England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Bath
Bath is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 94,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Bath, with about 275 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- BRS25 km · Bristol Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Bath
Bath is a city in Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later listed as one of the "Great Spa Towns of Europe".
Bath is among the oldest of England’s principal tourist destinations and has been welcoming visitors for centuries. The three hot springs within the city were sacred to the Celtic goddess Sulis, whom the Romans later identified with the goddess Minerva. Bath first achieved its status as a sacred spa site with the growth of the Roman settlement Aquae Sulis around the thermal springs. The Roman period saw a vast complex of baths constructed - the remains of these were re-discovered in the 18th century and helped fuel Bath's modern revival as a luxury resort.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Bath
See
- Roman Baths
- Bath Abbey
- Pulteney Bridge & Pulteney Weir
- Great Pulteney Street
- Royal Crescent
- Bath's other crescents
- Sion Hill
- Sally Lunn's Refreshment House & Museum
- Walcot Street
- American Museum and Gardens
- Beckford's Tower & Museum
- Georgian garden
Do
- Mayor of Bath Honorary Guide tour
- Upper Avon boat tour
- Theatre Royal
- Bath Rugby Club
- Bath City Football Club
- The Odeon
- The Little Theatre
- Tivoli Cinema
- Bath Film festival
- Moles
- Bath Golf Club
- Tracey Park Golf Club
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Bath
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Bath City Centre (Bath Spa) hotel | 84 | 4.2/5 105 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Bath Waterside hotel | 99 | 3.7/5 2,737 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Bath Central hotel | 92 | 2.9/5 2,036 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Bath to stay in
Accommodation in and around Bath ranges from budget hostels and smart, comfortable self-catering homes, through elegant bed and breakfast and guest houses, hospitable farms and inns, to top-of-the-range hotels.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Bath
87 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Hotel, Bath | 0.2 km | |
| Cross Keys Inn | 2.9 km | |
| Francis Hotel Accor | 1858 | 0.3 km |
| Ston Easton Park | 16.5 km | |
| Tasburgh House Hotel | 2.1 km | |
| The Old Crown Inn | 5.6 km | |
| The Priory | 13.7 km | |
| Apple Tree Inn | 9.2 km | |
| Argyle Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Cross House Inn | 9.8 km | |
| Crown Inn | 12.2 km | |
| Farrington Inn | 15.1 km | |
| George's Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Hare And Hounds Inn | 2.4 km | |
| Lamb Inn | 13.0 km | |
| Lansdown Grove Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Larkhall Inn | 2.0 km | |
| No. 39 Bailbrook House | 2.8 km | |
| Pratt's Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 2.8 km | |
| Red Post Inn | 9.2 km | |
| Royal Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| Saracen's Head Inn | 1731 | 0.3 km |
| Temple Inn | 14.5 km | |
| The Cross Guns Inn | 7.2 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 7.0 km | |
| The Fox And Hounds Inn | 5.5 km | |
| The Hop Pole Inn | 4.8 km | |
| The Jolly Sailor Inn | 6.6 km | |
| The Kings Arms Inn | 5.4 km | |
| The Lamb | 11.2 km | |
| The Queen's Head Inn | 8.3 km | |
| The Radstock Hotel | 11.6 km | |
| The Seven Stars Inn | 6.2 km | |
| The Six Bells Inn | 9.3 km | |
| The Star Inn | 0.7 km | |
| The Upton Inn | 7.7 km | |
| The Wheatsheaf | 4.9 km | |
| 1, 2 and 3 Nile Street, Monmouth Hotel and 16a and 17 Monmouth Place | 0.7 km | |
| 2 Crescent Gardens Guest House | 0.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Bath
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bath are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Bath: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 68 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 76 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
These smaller airports provide a much more sedate experience than the London ones. Check in queues are shorter, there are fewer people about, and it's much clearer where you have to go and what you have to do. Less stress and fewer delays than the London ones. Bristol Airport (BRS) is 35 km from Bath and boasts scheduled flights from many major European cities, including Amsterdam Schiphol, Barcelona El Prat, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris and Prague (but not London). By public transportation there are three main options for reaching Bath.
Getting around
Most locations in Bath are easily walkable from the city centre and stations. Avoid using a car in town center. Some of Bath's shopping streets feel like pedestrian-only areas - but aren't. Have a quick look round before you follow everyone else out into the road and, if you're driving, expect pedestrians to walk out in front of you. Typically for British public transport, public buses are at best adequate. A popular 'Park and Ride' bus system operates from a ring of car parks around the outskirts of the city (Newbridge, Lansdown, Claverton Down and Odd Down).
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BRS · Bristol Airport
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
BOH · Bournemouth Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Bath
Eat
For its size, Bath has an excellent choice of eateries for any budget and taste. Mainstream restaurant chains are present as well as many independents. Within the city centre there are Italian, French, Thai, Nepali, Indian, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and fusion restaurants. There are also specialist fish, steak, and gourmet restaurants. Most pubs sell food at lunchtime and in the evening. Head to Kingsmead Square for burgers, kebabs, etc..
Stay safe
Overall Bath is a very safe city to visit; the large number of tourists and university students generates a friendly and vigorous feel to the city. Bath city centre is lively and bustling until late on Friday and Saturday evenings, although things get rougher around kicking out time late at night. Women would be well advised to avoid wandering around alone at night. The common problem for tourists is the occasional groups of homeless beggars around the parks and abbey - you may see them drinking lager and shouting abuse, which can surprise many first-time visitors. However, they're not pushy when asking for money, and argue amongst themselves rather than getting passers-by involved.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Bath
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 3 places
of 3 places
of 3 places
Questions
Bath: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Bath?
By published guest score: Travelodge Bath City Centre (Bath Spa) (4.2 / 5 · 105 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Bath Waterside (3.7 / 5 · 2,737 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Bath Central (2.9 / 5 · 2,036 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Bath?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Bath are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; December is the wettest, with about 101 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Bath?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bristol Airport (BRS), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line; Cardiff International Airport (CWL, 68 km) and Bournemouth Airport (BOH, 76 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Bath?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Bath
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.