Author : Richard Tames
Publisher : Chastleton Travel
ISBN 13 : 9781905214655
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (146 download)
Book Synopsis Travellers History of Bath by : Richard Tames
Download or read book Travellers History of Bath written by Richard Tames and published by Chastleton Travel. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any time spent in Bath is a pleasure. The historic city buzzes with vitality and its accolade as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites is confirmed by the annual arrival of some four million visitors from Britain and all over the world. Whereas most accounts of Bath’s history focus on the Roman and Georgian periods, skipping over much of the rest, this Traveller’s History offers a chronological survey of the entire span of Bath’s existence, supplemented by lively accounts of several of its many delights – its food, its fashions, its theatrical and artistic heritage, its music and its memorialsAlmost two-thirds of the city centre is a conservation area, the largest in Britain. Some six thousand of Bath’s buildings are ‘listed’ as structures of historical or architectural significance. One in six of the city’s houses was built before 1850, almost half before the twentieth century. The city’s highlights include not only the Roman baths, the elegant Pump Room and the majestic abbey, its historic theatre, two major art galleries and half a dozen museums but also one of only four bridges in the world with shops on both sides and Britain’s last remaining Georgian pleasure gardens. With the opening of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw’s striking new Thermae Spa complex Bath entered the twenty-first century by reasserting its original identity as a uniquely therapeutic location. This highly readable guide is all a visitor will need, it covers all attractions and suggests walking tours easily achievable in a short visit plus an entertaining picture of the many famous, eccentric and talented people who made their mark upon the city.