Bath: The Gem of Georgian England

Tourists have been enjoying Bath for two thousand years.

A big, grassy park edges the Royal Crescent, which contains some of England’s finest Georgian homes, evoking the wealth and gentility of Bath’s 18th-century glory days. Rick Steves, Rick Steves’ Europe

Two hundred and 50 years ago, Bath was the Hollywood of Britain. Today, this former trendsetter of Georgian England invites you to take a 90-minute train ride from London west and sample its aristocratic charms.

The entire city, built of the creamy limestone called “Bath stone,” beams in its cover-girl complexion. Proud locals remind visitors that the town is routinely banned from the Britain in Bloom contest to give other towns a chance to win.