A Bath day from the Roman Baths to the Royal Crescent

A specialty coffee shop in a Georgian square. A flat white and a cardamom bun from the counter. Window tables — the square wakes up slowly as the market traders set up across the cobbles.

The 2,000-year-old Roman bathing complex, lost and rediscovered in 1878. Walk the excavated pools, the temple remains, and the museum. The Great Bath still fills with natural hot-spring water at 46°C. Ninety minutes.

The Georgian dining room directly above the Roman Baths. High ceilings, a live piano or string trio during lunch. Order the Bath chap (cured pork cheek) with piccalilli, a glass of the spring water from the Monumental Fountain.

A 12th-century abbey with a ladder of angels sculptures carved into the West Front. Climb the tower (212 stone steps) for a close look at the abbey roofs and a view along the Avon. Small charge for the climb.

A 1767 crescent of thirty terraced Georgian townhouses facing a sloping lawn. Walk the full curve — the uniform cream stone, iron railings, original paint numbers. Number 1 is a museum of Georgian life, worth an hour.

Walk east from Bathwick along the canal. Narrow boats moored along the towpath, working locks, a pub (the White Hart) halfway. Thirty minutes at a slow pace; the greenery is startling after the Georgian stone.

A Michelin-starred restaurant inside a Georgian townhouse hotel. Modern British tasting menu — local Wiltshire pork, charred leeks, a chocolate tart with Somerset cider-brandy ice cream. Book a week ahead; it fills on weekends.