Discover Bath and Somerset: A Self-Guided Tour

Overview

Uncover Bath's Georgian elegance and Roman soul with our self-guided tour, allowing you to explore England's only UNESCO World Heritage city at your own pace. Descend into the Roman Baths where the Great Bath's lead-lined pool and 130 ancient curse tablets reveal daily life in Britannia's most sophisticated spa town, fed by a Sacred Spring still flowing at 46°C after 2000 years. Gaze up at Bath Abbey's fan-vaulted ceiling commissioned after a bishop's dream of angels climbing ladders to heaven, then sip spa waters in the Pump Room where Jane Austen's characters took their morning glass. Walk the coloured sweep of the Royal Crescent — John Wood the Younger's 1774 masterpiece of 30 townhouses — and the perfectly circular Circus with its 114 classical columns. Cross Pulteney Bridge, one of only four worldwide lined with shops, soak in Thermae Bath Spa's rooftop pool overlooking Georgian rooftops, and day trip to Stonehenge, the Cotswolds village of Castle Combe, or Salisbury Cathedral.