewhills, um, and if you want
cobblestones and if you want togo out of town, obviously, you
know, you'll probably want toget an uber or a, a taxi, and
there is actually a hop on, hopoff bus, which I've actually
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never done.
That was another thing I thinkwe're gonna.
You know, I don't know how manytimes I've been at bath and
there were a couple of thingsI'm like maybe we need to do
those next time.
But yes, so there's a hop-on,hop-off bus.
But yes, we had no problem withany of that, it was actually
worked out really well.
It's a relaxing place as well.
So I think the whole pace ofBath is quite steady.
(21:39):
It is.
It does get busy, though in thesummer and in Christmas to the
Christmas markets, and it wasquite busy.
So I think you've got to takethat into consideration, that it
is a very popular city it is,so it can get.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Even with British people.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah exactly, so it can be busy yeah so Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
So let's talk about one of my favourite subjects now
food and drink.
So what would you say are someof your favourite places to eat
or have a drink in Bath?
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Well, I would say for both of us it's probably going
to be sally lawns, isn't it uh?
and we recommend sally lawns toeverybody.
So, honestly, we should havechairs and sally lawns, which we
don't.
I'll just go front, we don'thave.
So actually, the building thatsally lawns is located in, um,
they've dated the fireplace andchimneys back to 1482, you
really?
I mean, I mean just going intoSally Lunn's and the whole
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experience is amazing.
So, basically, sally Lunnarrived at Bath around 1680.
She was a Huguenot refugee andshe started baking what have
become her famous brioche-stylebuns.
Now we love them, don't you?
And you can get sweet andsavoury.
Now, I highly recommend thelemon curd.
Oh yes, just delicious.
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But we've also gone there fordinner, haven't we?
We have, yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Yeah, we have, because they're very filling as
well.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
They are, and we had savoury ones in the evening.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
We had a savoury mushroom one.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, it was really nice.
So I would definitely again getbusy, but, honestly, go and
have a salad on spawn lemon curdif it's at lunchtime and a cup
of tea you will.
You won't regret it and thesettings are amazing.
Now what you need to also do isdon't miss the little museum.
After you've had your, yourbrioche born is to go down the
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stairs and there's a little tinykitchen museum where you can
see the medieval oven that wasused.
It's incredible, and you canalso see how the pavement levels
have changed over the centuries, which I found absolutely
fascinating.
So don't miss that.
A lot of people, I think, don'tknow about it.
So have your tea, have yourSally Lunsbourne and then go and
check out the museum downstairs.
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Now, I also did mention beforethat we stayed at number 15
Guest House, which was a lovelyhotel, and I'm going to mention
their restaurant because my mumand I ate there, I think two
nights, because the food was sogood and what we tried was a
local dish which are bath porkchaps, so C-H-A-P-S, which were
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just delicious, absolutelydelicious.
I don't even know how todescribe them.
Hopefully I've got photographsso I can put in the show notes,
because it's going to be adifficult thing for me to
describe, but, believe me, theywere absolutely delicious and
I've never had them, since Ididn't have them before that,
I've never even heard of them,but they were lovely, so I'd
highly recommend that.
So number 15, honestly, wasreally really good.
Also, actually, the indigo bath.
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We had a beautiful, beautifulFrench onion soup.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
It was delicious.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I still remember it because it's one of my favorite
things to eat anyway, but it wasreally good.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So there's different options for all budgets and
dietary requirements, though.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Oh yeah, there's loads of independent cafes,
there's pubs, there's high-endrestaurants.
There's a lot to choose from.
I would just say book though.
Like, if you're thinking you'rehaving a sunday roast, make
sure that you book ahead becauseyou're gonna especially if
you're there doing like, well,only sunday, really it's going
to be always necessary to book.
But make sure that you do bookrestaurants if you, you know,
specifically want to have, youknow, want to eat in one of the
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specific restaurants.
I would also say I went to bathlast oh, actually it was January
this year on the English Busterand arrived and we hadn't
booked anything for lunch and Ithought I really want to go to
the pump room.
It's mentioned in Jane Austen'snovels.
Who doesn't want to go in thepump room for afternoon tea?
So that's what we did.
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Luckily they had a couple ofspots.
It was lovely.
So afternoon tea with the pianoplaying, so somebody playing
the piano.
There was somebody, um, I thinkthey were playing violin.
Oh, it was just, it was amazing.
So classic music in thebeautiful setting of the pump
rooms, um, and just having thisgorgeous afternoon tea.
I would highly highly recommendit.
(25:39):
I think it was just, it waslovely and just to sit in
somewhere that you know has beenmentioned in j Austen's novels.
It was just crazy, yeah, so I'drecommend that.
But, as you said before,there's loads of places to
choose from for food, and ifyou're on a budget, honestly,
there's Marks Spencer's.
Go and get yourself a meal deal.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Yeah, we've done that many times.
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah,yeah, that's good to know.
So, when talking about when tovisit, you've been at different
times of the year, as have I.
When would you say is the besttime to go, though?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
To be honest, I think any time of year is perfect for
Bath.
I mean, I'm just trying tothink, in the last year or so,
I've been there in July with mymum.
It was quite warm, had a littlebit of rain, but it was.
It was pleasant, very, reallynice.
Um, I've been there.
I was there actually early,late january, early february
this year, so go and start.
It was actually early spring,so there was lots of daffodils
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everywhere.
It was lovely.
It was actually quite quiet, um, and it was just one of those
cold, crisp days, so it waslovely.
Um, of course, I was there indecember for the christmas
markets, which were just veryatmospheric and lovely.
Um, I guess the months that Iwould consider, perhaps, if you,
if you're, can avoid it, Iguess would be september,
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because you've got the janeaustin festival, but again,
that's just 10 days of september, so it will just be busy so
that's particularly interesting,yeah of course, if you're going
for the I mean I want to go forthe festival, so I want to go
in in September but if you'renot particularly interested in
that or you know it's going tobe more expensive for places to
stay and it will be busier, butI don't think you can really go
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wrong.
