STUDENT TOURS & GROUP TRAVEL

Tour Details:

Welcome to our tour to Bath.

Arrival at 11am with a 1 hour walking tour around the best sights Bath has to offer including Bath Abbey, Pulteney Bridge, Roman Baths and Royal Crescent.

Free time after the tour finishes at midday for lunch and then you have until 4pm departure for shopping or sightseeing or to enjoy the free museum or art gallery, or other attractions available.

Bath

Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK to see and you can learn about its Roman history and the founding of its Roman Bath complex (extra charge), and the citys rebirth in Georgian times and its triumph of architecture in the beautiful Royal Crescent. Also see the only bridge in the UK and one of three in the world that has buildings on both sides. River boat tours are available most of the year and there is also the Jane Austen Centre for fans of her books. Many religious buildings such as Bath Abbey are available to visit and free or just ask for donations for entry. There are many street entertainers in the city centre and many shops of all types and of course many restaurants or cafes. 

Places to visit in Bath

Roman Bath Complex
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest. The house is a well-preserved Roman site with baths and a temple. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from the Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century and include the Pump Rooms. Cost £13 approx.

Jane Austen Centre

The Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay Street is a permanent exhibition which tells the story of her Bath experience – the effect that visiting and living in the city had on her and her writing. Austen is one of the greatest writers of the 18th and 19th century with novels such as Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Cost: £8.50

Sally Lunns Tea Rooms

Sally Lunns is much more than a world famous tea and eating house in the centre of the wonderful city of Bath. The historic building is the oldest house in Bath. The kitchen museum shows the actual kitchen used by the young Huguenot baker Sally Lunn in Georgian Bath to create the first Bath bun.

Victoria Art Gallery

Free public art gallery (though some exhibitions may charge entry) featuring over 1500 paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

Holburne Museum

Features fine and decorative arts and has free entry. Next to the museum is Sydney Gardens, a favourite place to walk for Jane Austen who set part of her novel Northanger Abbey in the surrounding area.

Bath Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine Monastery in Bath. Founded in the 7th century, reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries, it is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. Cost - Donations accepted.

Timing

(All times are approximate and may vary on the day depending on circumstances and are given as a guideline)

Bath arrival 11am
Bath walking tour of 1 hour and then 4 hours of free time until departure.
Return to Bournemouth 18:00

This information shows example itineraries to use as a guideline, please note that the order we visit various attractions may change depending on circumstances or time of year.

Please follow the advice of your tour manager and make sure that you are at the various pick up points and departures at the correct times.