Georgian terraces the colour of honey, a curving river and enough Austen associations to make even cynics soften. Bath rewards an overnight stay: the day crowds leave by six, and the Royal Crescent by lamplight is the city at its best. Book the Thermae rooftop pool for after dark, eat early in a Walcot Street bistro, and skip the open-top bus — everything worth seeing is twenty minutes' walk apart.
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