I think the thing is preparing.
If you're going to go during aschool holiday time, during peak
season or summer, you just makesure you book things ahead.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Yeah, very good.
So you mentioned the Janeaneaustin festival in september
this year.
Do you have any other seasonaltips or festivals to plan around
?
Speaker 1 (27:28):
well, I think it's just checking online, because
there are lots of festivals thatare held.
Obviously, the most famous oneis a jane austin festival, which
is, as I said, annually everyyear in september, second second
week, um, so that you knowthat's come out.
But there are literature,festivals, music, just there's
lots of things going on.
So I think it's just a case ofcheck-in, um, if you've got a
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particular interest, that ifthere's any of these kind of
annual events on when you goyeah, that's good to know.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
So we've mentioned earlier about using bath as a
somewhere to base yourself.
So you know where would you sayis nearby.
Is it you know to explore?
Oh, you say is nearby toexplore.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
It's a great base because there's lots of places
that are close to Bath.
So if you base yourself thereand want to go out on some day
trips some you will have to takeyou'll need a car for but a lot
you can access by train, forexample, salisbury and
Stonehenge, not very far fromBath at all.
Yeah easy one.
Yeah, you know, you've gotWales, You've got the southern
Cotswolds.
You can go by train to Bristol.
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You can even go to Cardiff.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
Cardiff, that's right .
Speaker 1 (28:31):
So yeah, there's plenty of options for day trips
from Bath itself.
So I have got actually a fullarticle on that, so I'll link to
that in the show notes as well.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
So if you actually go and base yourself there, yeah,
bath spa, train stations wellserved yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I mean like, if you can, a popular actually tours, a
lot of tours will leave frombath that you can go to
stonehenge, salisbury, southerncotswolds, for example, you know
, castle coombe, lakehawk,they're very accessible from
bath.
Um, you know, and you can, youcan combine half this half day
tours to different places.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
You've got avebury and stonehenge even badford on
avon-Avon, which we said earlier.
Yeah, yeah, that's anotherplace to visit.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
So plenty of places to go from Bath itself.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Oh, that's good to know.
So can you recommend any guidedtours or self-drive options to
places like Stonehenge,Salisbury or the Cotswolds?
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Okay.
So private tours we wouldrecommend Daniel from Bath
Insider Tours.
You can actually listen toDaniel on podcast, episode 139,
where he talks about himself.
He's born and bred in Bath andhe takes walking tours,
including Bridgerton, as well asday tours and multi-day tours
and bespoke tours.
So you can you know, we'vetalked about all those different
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places that you can visit fromBath.
You can chat with Daniel aboutcreating a tour for you, be
private and you can go and visitall of these places with him.
So that's a great option.
You know, if you're going to dosome of these kind of
self-drive options again, I'lljust make sure that you've got.
We always talk about this, butit's so important to make sure
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you've got parking.
If you're going to leave yourcar and then drive back, make
sure that you've got parkingwherever you're staying
accommodation, but there'splenty of places that you can
drive to from Bath as well.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Oh yeah, so many.
Okay, so partly touched on thisbefore, so where have you not
yet visited?
In Bath, jason, hope to add tothe list for next time.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Well, obviously we'd love to go to the Jane Austen
Festival.
That goes without saying, andthis year it's the 250th
anniversary of her birth, so youknow how amazing would that be.
So what I haven't done and I'velooked at so many times is
actually the Bath Thermos Spa.
I've just not done it and Ireally would love to.
You really need to book thatahead.
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That's the problem.
We've actually gone before andnot booked it now.
If you go in the morning, Ithink like 8 am or 8 30 when it
opens, you may get spaces thatmorning and we thought about
doing it, but we had such a fullitinerary we didn't um.
Also, I'd like to try the hopon, hop off bus so I can report
to you guys if it's what it'slike and where it goes.
Um, and also from againprevious uh trip reports we've
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had on the podcast.
I'd like to walk up AlexandraPark and get the panoramic views
of a bath.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Oh, that'd be great, that would.
Yeah, that's good to know.
So, on sort of practical tips,what do you say?
Bath is a family-friendlydestination.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I think the Roman baths havedone such a great job in the
museum.
Absolutely, you've got kids totake them and to have a look
around it.
It's really good.
Take them on a boat ride on theRiver Avon, that's really good
fun as well.
Yeah, I think so.
I think it's family-friendlyabsolutely.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
Yeah, I'd agree with that one.
So attractions again.
Paula touched on this as well.
Would you recommend booking inadvance?
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Yeah, I kind of want to reiterate this to honestly
look at booking the roman bathsahead of time.
If you want to do the thermalbath spa again, book that ahead
of time.
And if you're going to bevisiting during the festivals or
christmas markets, I would makesure that you book hotels as
well ahead of time yeah, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
So really, and then for a first-time visitor, how
long would you recommendvisiting for?
Speaker 1 (32:04):
well, I really would say stay for two nights stay for
a minimum oftime visitor, howlong would you recommend
visiting for?
Well, I really would say stayfor two nights.
Stay for a minimum of twonights if you can, and I know
you know I've got a one-dayitinerary.
So if you're planning to do itindependent from london and
that's all you can fit in, havea look at my one-day itinerary
or do one of the tours you knowwith.
If you're from london, withenglish boss, or if you're in
the cotswolds, go with GoCotswolds and explore that way,
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but ideally, if you can spendlonger there.
I mean, I don't know how manytimes I've visited.
I mean I've stayed in Baththree times in the last couple
of years.
In fact, in the last year, Ithink, I've been three times,
and I could go back again andagain.
And, as I say, I haven't doneeverything at all.
There's so much more to do.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
Oh, that's great, thank you.
