Bath

Presenting the world famous Roman Bath...

Ain't the picture above just beautiful? This is the amazing sight we beheld when we entered the Roman Baths in the City of Bath.

A World Heritage City, this place dates all the way back to the Medival Ages. It was originally built by the Romans (duh - why else would it be called a Roman Bath?), but was abandoned after the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons. You can read up more on the traditional Medival Bathing at this site. Besides being known for it being Britain's only hot mineral springs, Bath is also famous for being the city featured by Jane Austen in two of her novels - Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

The waters of the Great Bath (as shown in the picture above) are natural and have not been treated. As such, people are not allowed to go into this warm 'pond'. There have been plans to open a Bath Spa for the public (to allow residents and tourists to have a dip), but it has always been postponed for one reason or another. Observers say that these delays could be a bad omen. After all, the place was used as a temple of pagan worship to the Goddess of Healing, Minerva. I guess only time will tell...

For people in the UK, this is definitely a place worth visitng. Take my word for it. :) Also, feel free to click through my pics at hozoned4 for some of the pics I took while in Bath. Enjoy!