Start from 42 curated places around Bath, GB, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Menu Gordon Jones
A tiny tasting-menu room on the southern edge of town where Gordon Jones serves a surprise multi-course menu announced dish by dish at your table. Inventive, ingredient-led modern cooking with no choices beyond seven or nine courses. Best for a special meal where you trust the kitchen completely.
Beckford Canteen
A modern British restaurant set in a glass-roofed former greenhouse on a cobbled mews, sibling to the Beckford Bottle Shop wine list. Confident seasonal plates, Somerset produce, and a legendary Sunday roast with confit potatoes. Best for a relaxed-but-considered lunch or dinner with a serious glass of wine.
Trails & outdoors
Bath Skyline
A six-mile circular National Trust route around the city's eastern hills, threading woodland, meadows, an Iron Age hillfort, and Georgian follies with repeated views back over the rooftops. Starts a short walk from the centre. The signature local walk for a half-day on foot.
Two Tunnels Greenway
A flat former-railway path running south from the city through two long tunnels, including the mile-long Combe Down tunnel with its light-and-sound installation, the longest walking tunnel in Britain. Easy underfoot and great for families or bikes. The most distinctive walk in the area.
Things to do
Theatre Royal Bath
A grand Georgian theatre in the centre staging touring drama, comedy, and pre-West End runs, plus a studio space and a children's theatre. The auditorium itself is part of the night out. Best for an evening of serious theatre without a trip to London.
Holburne Museum
Bath's art museum in a restored Georgian building at the head of Great Pulteney Street, with Gainsborough portraits, decorative arts, and ambitious temporary shows. The garden cafe is a draw in itself, and Bridgerton fans will recognise the facade. Best for a couple of unhurried indoor hours plus tea.
Landmarks & sights
The Roman Baths
The remarkably preserved Roman bathing complex built around the city's natural hot spring, with the green Great Bath, temple ruins, and a museum of finds beneath the streets. It is the reason the city exists and worth the ticket despite the crowds. Best for first-timers who want the history behind the Georgian veneer.
Royal Crescent
A sweeping arc of thirty Georgian townhouses in honey-coloured Bath stone, fronted by a wide lawn that drops toward the city. Designed by John Wood the Younger in the 1770s, it is the architectural set piece locals still bring visitors to see. Best at golden hour when the stone glows.