Now this last part.
I'm sure you're expecting thisquestion.
If you could give just one tipto someone visiting Bath for the
first time, what would that be?
Speaker 1 (32:51):
Well, again, I guess I'm going to repeat myself, but
just please don't rush it.
Give yourself at least onenight, if you can, and also do
the Roman Bath.
Visit the Roman Bath.
You'll learn so much about thehistory of baths because it grew
up around that.
Obviously before the Romans,the Celts were there.
So you know, you've got thathistory.
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It's just fantastic.
And make sure that you bookthose attractions like the Roman
baths and the spa in advance soyou don't waste time either
queuing or miss opportunities togo.
You don't get time a eitherqueue and or miss opportunities.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
You don't be disappointed if you visit him.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
You know specifically for that yeah, absolutely, and
just have a great time mostdefinitely.
Yeah, well, thank you very muchwell, thank you very much
because you've been interviewingme in this episode which is,
which is always fun for me.
It kind of gives me a, give mea podcast episode off asking the
questions, so I've beenanswering.
Um well, I guess what I'll useme to kind of say for this
episode is that, as always,we'll find links to everything
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we've talked about in the shownotes for this episode, and
there'll be lots of photos aswell, which will kind of
illustrate some of the placesthat we stayed, or some of the
places that we've eaten and lotsof the places that we visited
in Bath.
Yeah, but I think that leavesus to say until next episode,
until next week.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
Happy UK travel planning.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Thank you for tuning in to this week's episode of the
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As always, show notes can befound at uktravelplanningcom.
If you've enjoyed the show, whynot leave us feedback via text
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, that just leaves me to sayuntil next week.
Happy, UK travel planning.
Planning a trip to Bath.
In this episode, I'm sharingpractical tips and answering
common questions how to getthere, what to do, where to stay
and whether to visit for theday or spend a few nights.
Based on my own many visits,I'll walk you through what to
expect and how to make the mostof your time.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome to the UK Travel Planning Podcast.
Your host is the founder of theUK Travel Planning website,
Tracey Collins.
In this podcast, Tracy sharesdestination guides, travel tips
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guests who share their knowledgeand experience of UK travel to
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Join us as we explore the UKfrom cosmopolitan cities to
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Speaker 1 (00:57):
Hi, welcome to this week's edition of the UK Travel
Plan and Podcast.
In this episode, we're going tobe talking all about Bath.
Doug is here.
Hello there, One of the mostpopular cities in England, of
course, Bath is, and the onlyentire city in the UK to be
recognised as a UNESCO WorldHeritage Site.
In fact, Bath holds two UNESCOdesignations for its Roman and
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Georgian architecture and is oneof the great spa towns of
Europe.
Now, before we dive in and starttalking all about Bath, I would
like to, or we would like tosay a huge thank you to listener
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We really appreciate it.
Thank you so much, Lisa.
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Now back to today's episode.
Doug and I have visited Bathnumerous times.
(02:01):
Oh, many times, over many years,and so we thought in this chat
today, we would share ourfavourite places, helpful tips
and personal experiences to helpyou plan your own trip.
So we're going to cover how toget there, what to see and do,
where to stay, when to go andeven a few great day trip ideas,
yeah, yeah.
(02:21):
So Doug's going to take overhost and duties in this one, so
he's going to be asking thequestions we often hear from you
guys and chiming in with hisown thoughts from previous
visits too, yeah.
So whether it's your first timevisiting bath or you're
planning to return, this episodewill help you feel more
confident about how to make themost of your time there.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Let's start with a simple question to start with,
for anyone who hasn't been,where is Bath and how would you
describe it?
And I suppose an extension iswhat makes it such a special
place to visit.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well, bath is located in the county of Somerset,
which is in the southwest ofEngland.
It's an elegant and historiccity full of beautiful Georgian
architecture, roman history.
It's compact and walkable,which makes it easy to explore
and just enjoy being there.
What makes it so special?
Well, it's that mixture ofhistory, architecture, spa,
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culture and literary connections, because you've got the Roman
bath, stunning buildings likethe Royal Crescent and, of
course, jane Austen everywhere.
It's the kind of place whereyou can slow down, take your
time and just soak it all in.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
I couldn't agree more .
In fact, I would add on to thatit's a relaxing place.
We've spent many times visitingthere and just had a picnic up
near the park and just chilledout, haven't we?
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, it really is.
It's a very special city.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Okay, so the next question is what's the best way
to get there to Bath from London, for example?
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Well, I'm actually going to turn this around and
ask you because, as the UK trainexpert, I think if you explain
how to get there from London bytrain, that would be really good
.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Oh yeah, I guess that makes sense, doesn't it really
Okay?
So, departing from LondonPaddington, which is the train
station on the west side ofLondon, using the Great Western
Railway service service, ittakes about an hour and 15
minutes for the fastest serviceto bath spa so that's perfect,
so that's the best way to getthere by train.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, um, and you say it's just over two hours and
we've done that journey so manytimes?
Speaker 3 (04:18):
yeah, our train is about one hour 15 minutes for
the fastest for driving,depending where you're leaving
in london from.
I guess it's two hours plus,depending on how much time you
stop and say where you'releaving from yeah, I would never
say to leave from london, thatwould.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
We would never say drive in london.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I wouldn't say that all the time.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
I really would not um , but if you are planning to,
you know, include bath in in adriving itinerary around the uk,
which many, many of you do.
We know it's a very popularplace to go um.
What about actually drivingthere and and parking?
Speaker 3 (04:48):
well, there is, uh, car parks available in bath
itself, but to be honest, Idon't think you need to really.
I mean, we're big fans of parkand rides, aren't?
We, yeah, we do definitelyrecommend them yeah, there's
three around uh bath itself,depending which direction
driving in from.
