Bath is a fascinating city of rare beauty that has been attracting visitors since the dawn of time.
Stone Age hunters roamed here before the legendary Prince Bladud discovered the hot springs for which Bath has become famous. When the Romans arrived they constructed a grand collection of buildings around the springs, but with the collapse of their empire the magnificent buildings were abandoned and buried for almost a thousand years.
These springs, however, are only a part of the city’s extraordinary attraction. Bath is situated in a picturesque bowl of hills, and most of the buildings you see today date from the 18th century when a triumvirate of prominent citizens effectively created the stunning Georgian city that astonishes visitors today.
Beau Nash, professional gambler and bon viveur, turned the city into a fashionable playground for the beau monde. Ralph Allen provided plentiful supplies of the beautiful stone that lends the city its graceful air of uniformity. Finally, John Wood the Elder, and his son, created a new city on a grand scale. Bath now boasts more Grade I listed buildings than Central London and is the only English city to be designated a “World Heritage Site’.’
Not surprisingly this remarkable city never fails to astonish and entertain visitors from all over the world.