Bath, England - A Virtual Tour

Are you planning a visit to Bath? Or maybe you'd just like to find out more about this historic Georgian city. We should call it Bath Spa to give it its full name. Bath Spa is in the county of Somerset, England, UK. 

I lived in Bath for 10 years and still return to visit. It's one of my favorite cities and I love going to stay there.

Bath is famous for it's Georgian architecture which creates a wonderful backdrop, but it's a modern city now, I love the street performers who make the city so full of life. 

Bath was a roman city. It's roman name was Aquae Sulis which means "the waters of Sulis". Sulis was a deity associated with Bath. The Celtic Sulis was matched up with the Roman Minerva who is also strongly associated with Bath. 

The public Baths from Roman times have become modern attractions and you can bathe at the Thermae Spa or visit the Roman Baths Museum. 

Much of the city was built up during Georgian times. The architects John Wood the elder and John Wood the younger designed many of the buildings.

The Royal Crescent is particularly famous and very impressive. The crescent is a curved terrace of tall houses. Many have been turned into flats now as it's pretty expensive to own a whole house in the crescent!

And of course Jane Austen lived in Bath for several years in the early 1800s. She is one of the most famous residents of Bath and there's a Jane Austen museum to visit. 

Two of Jane Austen's novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were set largely in Bath.