But the park and ridesthemselves can work in a
slightly different way.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Yes, I know some of them you park the car and you
pay for the car parking and thenyou get a free bus, and some of
them you pay for the bus andyou have free parking.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yes, those work a bit different, but they're easy to
work out, aren't they?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yes, so it's either.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
which other way One time you pay for the parking and
you don't pay for the bus,although you pay for the um bus
and you don't pay for theparking.
Yeah, that's it.
But using the parking ride itcan actually save you time,
because you haven't got to driveinto the center of uh well, any
city but bath in this case, andso that can save you a lot of
time.
You haven't got to sit intraffic absolutely, and me is
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doing nearly all the driving, ifnot all the driving.
It gives the driver a bit of abreak as well.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
So yeah, that's true.
So if you're planning to go,and just if you, well, basically
, if you plan to do that and goon a day trip and you drive it,
and so it's part of your drivingitinerary, that's what we'd
recommend.
We are going to talk aboutaccommodation in a bit, but
actually that's something toconsider.
Um, if you are going to getaccommodation, that you need to
really think carefully about theparking issues.
But I say we will mention thatin a bit.
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But, um, we honestly dorecommend trying to avoid
parking or even trying to parkin any of these cities.
Especially bath is extremelypopular.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, yeah, I mean for bath itself.
We've recommended to some,we've done itinerary consoles,
for there's a lovely littlevillage called
Bradford-pont-avon, not too far,it's actually minutes away by
train.
So even if you're driving intothat direction, you know you can
maybe stay if you plan onstaying more than one day in
Bradford pontoon and then catchthe train in.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah, that's a good idea so do you think?
I mean, we know it's doable as aday trip, but you know,
recommend staying overnight,really yeah, ideally, if you can
, we would recommend that you,you know, have a few days in
bath, um, but you can.
If you, if you're limiteditinerary time and limited time
in the uk and you're kind ofputting your itinerary together
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and you want to really go tobath but you're struggling to
fit it in you, you can do it asa day trip and I've done that
many times from London.
Our partner that does this isthe English Boss, which is a
small coach.
It's a small group coach thatwill take you to Stonehenge Bath
and to a secret Cotswoldsvillage which I won't mention
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because it's a secret, but I'vedone that before mention because
it's a secret, but I've donethat before and that's a really
great.
It's a small group, reallygreat guide.
You get to cover StonehengeBath and, as I say, part of the
Cotswolds, so that covers kindof three very popular
destinations, but you do gettime in Bath to explore and at
least have, you know, a smalltaste of the city.
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Really.
Other ways to go to Bath ifyou're staying in the Cotswolds,
for example, you can go outwith Go Cotswolds who, again we
work with, do small group tours,excellent small group tours.
Last year I actually went toBath with my mum to the
Christmas market and they alsonow have a new Bath and Southern
Cotswolds tour which departsfrom Morton and Marsh or
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Stratford-upon-Avon.
Now for both the English busand Go Cotswolds we have a promo
code for a small discount.
So I will link to those in theshow notes.
And we actually have had Chrisfrom the English bus and Lisa
from Go Cotswolds on the podcastpreviously as well, so you can
listen to them all about theircompanies, what makes them so
special.
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Another option is you can take aprivate tour, if you want, from
London out to Bath.
So MyTailor tours again they'vebeen on the podcast they can
talk all about their private daytours to Bath.
If you want something a bitmore bespoke for you, you want
to kind of maybe include a fewplaces on the way to stop off,
for example Stone or Avebury,for example, you can talk to
them.
Otherwise, that's a great wayto get out to Bath if you're and
do it privately.
But if you can, I would say tryto stay at least one night just
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to soak in the amazingatmosphere of Bath.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yeah, I totally agree with that.
So let's talk aboutaccommodation now.
So you've stayed in Bath a fewmore times than I have, so where
did you stay and would yourecommend those areas?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Well, we actually stayed together a few years ago
at the Black Fox, which is an18th century inn with what they
describe as 21st century luxurywhich it is and it was fantastic
.
We really enjoyed that, didn'twe?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
We really did.
It was really nice.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
Yeah, and it was fantastic.
We really enjoyed that, didn'twe?
We really did.
It was really nice, yeah, andvery historic Fantastic
breakfast, as they say and itwas just really close, close to
the train station, close towalking to the actual Roman
Baths itself, to the actualcentre.
So that was really cool, so wereally enjoyed that.
And then, actually, for my mum's80th birthday, I took her to.
She chose Bath as where shewanted to go for kind of a few
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days away.
So we stayed in number 15 byGuest House, which was excellent
.
Food was excellent.
You've got dolls, houses in thebedrooms, lovely bathroom.
It's a real lovely boutiquehotel and with lovely little
touches.
Like there's a little pantrythat you can go and get crisps
and drinks and sweets, which wasjust fantastic.
They'll also pick you up fromthe station as well if you
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organize that with them.
So if you arrive at the trainstation and you need to get,
obviously, with your luggage tothe hotel, they'll organize that
for you.
So that's a lovely hotel.
And then the other hotel that Istayed in actually I was invited
to stay in last year was theHotel Indigo in Bath, and now
this is a beautiful four-starboutique hotel.
It's close to the station, veryclose to Bath Abbey and the
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Roman Baths.
Lovely restaurants, gorgeousrooms, bathrooms, beautifully
decorated and actually I have afull review of my stay at that
hotel on the website, which Iwill link to.
But there are lots of boutiquehotels, georgian b&b's,
self-catering flats, lots ofvarieties, different places to
stay in bath.
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I will just say, though, ifyou're driving, make sure that
you have got parking included inthe accommodation.
That's one thing that we areconstantly reminding people of.
It's very important in Bath,but beautiful.
And another tip I will say aswell as looking, if you're
driving, making sure that youget parking is to consider
booking ahead.
(11:13):
If you're visiting during afestival period, during the
summer school holidays, you knowit can get very busy,
especially in the Jane AustenFestival, which is annual.
