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Update the main picture display with a larger version of the famous Sally Lunns tea shop famous for its Sally Lunn bun visit the fascinating museum in the cellars, where you can see the Roman and Medieval foundations of the houseand finds from the excavations. See the original kitchen that was used by Sally Lunn.Update the main picture display with a larger version of the beautiful Kingsmead Square which is full of lovely cafes and shops.
Update the main picture display with a larger version of Green Park Station where markets are held on a regular basis.Update the main picture display with a larger version of the city of Bath's main highstreet which is full of cafes, shops and much more
Update the main picture display with a larger version of the architecture surrounding the Roman Baths and Pump Rooms which is home to Britain's only natural hot spring, in the distance you can see some of the statues from insideThe Bath YMCA is Well equipt with the best facilities in Bath, with Health Suite, Laundry, Restaurant, Sauna, Solarium, Conference rooms, and much much more!

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Main picture display for the various pictures of Bath such as Sally Lunns, Kingsmead Square and Green Park Station all of them provide their own characture and charm

To get here by coach try www.nationalexpress.com, or for trains www.rail.co.uk. You'll find an instant impression of contemporary Bath on www.thisisbath.co.uk - jobs, news, sport, housing, entertainment etc… and basically run by the daily local paper, the Bath Chronicle.

In the evening try the Georgian gem www.theatreroyal.org.uk but don't forget - tickets bought in the half hour before curtain up are usually half price. And if sold out, well, then you can buy a standing ticket for £3, lean on the rail in the Royal Circle and be first to the bar in the interval - first class theatre for less than the price of a cinema ticket.

Details of the numerous festivals here are on www.bathfestivals.org.uk and www.bathfringe.co.uk.

For free entertainment in summer stroll up the Royal Victoria Park, just below the Royal Crescent at around 6pm when, wind and weather permitting, you'll find various hot air balloons jostling for position and passengers prior to their flight over Bath. And there are plenty of buskers around, the best performing outside the Roman Baths entrance.

If you really fancy drinking champagne while standing in a wicker basket at 1500ft try www.balloonsoverbath.co.uk. Another fresh-air way to view the city is by open-topped bus, see www.bathbuscompany.com.

Or there's the Comedy Walk www.bizarrebath.co.uk for a guaranteed good-humoured start to the evening. And you'll have to eat, so
www.bath-restaurants.com guides you to most independent eateries around town.

You'll find no shortage of great pubs many with free music. An almost definitive list plus lotsa links can be found at www.greatbathpubcrawl.com ,- covering Bristol too, while www.walcotstreet.com points to a couple close to the Y: the eclectic Bell - funky music and ambience, while further up the street is the Bell's strange sister, the Hat and Feather.

Jazz can be found up Lansdown Road at the Olde Farmhouse, and on the way you'll pass Mandalyns - Bath's friendly, OTT gay pub, where Sunday night is cabaret night. Serious ale-quaffers will think the Star Inn (dating to 1760 with little changed) www.star-inn-bath.co.uk unmissable.

Bath university's comprehensive site is www.bath.ac.uk and for churches (all denominations, service times etc.) log on to www.bath.ac.uk/chaplaincy. Hopefully you won't need a hospital but it's here on www.ruh-bath.swest.nhs.uk

Sport lovers should try the highest horse-race track in the country
www.bath-racecourse.co.uk or the latest (on fire this season under new coach ‘Knuckles’ Connolly) rugby news www.bathrugby.co.uk with the fan's livelier opinions on www.bathrugbyere.co.uk. For those who don't chase odd-shaped balls there's www.bathcityfc.com.

What about the history bit? www.time-scapes.co.uk is a good start, but don't miss www.romanbaths.co.uk, although do allow a couple of hours to get around it on foot. While www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk gives some more info on the town, and at www.americanmuseum.org there's - yes - Bath's American museum. Confused? You will be but don't worry, get acquainted for free on the Mayor of Bath's guided 2 hour walking tour of the city, leaving (from outside the Roman Baths entrance) at 10.30am and 2pm on most days, and at 7pm too in summer.

Just in case you thought Bath, with it’s wonderful hot springs, had a Spa, well it does. Sort of. Brand spanking new, modern etc. Find it at www.bathspa.co.uk . But although we’ve had the opening ceremony with the three tenors (Pav, Dom & Carr, honest!) concert, it hasn’t, well, actually opened yet. Peeling paint seems to be the problem, plus apparent disagreement about whose fault it is and so… We await developments...