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Bath England
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Roman Bath
Famous for its Roman Baths and its elegant, honey-coloured
Georgian architecture, Bath is both a World Heritage Site and a tourist
mecca. Bath was the haunt of English fashionable society in the 18th
century, but the frivolous aristocrats who flocked here to gamble, gossip
and flirt also brought brilliant architects who designed the Palladian
terraced housing, the circles, crescents and squares which dominate the
city. Attractions include the gorgeously located Bath Abbey, the Roman
Baths, the elegant Pump Rooms and the much-photographed, shop-lined
Pultney Bridge. It's a small, compact, civilised city, built for strolling
around, exploring alleyways, gawking at the superb housing and ogling the
expensive products in the shops. In summer, buskers and crowds fill the
streets, but you can escape to the idyllic River Avon and row through the
town in peace.
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