Christmas market, is verypopular.
So if you're planning to gostay in Bath in those periods,
do book ahead.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Okay, so we know there's plenty of things to do
in Bath, but what are some ofthe top attractions that
visitors shouldn't miss?
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Well, I think you should also join me talking
about some of these things, andbecause you know we both love
the same things in Bath, don'twe?
We?
We do Right.
So the number one that youreally shouldn't miss if you go
to Bath are the Roman Baths, andthey are the top attraction.
They were built in 70 AD, canyou believe it?
And they were built on top ofthe thermal springs.
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A lot of it is in ruins, butmuch of it really is remarkably
well-preserved.
You can actually see thechanging rooms and the plunge
pools that people swam in.
Yeah, that's true 2 000 yearsago.
It's.
It's absolutely incredible.
The museum is excellent, it'sinteractive and one of my
favorite things about the museumis there's a model of actually
what it looked like, because itwas an entire complex that the
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romans built and you can even,if you want and we have both
done this sample the actualmineral waters.
We have and you can see thespring.
You can actually see that thewater coming from the spring.
So it's absolutely incredible.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
It's 100, somewhere you should include in your
itinerary yeah, and doesn'tmatter how many times visited
there, they it seems to getbetter every time.
They just sort of embrace alittle bit more of it or add
this in it's just fantastic.
I love going.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
It's absolutely incredible and the museum is
appropriate for all ages.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
And very importantly from an accessibility point of
view, it's 90% wheelchairfriendly.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Yeah, it's honestly a fantastic place to visit.
Now, if you do go, make surethat you go early and if you're
going during peak season sosummer holidays, school holidays
, weekends, even that you bookahead, because it does get
booked up and we've seen longqueues, haven't?
We really have?
Yes, so the second place that Iwould say that you should visit
is bath abbey.
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Now, it's only one minute walkaway from when you come out of
the baths, you turn right andthe Abbey's right in front of
you.
You can't miss it.
Now.
The Abbey dates back to the 7thcentury.
There is a small fee forentrance and my mum she really
wanted to go and see Bath Abbey,so she loved it when we went in
.
It has beautiful stained glasswindows and just the
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architecture is absolutelystunning.
Now, what you can do and I mustadmit I haven't done this, and
I'm sure it was Wendy in aprevious episode a long time ago
when she was doing a triparound the UK she did climb to
the top of Bath Abbey and theview is amazing, so I actually
need to add that to my list fornext time, most definitely and I
can't believe I have not doneit already.
(14:00):
Well, both of us need to do that.
We need to clamp the top ofBath Abbey because, apparently,
the views are amazing.
I can imagine, yes.
So now, obviously, bath is veryfamous for its architecture,
and there are two places thatyou shouldn't really miss.
One is the Royal Crescent.
Now, the Royal Crescentconsists of 30 identical, luxury
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Georgian townhouses, and theyare simply stunning, aren't they
?
They are, they are beautiful,really, really beautiful, and if
you've got an interest inGeorgian history, you want to
actually see what it was like ina Georgian home.
You can go into number one,royal Crescent, which is a
museum.
I found it a little bit priceyto go in, but, honestly, it was
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absolutely worth it, and I didit this year oh no, it was
actually last year.
It was October last year.
I decided I was going to go andhave a look around and,
honestly, it was well worth it.
It was very interesting.
I will put some photos of whatyou can see, but I would
recommend doing that and havinga look around.
And then, just beside the RoyalCrescent is the circus.
Inside the Royal Crescent isthe circus.
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Now the circus is, basically, itis a circle but it's not a
circus, as in clowns andacrobats, it is a circle of
again identical Georgiantownhouses and they are stunning
, so absolutely beautiful toenjoy, really, in architecture.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I enjoy looking at these sort of things as well.
Even you know I'm not anarchitectural expert or Georgian
expert, but it is actuallyvisually worth looking at these
sort of things as well.
Even you know I'm not anarchitectural expert or georgian
expert, but it is actuallyvisually.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Oh it's beautiful, yeah but they're made of the
bathstone as well, so they'rejust that kind of lovely creamy
color as well.
Um, and of course, there's apulteney bridge.
Now this, the architect whobuilt this, was inspired by the
ponte vecchio in florence.
So it's one of the only bridgesum in England maybe in the
world, I think obviously alongwith the Ponte Vecchio, which
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has got shops built along thespan of the actual bridge itself
.
So the architect, robert Adam,apparently visited Florence and
went wow, I love this.
So he designed Pultner Bridgebased on that, and that was
completed in 1774.
So, again, quite old.
And you do get a great view ofthe bridge if you take a boat
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tour.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
We did that, didn't we yeah, we did a walking tour
and a boat tour as well, whichwas a lovely combination, and
you do get a lovely well,obviously, a different
perspective from the river thatyou do from the road yeah, and
that was a combination.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
One is a combination, so we went on the boat to start
with and then I had a walkingtour afterwards.
I'll actually link to that inthe show notes uh, so that was
absolutely fantastic.
Now, obviously, I can't nottalk about bath without talking
about the um thermobath spa,which is, of course, as I say,
bath is named after the spa.
The spring, you can actuallybathe in those lovely warm,
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mineral rich waters, um, justlike the romans did, uh, which
is amazing really.
So, um, yes, there is a spa, youcan book that and you can go
and bathe in those waters andenjoy, enjoy relaxing, yeah,
very nice and, of course, ifyou've done that, or you see,
you've done a little bit ofsightseeing, you've had a bit of
time at the spa and you think,oh, I could do with a bit of
shopping, also there's quite alot of nice shops in bath as
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well.
I do enjoy.
And, of course, bookshops.
They've got some, some greatbookshops, but I know your
favourite is Mr B's Emporium.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I love Mr B's Emporium.
