HotelRoyal Crescent

The Georgian City of Bath is of breathtaking beauty with a romantic history and this special hotel reflects that perfectly. Impeccable style and attention to detail epitomes the kind of experience enjoyed by our guests.Set within the gardens the unique ambience of The Bath House is designed for relaxation and pleasure and offers a combination of treatments and therapies. Other leisure pursuits include our own hot air Balloon and the beautiful 1920 river launch the Lady Sophina. Pimpernel s Restaurant We are delighted that the new Dower House Restaurant is now complete. The restaurant will be further enhanced by an elegant contemporary new bar and drawing room by the end of March 2007. Bar service will continue in the main house library and at the guest s restaurant table.

The Royal Crescent Hotel is a Grade I listed building, situated in the grand 18th century Royal Crescent in Bath, half a mile from the city's Pump Room and Abbey. The 45 air conditioned guestrooms have been individually designe d in a Georgian style; all deep carpets, rich fabrics and antique furniture. All are accessorized with paintings of the period and freshly cut flowers an d have a selection of classic novels, safes, phones, Internet connections, m inibars with complimentary soft drinks, CD players, satellite television. Ba throoms have bathrobes, slippers, toiletries and hair dryers.
Located in one of the converted coach houses Pimpernel`s restaurant is name d after Baroness Orczy's fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who live d at No. 16 following his escapades in France during the French Revolution. A front lounge with red walls and sofas in yellows, rusts, and blues leads t o the restaurant. Decorated with champagne carpet, dark wooden furniture and corner sofas, and murals of garden images, this restaurant serves a buffet and full Continental breakfast, and for lunch and dinner a table d'hote thre e course, two course or chef's choice menu of British cuisine with an Asian twist.Four venues are available for private dining or pre dinner drinks; the Montagu Room, the intimate Georgian townhouse style Library, The Pavilion Conservatory which is flooded with natural light and the Sheridan Room with its fireplace and courtyard views. The Bath House spa is set a con verted coach house and stables; here, guests can unwind in the hot relaxatio n pool, sauna or steam room, enjoy an invigorating dip in one of the plunge pools or have a holistic massage or beauty treatment. For those who wish to keep fit, the hotel has a well equipped gymnasium where personal trainers a re available. For a special day out, guests can take a champagne cruise on the hotel's 1923 teak and mahogany boat, the Lady Sophina. A range of practical services is on offer, including room service, currency exchange, dry cleaning and valet parking. Bristol Airport is about 40 miles awayna dLondon Heathrow Airport 90 miles away. The Bristol International Flyer coach link runs between the airport and Bris tol Temple Meads railway station, where connections to Bath can be found. A lternatively, direct transport can be arranged in advance via the hotel. Fro m Heathrow, the Heathrow Express train is available for transfer from the airport to Paddington Station in the center of London. From here there are t rains to Bath Spa. The London Underground's Piccadilly Line also serves all Heathrow terminals and takes passengers into central London as do black taxis.

The Royal Crescent-Member of Von Essen Hotels a private collection of individual country houses in the UK and Scotland-Voted by Telegraph readers the 4th Best British Hotel in the Telegraph Travel Awards.
The Royal Crescent has to be the finest of all Bath Hotels for its uniquely magnificent location, its beautiful secret gardens, its fabulous spa, its renowned restaurant and the luxuriously wonderful accommodation.
Begun in 1767 by John Wood the Younger, the crescent took eight years to complete and included some of the grandest houses in Bath. John Wood was utterly determined that his masterpiece should present a prospect of total uniformity and understated gracefulness, his sweeping vision and scrupulous attention to every detail has created a great elliptical curve almost fifty feet high and five hundred feet long that comprises thirty houses of grand proportions.