Great West Way® Travel Magazine | Issue 02

WHERE
TO STAY
The Great West Way offers plenty of
choice when it comes to places to stay
WHETHER YOU PREFER the excitement of
a buzzing city or a more rural countryside
retreat, from a stylish boutique hotel, to
a cool gastro pub – there’s always a great
place to stay along the Great West Way. From 5-star
city hotels, country house hotels, to boutique bed and
breakfasts, to camping and glamping retreats, we hope
you will find what is right for you.
IN THE CITY
Starting your Great West Way journey from London?
You might enjoy a stay at Roseate House London just a
short walk from Hyde Park.
Roseate Hotels has two further luxury boutique
hotels along the Great West Way; The Roseate Reading,
described by the Evening Standard as ‘UK’s Sexiest
Townhouse Hotel’; and located in the centre of Bath
The Roseate Villa Bath. Stopping at Reading? The Bird
In Hand Hotel, at Knowl Hill, recently acquired by
Wiltshire brewer Wadworth, is a delightful 14th Century
Inn with a history that spans 600 years.
In Bath you are spoiled for choice of luxury hotels, but
it could be claimed, none quite as grand and spectacular
as The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa. Built between 1767
and 1775 this is a fine example of Georgian architecture,
located in the most famous crescent in the world.
Effortlessly combining AA Five Red Star service, an
award-winning Spa and beautiful gardens.
In the heart of Bath, Abbey Hotel Bath is an
experiential art-driven hotel, for people seeking true
Bathonian encounters - inspired by the city’s most
celebrated icons - it blends the new with the old,
the refined with the comfortable and the local with
the worldly. Guests are immersed in rich history,
architectural beauty, regional artistry and craftsmanship.
Built in 1739, the building composed part of John Wood’s
vision for Bath - essentially the playground for the
pleasure-loving visitors of the Georgian haute monde.
The Gainsborough Bath Spa occupies two Grade II Listed
buildings, centred around the natural thermal, mineralrich
waters. Dukes Hotel, occupies two magnificent
Georgian Townhouses on Great Pulteney Street, or try the
Apex Hotel, Bath’s largest hotel, close to Thermae Bath
Spa. Bailbrook House Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel,
also in the city, set in 20 acres - here you can enjoy the
historic Cloisters restaurant or contemporary dining in
The Conservatory.
Desire your own holiday home? The Apartment
Bath is an award-winning two-bedroom luxury property
in a fantastic central location, or try Bath Apartment
Breaks. For a selection of independently owned holiday
properties search online with the help of Stay in Bath,
Tucking Mill Holidays in Bath and Bath Area Self
Catering. For an elegant and vivacious new boutique
townhouse hotel located on the grandest street in Bath
head to No. 15 Great Pulteney.
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