It's just so relaxing.
The staff are incrediblypassionate and helpful and
really enjoy going there.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Yeah there's some comfortable chairs.
You can sit down as well whenyou, you know, have a peruse in
the books.
I did.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
I did drag me out last time.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
I did, I did absolutely and, of course, just
around the corner from Mr B'sand I have to mention this.
Of course, I have to mentionthis because we're talking about
Bath is the Jane Austen Centre.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes, bath is so closely linked to Jane Austen,
so really, what is the bestplace to visit for fans?
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Well, I've just kind of mentioned it, the Jane Austen
Centre.
So that is an interactivemuseum.
You get a guided tour bycharacter actors and then you
get to look around the museum,but it's an interactive museum.
So I've got actually a pictureof my mum writing with a quill,
which she really enjoyed.
You can dress up in Regencyoutfits.
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You can have your photo takenwith the Jane austen waxwork or
and we did this, I did took momup there.
You can go and have afternoontea in the regency tea room.
And I will also mention thegift shop is amazing.
I always go to the gift shop,but I took my mom there, as I
said, for her 80th birthday.
I went to bath and, um, shewasn't sure about the jane
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austen center.
She said I don't know and sheloved it.
She absolutely the Jane AustenCentre.
She said I don't know and sheloved it.
She absolutely loved it.
It was one of the favouritethings that we did.
And what's really interestingis that the centre is at 25 Gay
Street and actually Jane herselflived at 40 Gay Street, so not
too far away, for a short periodof time when she actually lived
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in Bath.
So I think that's kind of cute,oh that's very nice.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
So when is the Jane Austen Festival?
And really, what can peopleexpect if they visit that?
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, well, that's really famous because obviously
there's an annual festival everyyear.
It's basically in the secondweek of September and this year,
2025, it's Friday September the12th to Sunday, september the
21st.
I am hoping that I can get toit this year.
I really, really would love to.
Uh, there's lots of differentevents, including a regency
costume promenade.
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Can you imagine just amazing?
Um, theatrical performances,talks, it's just that if you're
a jane austen fan, honestly it'sjust fantastic.
And it goes on for 10 days, um,so I will actually link to the
website as well.
So, if you want to fit thatinto your itinerary, definitely
look out, see if you can getsome tickets for that.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
I bet the tickets sell out fast.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Absolutely, and of course, as well as Jane Austen.
More recently, we have gotBridgerton, which was filmed in
Bath.
Speaker 3 (19:40):
All right, yeah.
So where are the key Bridgertonfilming locations?
Can visitors see them easily?
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Well, I'm not going to give that away.
I am not going to give thataway Because you can do a walk
and tour of Bath and discoverall of those, and I'm going to
highly recommend it because Idid that last year and it was
such a lot of fun.
The one I will give away isLady Danbury's House, which is
located at the Holborn Museum inBath, and that's it.
That's the only one I'm goingto give away.
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Do a tour, honestly, I highlyrecommend it.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Oh, that's mean Okay, so let's talk about getting
around Bath.
So, would you say, bath's easyto explore on foot.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Yeah, it is walkable and you can see most of the city
on foot really without muchproblem.
I will say that I did go withmy mom for her 80th birthday, so
she did struggle a little bit,so we did.
Uber is available and there aretaxis available and baths, so
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we did.
I did call Uber most of thetime to if we wanted to get
somewhere.
That was a little bit like, forexample, going to the um, the
crescent, or going up the circus.
There it's slightly uphill, um,and it was a bit rainy actually
for one of the days, so we justcalled the uber and that was
not a problem so visitors don'tneed to worry about transport
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within the city, then really no,because you can get.
Honestly, uber was easilyavailable and there are local
taxis, for example, outside thetrain station as well, um, you
know, because there are a fewhills, um, and if you want
cobblestones and if you want togo out of town, obviously, you
know, you'll probably want toget an uber or a, a taxi, and
there is actually a hop on, hopoff bus, which I've actually
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never done.
That was another thing I thinkwe're gonna.
You know, I don't know how manytimes I've been at bath and
there were a couple of thingsI'm like maybe we need to do
those next time.
But yes, so there's a hop-on,hop-off bus.
But yes, we had no problem withany of that, it was actually
worked out really well.
It's a relaxing place as well.
So I think the whole pace ofBath is quite steady.
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It is.
It does get busy, though in thesummer and in Christmas to the
Christmas markets, and it wasquite busy.
So I think you've got to takethat into consideration, that it
is a very popular city it is,so it can get.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
Even with British people.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah exactly, so it can be busy yeah so Okay.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
So let's talk about one of my favourite subjects now
food and drink.
So what would you say are someof your favourite places to eat
or have a drink in Bath?
Speaker 1 (22:06):
Well, I would say for both of us it's probably going
to be sally lawns, isn't it uh?
and we recommend sally lawns toeverybody.
So, honestly, we should havechairs and sally lawns, which we
don't.
I'll just go front, we don'thave.
So actually, the building thatsally lawns is located in, um,
they've dated the fireplace andchimneys back to 1482, you
really?
I mean, I mean just going intoSally Lunn's and the whole
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experience is amazing.
So, basically, sally Lunnarrived at Bath around 1680.
She was a Huguenot refugee andshe started baking what have
become her famous brioche-stylebuns.
Now we love them, don't you?
And you can get sweet andsavoury.
Now, I highly recommend thelemon curd.
Oh yes, just delicious.
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But we've also gone there fordinner, haven't we?
We have, yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:49):
Yeah, we have, because they're very filling as
well.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
They are, and we had savoury ones in the evening.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
We had a savoury mushroom one.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
Yeah, it was really nice.
So I would definitely again getbusy, but, honestly, go and
have a salad on spawn lemon curdif it's at lunchtime and a cup
of tea you will.
You won't regret it and thesettings are amazing.
Now what you need to also do isdon't miss the little museum.
