Staying in Bath's Most Luxurious Hotel in the Royal Crescent

Planning a visit to Bath? Why not stay in the Royal Crescent Hotel, a luxury hotel right in the center of one of the most famous buildings in Bath.

The Royal Crescent Hotel boasts 45 rooms, arranged over the five elegant buildings in the center of the Crescent. Both are Grade I listed, and were built by John Wood the Younger.

The luxury suites are named after historical men and women who resided in the Royal Crescent or Bath, such as Beau Nash, Jane Austen, The Duke of York, Sir Percy Blakeney, Elizabeth Linley and Sarah Siddons.

Their elegant suites evoke the Eighteenth-century with painting by Gainsborough and Reynolds, high ceilings and elaborate plasterwork. The Sir Percy Blakeney master suite has a sitting room with vistas that look over the city of Bath and a bedroom with views over the gardens.

The Duke of York master suites bathroom contains a roll-top bath, and staff dressed as liveried footmen or maids in traditional uniform with starched aprons serve the guest.

Rooms overlook the lawns below the crescent or the gardens in back, and some have working fireplaces. Picturesque? Yes Expensive? Oh, yes! Unforgettable? Indubitably so! For the salary challenged, the rooms in the adjacent buildings are smaller and not so grand, but they still possess period charm and the sort of detailing that make the rooms authentically historical.

THE ROYAL CRESCENT HOTEL

16 The Royal Crescent, Bath BA1 2LS, England.
Telephone +44 (0)1225 823 333
Fax +44 (0)1225 447 427
Email: reservations@royalcrescent.co.uk
www.royalcrescent.co.uk
Double rooms from £290, including continental breakfast
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