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Bath, a World Heritage City, is about baths. When the Romans
invaded Britain 2000 years ago, they brought their ideas about running water
with them. The Roman Baths are still in great condition – hot
water from the thermal spring is piped into a large open-air pool, surrounded
by colonades and a much later Victorian terrace above. Not only were the
baths a spa, but the Romans also built a temple to the goddess Sulis Minerva,
the goddess of healing. Kids may take a different view about the nightly
bath after they've visited this town. The museum has a collection
of treasures offered to Minerva, and a wonderful video with computer simulations
of Bath "then and now." Taste the thermal waters at the Grand
Pump Room too. |
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Clothes-conscious kids will want to visit the Museum of
Costume. Find out what was in style for ladies at court in the 17th
-19th.century, what Jane Austen's heroine's would have worn, or what was
the height of fashion in Victorian times. |
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Bath Postal Museum – The first postage stamp in
the world was sent from the Bath Post Office on May 2, 1840. At the museum
see the stamp and a complete Victorian post office. |
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Sally Lunn's Refreshment House and Museum – Try
one of those delicious buns invented by Sally Lunn, still baked by hand
from the original recipe. |
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Take a stroll across the River Avon at
Pulteney Bridge to Sydney Gardens when the kids can relax and run
around, watch boats on the Kennet and Avon Canal. You can rent canoes, punts or take a cruise on the river and canal. |