After you've had your, yourbrioche born is to go down the
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stairs and there's a little tinykitchen museum where you can
see the medieval oven that wasused.
It's incredible, and you canalso see how the pavement levels
have changed over the centuries, which I found absolutely
fascinating.
So don't miss that.
A lot of people, I think, don'tknow about it.
So have your tea, have yourSally Lunsbourne and then go and
check out the museum downstairs.
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Now, I also did mention beforethat we stayed at number 15
Guest House, which was a lovelyhotel, and I'm going to mention
their restaurant because my mumand I ate there, I think two
nights, because the food was sogood and what we tried was a
local dish which are bath porkchaps, so C-H-A-P-S, which were
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just delicious, absolutelydelicious.
I don't even know how todescribe them.
Hopefully I've got photographsso I can put in the show notes,
because it's going to be adifficult thing for me to
describe, but, believe me, theywere absolutely delicious and
I've never had them, since Ididn't have them before that,
I've never even heard of them,but they were lovely, so I'd
highly recommend that.
So number 15, honestly, wasreally really good.
Also, actually, the indigo bath.
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We had a beautiful, beautifulFrench onion soup.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
It was delicious.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
I still remember it because it's one of my favorite
things to eat anyway, but it wasreally good.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
So there's different options for all budgets and
dietary requirements, though.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Oh yeah, there's loads of independent cafes,
there's pubs, there's high-endrestaurants.
There's a lot to choose from.
I would just say book though.
Like, if you're thinking you'rehaving a sunday roast, make
sure that you book ahead becauseyou're gonna especially if
you're there doing like, well,only sunday, really it's going
to be always necessary to book.
But make sure that you do bookrestaurants if you, you know,
specifically want to have, youknow, want to eat in one of the
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specific restaurants.
I would also say I went to bathlast oh, actually it was January
this year on the English Busterand arrived and we hadn't
booked anything for lunch and Ithought I really want to go to
the pump room.
It's mentioned in Jane Austen'snovels.
Who doesn't want to go in thepump room for afternoon tea?
So that's what we did.
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Luckily they had a couple ofspots.
It was lovely.
So afternoon tea with the pianoplaying, so somebody playing
the piano.
There was somebody, um, I thinkthey were playing violin.
Oh, it was just, it was amazing.
So classic music in thebeautiful setting of the pump
rooms, um, and just having thisgorgeous afternoon tea.
I would highly highly recommendit.
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I think it was just, it waslovely and just to sit in
somewhere that you know has beenmentioned in j Austen's novels.
It was just crazy, yeah, so I'drecommend that.
But, as you said before,there's loads of places to
choose from for food, and ifyou're on a budget, honestly,
there's Marks Spencer's.
Go and get yourself a meal deal.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Yeah, we've done that many times.
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, yeah,yeah, that's good to know.
So, when talking about when tovisit, you've been at different
times of the year, as have I.
When would you say is the besttime to go, though?
Speaker 1 (26:10):
To be honest, I think any time of year is perfect for
Bath.
I mean, I'm just trying tothink, in the last year or so,
I've been there in July with mymum.
It was quite warm, had a littlebit of rain, but it was.
It was pleasant, very, reallynice.
Um, I've been there.
I was there actually early,late january, early february
this year, so go and start.
It was actually early spring,so there was lots of daffodils
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everywhere.
It was lovely.
It was actually quite quiet, um, and it was just one of those
cold, crisp days, so it waslovely.
Um, of course, I was there indecember for the christmas
markets, which were just veryatmospheric and lovely.
Um, I guess the months that Iwould consider, perhaps, if you,
if you're, can avoid it, Iguess would be september,
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because you've got the janeaustin festival, but again,
that's just 10 days of september, so it will just be busy so
that's particularly interesting,yeah of course, if you're going
for the I mean I want to go forthe festival, so I want to go
in in September but if you'renot particularly interested in
that or you know it's going tobe more expensive for places to
stay and it will be busier, butI don't think you can really go
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wrong.
I think the thing is preparing.
If you're going to go during aschool holiday time, during peak
season or summer, you just makesure you book things ahead.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
Yeah, very good.
So you mentioned the Janeaneaustin festival in september
this year.
Do you have any other seasonaltips or festivals to plan around
?
Speaker 1 (27:28):
well, I think it's just checking online, because
there are lots of festivals thatare held.
Obviously, the most famous oneis a jane austin festival, which
is, as I said, annually everyyear in september, second second
week, um, so that you knowthat's come out.
But there are literature,festivals, music, just there's
lots of things going on.
So I think it's just a case ofcheck-in, um, if you've got a
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particular interest, that ifthere's any of these kind of
annual events on when you goyeah, that's good to know.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
So we've mentioned earlier about using bath as a
somewhere to base yourself.
So you know where would you sayis nearby.
Is it you know to explore?
Oh, you say is nearby toexplore.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
It's a great base because there's lots of places
that are close to Bath.
So if you base yourself thereand want to go out on some day
trips some you will have to takeyou'll need a car for but a lot
you can access by train, forexample, salisbury and
Stonehenge, not very far fromBath at all.
Yeah easy one.
Yeah, you know, you've gotWales, You've got the southern
Cotswolds.
You can go by train to Bristol.
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You can even go to Cardiff.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
Cardiff, that's right .
Speaker 1 (28:31):
So yeah, there's plenty of options for day trips
from Bath itself.
So I have got actually a fullarticle on that, so I'll link to
that in the show notes as well.
Speaker 3 (28:40):
So if you actually go and base yourself there, yeah,
bath spa, train stations wellserved yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I mean like, if you can, a popular actually tours, a
lot of tours will leave frombath that you can go to
stonehenge, salisbury, southerncotswolds, for example, you know
, castle coombe, lakehawk,they're very accessible from
bath.
