Itinerary
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Stop At: Pulteney Bridge, Bridge Street, Bath BA2 4AT England
Here is where we meet. The Pulteney Bridge . like the Ponte Veccio in Florence has shops lining both sides and was designed in 1769. The Great Pulteney Street is linked to the bridge and represents the splendour of Bath's classical architecture. Jane Austen and Family lived for 3 years at No. 4 Sydney Place cornering the Great Pulteney Street.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: The Jane Austen Centre, 40 Gay Street, Bath BA1 2NT England
Celebrating Bath's most famous resident The Jane Austen Centre offers a snapshot of life during Regency times and explores how living in Bath affected Jane Austen's life and writing. A tour through the centre can be booked separately by guests , however my tour does include entering the centre free of charge and visiting the book shop .
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: No. 1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath BA1 2LR England
The most photographed building in Bath and largest Crescent in Europe was built in the second half of the 18th century and consists of 30 terraced houses dramatically connected with giant Ionic columns. No. 1 is a museum and guests can see what these grand Georgian houses looked like inside. Charge and tour of the museum is not included.
Stop At: Bath Abbey, Bath BA1 1LT England
A grand medieval cathedral was started in the early 12th century and in 1499 Bishop Oliver King started restoration . Completion took place under Elizabeth I in 1611 . The Abbey is famous for its memorials and wall plaques and the crowning of the first Kind of England, Edward in 973. Details will be explored and explained and guests can visit its interiors as part of the tour
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Thermae Bath Spa, Hetling Pump Room Hot Bath Street Hetling Pump Room, Bath BA1 1SJ England
This is the only place in Britain where you may swim in natural thermal water, crowned with a rooftop pool with 35 degrees Celsius and open summer and winter.
The Hetling Spring, Cross Spring and King's Spring will be explained and their origins dating back 10.000 years.
Pass By: Queen Square, Bath England
Besides the unique architectural achievements of the square guests will get to know details of Jane Austen's short residence at No. 13 in 1799
Stop At: The Circus, At the Convergence of Brock, Bennett, and Gay Streets, Bath BA1 2ET England
The Masterpiece of the John Wood architects, inspired by their interest in prehistoric stone circles and designed to emulate the Coliseum in Rome.
Guest will learn and explore more about the uniqueness of this iconic site. Work started in 1754.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QH England
Public and ball rooms of grand designs where the fashinable people of the Regency period socialized. The ballrooms , the octagon, the card room and the tea room still play host to many events.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: The Roman Baths, Abbey Church Yard, Bath BA1 1LZ England
The main landmark of Bath dating from the 1st century AD, featuring the impressive Roman temple of Sulis Minerva and pools.
It is recommended that guess book audio tours for the Roman Bath separately before or after the tour .
Adjoing the baths is a sumbol of the city's golden age in the Gerogian Period - the Pump Room -where the fashin concious elite gathered for balls, tea and to 'take the waters'.
It was here that Catherine and Isabelle often met in Jane Austen's novel 'Northanger Abbey'