Day Tour – Stonehenge, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cotswolds
11th November 2024
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Full details of our feature tour below, but first some interesting history of Bath, this city is famous for its Roman-built baths .Bath is located in the River Avon valley, 97 miles west of London and 11 miles southeast of Bristol. The city was added to the “Great Spa Towns of Europe” transnational World Heritage Site in 2021, after becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. And Bath is Somerset’s largest city and settlement.
The city was named Aquae Sulis (Latin for “the waters of Sulis”) in the 60s AD after the Romans erected baths and a temple in the Avon valley, though hot springs were already known. Bath Abbey, founded in the 7th century, was a monastic centre that was restored in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, natural spring water was touted for its medicinal virtues, making Bath a prominent spa town during the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, made of Bath stone, include the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room, and Assembly Rooms, where Beau Nash ruled the city’s social life from 1705 until 1761.
In the 18th century, John Wood, the Elder designed several streets and squares, making the city fashionable and growing in population. In the early 19th century, Jane Austen lived in Bath. Building continued in the 19th century and after the Bath Blitz during World War II. Bath was part of Avon county in 1974 and became the centre of Bath and North East Somerset after Avon was abolished in 1996.
Hot springs were known before the Romans erected baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon in 60 AD, making the city Aquae Sulis (“the waters of Sulis”). Bath Abbey was created in the 7th century and restored in the 12th and 16th centuries as a religious site. In the Georgian era, Bath became a spa town after 17th-century claims that spring water was medicinal. Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room, and Assembly Rooms, where Beau Nash reigned over the city’s social life from 1705 to 1761, are Georgian buildings made of Bath stone.
In the 18th century, the city became fashionable and expanded as John Wood, the Elder built out several streets and squares. Austen resided in Bath in the early 1800s. Building continued in the 19th century and after the Bath Blitz in WWII. Bath was part of Avon from 1974 to 1996, when it was abolished. It is now the centre of Bath and North East Somerset.
Roman Baths
Details of our feature tour Day Tour – Stonehenge, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cotswolds – Backpacker Tours.
Stonehenge, the world’s most famous prehistoric monument, is our first stop. Come see the 40-ton Sarsens and volcanic blue stones from Preseli highlands 280 miles away. Discover the slaughter stone’s mysteries and visit the beaker people’s earth barrows before heading to Bath across Salisbury plains. Bath, a world heritage site, has lovely crescents, terraces, and architecture. There will be time to shop and explore before our Cotswolds trip. Driving north to Stratford via the Cotswolds, we see vast landscape crisscrossed by dry stone walls and vibrant market towns with majestic perpendicular churches.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company is based at Shakespeare’s birthplace. The rural English market town of Stratford-Upon-Avon is beautiful. A lovely river flows through town, past Shakespeare’s grave at Holy Trinity Church. Young William was tutored in Shakespeare’s 15th-century schoolroom in the 1570s. School lessons will be included! Fun thing.
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