Um, you know, and you can, youcan combine half this half day
tours to different places.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
You've got avebury and stonehenge even badford on
avon-Avon, which we said earlier.
Yeah, yeah, that's anotherplace to visit.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
So plenty of places to go from Bath itself.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
Oh, that's good to know.
So can you recommend any guidedtours or self-drive options to
places like Stonehenge,Salisbury or the Cotswolds?
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Okay.
So private tours we wouldrecommend Daniel from Bath
Insider Tours.
You can actually listen toDaniel on podcast, episode 139,
where he talks about himself.
He's born and bred in Bath andhe takes walking tours,
including Bridgerton, as well asday tours and multi-day tours
and bespoke tours.
So you can you know, we'vetalked about all those different
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places that you can visit fromBath.
You can chat with Daniel aboutcreating a tour for you, be
private and you can go and visitall of these places with him.
So that's a great option.
You know, if you're going to dosome of these kind of
self-drive options again, I'lljust make sure that you've got.
We always talk about this, butit's so important to make sure
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you've got parking.
If you're going to leave yourcar and then drive back, make
sure that you've got parkingwherever you're staying
accommodation, but there'splenty of places that you can
drive to from Bath as well.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Oh yeah, so many.
Okay, so partly touched on thisbefore, so where have you not
yet visited?
In Bath, jason, hope to add tothe list for next time.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
Well, obviously we'd love to go to the Jane Austen
Festival.
That goes without saying, andthis year it's the 250th
anniversary of her birth, so youknow how amazing would that be.
So what I haven't done and I'velooked at so many times is
actually the Bath Thermos Spa.
I've just not done it and Ireally would love to.
You really need to book thatahead.
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That's the problem.
We've actually gone before andnot booked it now.
If you go in the morning, Ithink like 8 am or 8 30 when it
opens, you may get spaces thatmorning and we thought about
doing it, but we had such a fullitinerary we didn't um.
Also, I'd like to try the hopon, hop off bus so I can report
to you guys if it's what it'slike and where it goes.
Um, and also from againprevious uh trip reports we've
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had on the podcast.
I'd like to walk up AlexandraPark and get the panoramic views
of a bath.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
Oh, that'd be great, that would.
Yeah, that's good to know.
So, on sort of practical tips,what do you say?
Bath is a family-friendlydestination.
Speaker 1 (31:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I think the Roman baths havedone such a great job in the
museum.
Absolutely, you've got kids totake them and to have a look
around it.
It's really good.
Take them on a boat ride on theRiver Avon, that's really good
fun as well.
Yeah, I think so.
I think it's family-friendlyabsolutely.
Speaker 3 (31:33):
Yeah, I'd agree with that one.
So attractions again.
Paula touched on this as well.
Would you recommend booking inadvance?
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Yeah, I kind of want to reiterate this to honestly
look at booking the roman bathsahead of time.
If you want to do the thermalbath spa again, book that ahead
of time.
And if you're going to bevisiting during the festivals or
christmas markets, I would makesure that you book hotels as
well ahead of time yeah, thatmakes sense.
Speaker 3 (31:58):
So really, and then for a first-time visitor, how
long would you recommendvisiting for?
Speaker 1 (32:04):
well, I really would say stay for two nights stay for
a minimum oftime visitor, howlong would you recommend
visiting for?
Well, I really would say stayfor two nights.
Stay for a minimum of twonights if you can, and I know
you know I've got a one-dayitinerary.
So if you're planning to do itindependent from london and
that's all you can fit in, havea look at my one-day itinerary
or do one of the tours you knowwith.
If you're from london, withenglish boss, or if you're in
the cotswolds, go with GoCotswolds and explore that way,
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but ideally, if you can spendlonger there.
I mean, I don't know how manytimes I've visited.
I mean I've stayed in Baththree times in the last couple
of years.
In fact, in the last year, Ithink, I've been three times,
and I could go back again andagain.
And, as I say, I haven't doneeverything at all.
There's so much more to do.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
Oh, that's great, thank you.
Now this last part.
I'm sure you're expecting thisquestion.
If you could give just one tipto someone visiting Bath for the
first time, what would that be?
Speaker 1 (32:51):
Well, again, I guess I'm going to repeat myself, but
just please don't rush it.
Give yourself at least onenight, if you can, and also do
the Roman Bath.
Visit the Roman Bath.
You'll learn so much about thehistory of baths because it grew
up around that.
Obviously before the Romans,the Celts were there.
So you know, you've got thathistory.
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It's just fantastic.
And make sure that you bookthose attractions like the Roman
baths and the spa in advance soyou don't waste time either
queuing or miss opportunities togo.
You don't get time a eitherqueue and or miss opportunities.
Speaker 3 (33:25):
You don't be disappointed if you visit him.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
You know specifically for that yeah, absolutely, and
just have a great time mostdefinitely.
Yeah, well, thank you very muchwell, thank you very much
because you've been interviewingme in this episode which is,
which is always fun for me.
It kind of gives me a, give mea podcast episode off asking the
questions, so I've beenanswering.
Um well, I guess what I'll useme to kind of say for this
episode is that, as always,we'll find links to everything
(33:48):
we've talked about in the shownotes for this episode, and
there'll be lots of photos aswell, which will kind of
illustrate some of the placesthat we stayed, or some of the
places that we've eaten and lotsof the places that we visited
in Bath.
Yeah, but I think that leavesus to say until next episode,
until next week.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
Happy UK travel planning.
Speaker 1 (34:12):
Thank you for tuning in to this week's episode of the
UK travel planning podcast.
As always, show notes can befound at uktravelplanningcom.
If you've enjoyed the show, whynot leave us feedback via text
or a review on your favouritepodcast app?
We love to hear from you andyou never know.
You may receive a shout out ina future episode, but, as always
(34:33):
, that just leaves me to sayuntil next week.
Happy, UK travel planning.
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