The Royal Crescent Hotel

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    18.5

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    19.5

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    18.5

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Style: Traditional Elegance

Atmosphere: Quiet

45 Rooms

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Bath’s Royal Crescent, for those not in the know, is something not unlike the 1774 equivalent of Trump Tower—a collection of some thirty houses joined together and spread out in a five-hundred-foot arc. This is one of the textbook specimens of Georgian architecture, one of this Roman spa town’s most famous landmarks, and its supernaturally perfect arc and immaculate lawns make for an imposing sight.

The Royal Crescent Hotel takes up houses 15 and 16 of the Crescent, and a (quite sensible) local ban on signage means it’s unmarked, though the presence of a doorman is enough of a giveaway. House number one of the Crescent may be given over to a museum decorated in authentic eighteenth-century style, but the hotel’s interiors are scarcely more modern. The style is all-out retro, not just a smattering of antiques, but total immersion. And while some hotels in the southwest of England strive to recall the days of, for example, Jane Austen, the Royal Crescent Hotel does them one better, naming a suite after her, and others after other famous visitors like Ralph Allen and William Beckford.

However old-fashioned the decor, the rooms are as comfortable as can be, with rich four-poster beds and marble baths; though the in-room baths of course pale in comparison to The Bath House, the hotel’s spa. Of course there’s no law that says when in Bath, you must do as the Romans did—other leisure options include the Library, the Pavilion Conservatory, the gardens or Pimpernel’s restaurant. And in case that’s not enough, there’s plenty to do farther afield, with Bath suffering no shortage of restaurants, pubs, and sights to see.