Bath Sights

Thermae Bath Spa

#10 of 59 things to do in Bath

#3065 of 49020 things to do in Europe

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Good for: spa, Pool, relaxing, rejuvenating, bathing

Not good for: noisy, rowdy, perving

  • Address
    • Hot Bath St City Centre
  • Website
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 01225 331234
  • Price
    • spa sessions Cross Bath adult/child around £12/around £9, New Royal Bath per 2hr/4hr/day around £20/around £30/around £50, spa packages from around £65
  • Hours
    • New Royal Bath 09:00-22:00, Cross Bath 10:00-20:00

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Lonely Planet review for 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 'Kraxen stove' (an Alpine hay chamber, apparently). Best of all is the amazing open-air rooftop pool, where you can admire the cityscape dressed in nowt but a bathrobe and fluffy slippers.

 

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    I've seen better...

    kelleburm does not recommend this,

    I went to the Thermae Bath Spa in Bath in November of last year, I was looking for nice, hot, steam rooms and pools... instead the water was lukewarm at best, which is the major reasoning for my dislike. I like HOT water and when going to a thermal spa such as this I would expect at least an option for hot water. Also was comparing this to the thermal spa in Baden Baden Germany which I had visited a couple months past, which was amazing, so my expectations were high. Also the weather was kind of dreary which made the visit more unpleasant, especially because the water was cold too so it didn't warm you up! I didn't find this place very exciting more like a public pool then a spa.

    Good for: Pool, spa

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    The spa on the roof at night is out of this world

    jessboland recommends this,

    You absolutely must go the Thermae Bath Spa in the evening - it's much less crowded than during the day. The night-time view from the rooftop pool is like nothing else - the old buildings and spires of Bath lit up in the moonlight, viewed while drifting in the heated natural mineral waters, steam rising from the surface into the cold night air.
    Also don't miss the steam rooms downstairs, where each room has its own scent like eucalyptus, mint and lavender.
    Thermae Bath Spa is a blissful Bath experience.

    Good for: relaxing, spa, rejuvenating, bathing, beauty treatments

    Not good for: noisy, rowdy, perving

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