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40 Gay St.
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01225/443000.
www.janeausten.co.uk. Admission £7.45 adults, £5.95 students and
seniors, £4.25 children 6-15, £20 family ticket. Apr-Oct daily 9:45am-5:30pm; Nov-Mar Sun-Fri 11am-
4:30pm, Sat 9:45am-5:30pm. Closed Dec 24-26 and Jan 1.
No. 1 Royal Crescent
MUSEUM This small but edifying museum provides a
sense of what it was like to live at Bath's most sought-after address. The Georgian
interior has been redecorated and furnished in late 18th-century style, replete with
period furniture and authentic flowery wallpaper.
1 Royal Crescent.
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01225/428126.
www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk. Admission £6.50 adults, £5
students and seniors, £2.50 children 5-16, £13 family ticket. Mid-Feb-Oct Tues-Sun 10:30am-5pm;
Nov-mid-Dec Tues-Sun 10:30am-4pm (last admission 30 min. before closing).
Roman Baths & Pump Room
MUSEUM Blending Roman ingenuity
and Georgian style, Bath's premier sight reopened after a magnificent renovation in
2010. Original stonework has been scraped and cleaned, and the steaming Great
Bath now looks more like the Roman original. Comprehensive free audioguides,
displays, and models help interpret the site as you wander past the Sacred Spring,
remains of a Roman Temple, plunge pools, and the Great Bath itself, where actors
dressed as various Roman characters mingle with visitors.
Most of what you see above ground was actually designed by the ubiquitous John
Wood and Victorian architects in the 1890s, and only the stonework below the pil-
lars is original Roman. Museum galleries house an intriguing array of artifacts
thrown into the springs as offerings to the goddess Sulis Minerva, including thou-
sands of Roman coins.
Coffee, lunch, and tea, usually with classical music from the Pump Room Trio, can
be enjoyed in the 18th-century
Pump Room
(
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01225/444477;
daily 9:30am-
5pm), overlooking the hot springs.
Bath Abbey Church Yard, Stall St.
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01225/477785.
www.romanbaths.co.uk. Admission £12 adults
(£13 July-Aug), £10 seniors, £7.80 children 6-16, £34 family ticket. Nov-Feb daily 9:30am-4:30pm;
Mar-June and Sept-Oct daily 9am-5pm; July-Aug daily 9am-9pm.
Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House & Museum
MUSEUM The oldest house
in Bath (built around 1483), is an unashamedly touristy but fun monument to the
Sally Lunn Bun (a light, semisweet bread, like a big brioche). Sally Lunn—the erst-
while creator of the bun—was a French Huguenot refugee who came to Bath in
1680. The tasty bun she created is eagerly wolfed down by hordes of tourists in the
tearooms here, which also open for more formal dinners. You can skip the snacks and
see displays on the house itself in the tiny museum, as well as Sally's original kitchen.
4 North Parade Passage.
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01225/461634.
www.sallylunns.co.uk. Admission 30p adults; free for
children, seniors, and cafe customers. Museum and cafe Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm; restau-
rant Mon-Thurs 5-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 5-9pm.
Thermae Bath Spa
BATHS The waters at the old Roman baths are unfit for
bathing, so if you want to sample the city's celebrated hot springs make for this plush,
modern spa—the water might be Roman but the facilities are pure 21st-century.
From the outdoor pool in the New Royal Bath complex you can watch the sun setting
over the rooftops while you soak.
Hot Bath St.
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0844/888-0844.
www.thermaebathspa.com. Admission New Royal Bath £25 for 2 hr.,
£35 for 4 hr. New Royal Bath daily 9am-10pm; Spa Visitor Centre Apr-Oct Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun
10am-4pm. Closed Dec 24-25 and Dec 31-Jan 7. Closed Nov-Mar.
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