Architecture sights in Bath
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Thermae Bath Spa
Larking about in the Roman Baths might be off the agenda, but thankfully you can still sample the city's curative waters at the Thermae Bath Spa. Incorporating the old Cross Bath into a shell of Georgian stone, stainless steel and plate glass, the ferociously modern building has ruffled the feathers of many Bathonian purists, but whatever you make of the architecture, the hot springs themselves are a treat.
Packages range from a dip in one of the heated pools (choose from the Cross Bath or the New Royal Bath, which includes a choice of pools, steam rooms and waterfall shower) to exotic treatments including peat baths, body cocoons, Vichy showers and the ominous-sounding '…
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Assembly Rooms
Opened in 1771, the city's glorious Assembly Rooms were where fashionable Bath socialites once gathered to waltz, play cards and listen to the latest chamber music. You're free to wander around the rooms, as long as they haven't been reserved for a special function. Highlights include the card room, tearoom and the truly splendid ballroom, all of which are lit by their original 18th-century chandeliers. The Assembly Rooms were all but gutted by incendiary bombs during WWII but have since been carefully restored.
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Holburne Museum
Sir William Holburne, the 18th-century aristocrat, aesthete and art fanatic, amassed a huge collection, which now forms the Holburne Museum , beautifully situated in the tree-shaded Sydney Gardens. Works by Turner, Gaudi, Stubbs and Thomas Gainsborough litter the palatial rooms, supplemented by a hoard of majolica, porcelain and portrait miniatures (look out for one of Beau Nash).
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Georgian Garden
To the south of the Circus is the restored Georgian Garden, with formal terraces, period plants and gravel walkways, tidied everyday using an original 19th-century roller.
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