Named for its ancient, 2,000-year-old thermal-spring-fed Roman pools, the spa town in southwest England, Bath is a Unesco World Heritage site as well as the beautiful backdrop to Jane Austen films and the Netflix series Bridgerton.
Impressive restaurants such as the Elder, which opened during the pandemic, add finesse to regional British fare, while a new museum dedicated to Mary Shelley, who wrote most of "Frankenstein" while a teenager in Bath, celebrates the city s literary side in good, spooky fun. While centuries worth of visitors have flocked to Bath for a steaming soak, the sweeping Georgian architecture and rolling, lush countryside also attract active travelers to enjoy the area on foot or bicycle, or even in a kayak.