STUDENT TOURS & GROUP TRAVEL

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Welcome on a student tour to Bath Christmas Markets.

Bath Christmas Markets

Come along on a day trip to the wonderful Bath Christmas Markets. Every year the beautiful World Heritage city of Bath puts on a magical Christmas display with a market of over 150 different stalls of crafts and food along with festive entertainment from carol singers to mad-cap theatre players. On top of all this there are all the usual sites to see with a wonderful walking tour of the city to take in its unique Georgian architecture, there is also the chance to visit the Roman Baths (admission not included).

Bath

Your main destination is the city of Bath and you will have a 1.5 hour walking tour showing the best parts of the area including the River Avon and Pulteney Bridge, Parade Gardens, Bath Abbey, Roman Baths, City Centre, Jane Austen Centre, and the some of the finest residential areas: Royal Crescent and The Circus.

After the walking tour with your guide you will have at least 2 hours of free time in the city to do whatever you wish.

Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK to see and you can learn about its Roman history and the founding of its Roman Bath complex (extra charge), and the citys rebirth in Georgian times and its triumph of architecture in the beautiful Royal Crescent. Also see the only bridge in the UK and one of three in the world that has buildings on both sides. River boat tours are available most of the year and there is also the Jane Austen Centre for fans of her books. Many religious buildings such as Bath Abbey are available to visit and free or just ask for donations for entry. There are many street entertainers in the city centre and many shops of all types and of course many restaurants or cafes.

Places to visit in Bath

Roman Bath Complex
The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest. The house is a well-preserved Roman site with baths and a temple. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century and include the Pump Rooms. Cost £11.

Jane Austin Centre
The Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay Street is a permanent exhibition which tells the story of Jane Austins Bath experience – the effect that visiting and living in the city had on her and her writing. Austin is one of the greatest writers of the 18th and 19th century's with novels such as Pride and Predjudice and Persuassion. Cost: £5.95

Sally Lunns Tea Rooms
Sally Lunns is much more than a world famous tea and eating house in the centre of the wonderful city of Bath. The historic building is the oldest house in Bath. The kitchen museum shows the actual kitchen used by the young Huguenot baker Sally Lunn in Georgian Bath to create the first Bath bun - an authentic regional speciality now known the world over.

Bath Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine Monestry in Bath. Founded in the 7th century, reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries, it is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. Cost - Donations accepted.