Bath Tour Guide: 20-year Experienced Guided Tour with Deep Insight into History and Culture
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45 Ratings
Bath and North East Somerset

Join our 20-year experienced Bath Tour Guide for an exceptional journey through the history and culture of this beautiful city. Discover hidden gems and fascinating stories that will make your visit truly unforgettable. No children or pushchairs permitted.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Abbey Hotel Bath, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel - Starting outside The Abbey Hotel near the old city wall. The Bath Abbey, Roman Baths & Pump Rooms explained (ADMISSION NOT INCLUDED) We pass Sally Lunn’s Bath’s oldest house & tea shop. The Pulteney Bridge and Guildhall Market. We explore the old medieval alleys of Bath leading to the old city wall

From here we can explore Georgian Bath properly with Queen Square, The Circus with Assembly Rooms before taking in John Wood’s masterpiece The Royal Crescent. Many great photo opportunies available en route A stroll downhill passing The Jane Austen Centre & Bath Thermae will return us to the Abbey where the tour would end. All the famous people of the 1700s mentioned as so many passed through Bath at that time. Many of these have influenced the modern would today. America, Canada, and Australia can all be cross refenced with the history of Bath. All presented in a fun engaging manner, to inform but also entertain. I’m sure you will enjoy it. Paul in Bath

  • The Roman Baths - A full explanation without entering
  • Bath Abbey - The full story from Saxon - Norman to the current Tudor Abbey all highlighted
  • Pulteney Bridge - The river Avon and boat trip locations with some film sets
  • Queen Square - The beginning of Bath’s Georgian Sector fully explained
  • The Circus - John Wood’s masterpiece - a tour highlight
  • No. 1 Royal Crescent - The top address in Bath shown in all its glory - photo opportunities abound
  • Thermae Bath Spa - The new attraction for Bath as Bathing can now be undertaken. Also The Croos Bath next door. The tour ends here
What's Included
  • Comprehensive historical insights
  • Access to hidden gems
Additional Information

A wonderful knowledge of Bath with over 20 years as a tour guide. The route includes Sally Lunn’s The Abbey Green, The World Heritage centre, The Abbey fully explained. The old East Gate of the city. The Pulteney Bridge & River Avon ( boat trips) The Guildhal markret and the old delightful alleyways of Bath. Outside the old wall of city started the Georgian sector of Bath in the early 1700s We see Queen Square, passing the Jane Austen centre & the House of Frankenstein to the Assembly Rooms where they danced the night away. On to The Circus, my favourite part of Bath (lived there as a student) on to The No.1 address in Bath The Royal Crescent with all its history & film sets. We return through The Royal Victoria park with it stunning floral displays passing our excellent Theatre Royal . We finish by The Bath Thermae our newish bathing attraction fully informed about Bath leaving you free to explore further. The perfect way to see Bath NO YOUNG CHILDREN OR PUSHCHAIRS PERMITTED

Location
Abbey Hotel Bath, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
North Parade
Other central hotels could be suitable as a start point as this tour is designed to your own personal requirements.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Grace_w
Jul 15, 2024
Super tour! - Lovely tour! Bath was crowded with tourists (like us!) but Paul made our tour feel personal and special. Thank you!
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Dex_s
Jul 12, 2024
Delightful - Paul is not only incredibly knowledgeable about Bath’s history, architecture, and hidden gems, but he also shared personal history and stories that brought the city to life.
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Socrates_c
Jul 2, 2024
Informative and very entertaining tour - Our tour guide Paul was a walking encyclopaedia of knowledge of Baths colourful history. Paul kept a us entertained for over 2 hours and showed us parts of Bath we would never have discovered on our own. I highly recommend this tour from a genuine guide who is a local of the area.
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Vanessa
Jun 30, 2024
Interesting, fun, well paced and a good lesson of Bath's history. - Paul was friendly and welcoming to all participants. Paul was logical yet humorous making the tour most enjoyable, including other particularly interesting versions of Bath's history. Paul's in depth historical knowledge of Bath and the pace at which this tour progressed was just right. A delightful, somewhat eccentric gentleman and I would suggest others take this tour as it was truly memorable.
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Nora_w
Jun 13, 2024
A morning well spent. - Paul led us on a very informative tour of Bath, with a touch of humour and slight cynicism. Would recommend.
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Alisonv251
May 26, 2024
Bath in 2 hours - Excellent tour guide. Paul's in-depth knowledge and history of Bath was not only interesting but entertaining he seems to know everything there is to know about Bath past and present. Very worthwhile.
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Ay_eg_lo471
May 18, 2024
Great tour of Bath with Paul! We recommend! - I’m impressed by the knowledge Paul has about Bath! Really engaging and funny tour with him today. Thank you very much, Paul!
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Charles
May 7, 2024
Bath & Bridgerton in Depth Tour - Mr Elliot gave us a "Bridgerton" tour where he talked about Netflix shooting locations mixed in with the history of Bath, the royalty, architecture, and minutiae as it relates to the Bridgerton show itself. If you have watched the Bridgerton series multiple times, you will be in awe of Mr. Elliot's knowledge of the series. He spent his hours during the pandemic studying the show in detail. He has fun quizzes and great trivia. If you only watched Bridgerton once, the tour will make you want to watch the series again, if for no other reason than to see the beautiful sites of Bath and reminisce about your holiday tour. Paul Elliot is a doppelganger of Professor Slughorn from the Harry Potter series and has a witty, conspiratorial charm that compliments his encyclopedic knowledge and rapid delivery of information. If you want a basic tour, go with somebody else. If you want a great and memorable experience, go with Paul. He loves Bath's history and enjoys sharing his passion with visitors.
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Kerryn_f
Jun 17, 2024
Quirky and informative - Paul had great knowledge and a quirky sense of humour. He gave a great introduction to past and present Bath.
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Criden
Jul 11, 2024
Nice town, dour guide - Bath was an interesting town, and Paul was a fount of knowledge, showing us the highlights, of course, like the Abbey, Roman Baths and Royal Crescent. But he was perhaps the grouchiest tour guide we’ve ever had - complaining that our group was small, complaining about how the town had bulldozed much of its history, and complaining how much his feet hurt. We are sorry to report this, and YMMV, but caveat emptor.
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