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Royal Crescent Hotel (Hotel) 5 star

  • 16 Royal Crescent
    BATH BA1 2LS, UNITED KINGDOM | View map
  • Price Range: Top end
  • Neighbourhood: Royal Crescent
  • Atmosphere: Opulent and Low-key

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Lonely Planet Review

Quotes Oozing charm and style, and dripping in period character, Bath's grandest hotel is located on England's most magnificent crescent and lords over the elegant city below with the understated air of true refinement.

Once you step through the door of the Royal Crescent Hotel, a languid sense of calm descends around you, and the graceful proportions and sumptuous furnishings transport you back in time. Eighteenth-century grandeur is lovingly recreated here with incredible attention to detail (the cleaning staff are dressed in traditional uniform with starched white aprons). The hotel is spread out over six buildings surrounding a secluded central garden, but the most magnificent rooms are in the main house. Here, you'll find paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds, high ceilings covered with elaborate plasterwork and massive suites with imposing four-poster beds. Some rooms have working fireplaces and most have majestic views over the crescent and the lawns below. Rooms in the other buildings are smaller and not quite so grand, but retain the period styling, antique furniture and magnificent bathrooms.

Review by author Etain O'Carroll

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How To Get There

From Bristol Airport, join the A38 south towards Bristol. At the roundabout, take the A4 towards Bath. On entering Bath, stay on the A4 (Upper Bristol R oad). Pass a garage called Hartwells (MG dealership) on the right and a Peug eot dealership. 300 yards up on the right is a Vauxhall garage. Turn left at this garage on to Marlbrough Lane. Three-quarters of the way up this road, the Royal Crescent can be seen. Continue to the top of Marlbrough Lane and t ake four consecutive right turns to access the other side of the Crescent. T he hotel is located at No.s 15 & 16.

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Facilities

  1. Sauna
  2. In-House bar
  3. Spa
  4. Cribs
  5. Children stay free
  6. Breakfast
  7. Restaurant
  8. Airport transportation
  9. Fitness facility
  10. Laundry facilities
  11. Security facilities
  12. Roll-away beds
  13. Meeting rooms
  14. Audiovisual equipment
  15. Babysitting or child care - child care
  16. Banquet Facilities - Facilities
  17. Bar/Lounge - Lounge
  18. Breakfast services - (surcharge)
  19. Business services
  20. Cafe - Coffee Shop
  1. Child Care/Daycare - In room surcharge
  2. Children Stay Free - Under age of 6
  3. Currency Exchange
  4. Elevator/lift - LIFT
  5. Fireplace in lobby - In Lobby
  6. Full-service health spa
  7. Garden - 24 hours
  8. Gift shop or newsstand - News Stand
  9. Health club
  10. Hot tub
  11. Internet Access - DIAL-UP/COMPLI
  12. Massage-treatment room - Treatment
  13. Meeting room (small groups) - Small Groups
  14. Photocopy machine
  15. Rollaway Bed
  16. Shoe shine
  17. Smoking Rooms Available
  18. Steam room
  19. Wake Up Service - CALLS

Check-in/Check-out

Earliest check-in: 3:00 PM
Latest check-out time: 12:00 PM

Author Tip

There's really no need to ever leave your hotel except to take a morning stroll along the glorious crescent and a visit to No 1 for a glimpse of life in the 18th century. Then return to the hotel for an afternoon of relaxation and pampering in the Bath House spa and finish the evening with dinner at Pimpernel's, overlooking the secluded hotel gardens.

Curious Fact

The Royal Crescent was designed by John Wood the Younger in 1767 and took eight years to build.