Buses, Bath

As a city Bath is pretty compact and so almost everything is within easy walking distance of the centre. For travel further afield the new bus station is on Dorchester Street, next door to the railway station.

Some great day trips by bus include a visit to Wells and its Cathedral (service 173) or Bradford on Avon on the edge of the Cotswolds (service 264/265). Most of the buses are run by First Bus and there are various ticketing options available including the FirstDay Southwest ticket - see 1st website below.

2nd website has all the local and national public transport info.

Of course you can never go wrong with the Sightseeing bus.

It's a hop on off so you can spend as much time as you want on the attraction that you want to, just make sure to bring hats, umbrellas, etc. You never know what the skies throws on you.

Red double decker bus, the second deck is open so get ready to see the sights and feel the weather.

There is a long bright orange bus (number 18) than runs every few minutes between Bath University on one hill, down in to the town centre and then up another hill to Bath Spa University.

It is possible to buy single, return and 10 journey tickets. Here is a photo of me at the bus stop. You have to buy the bagel seperately at a shop.

We got on to the Bath tour bus at the first bus stop - at High Street - right next to Bath Abbey, the Heritage Vaults, and the Roman Baths...this bus tour was ideal because we didn't have too much time to see the whole of Bath, and we wanted to see as much as we could. Luckily, it was a beautiful sunny day..and we sat on the top of the open-top double-decker bus for the whole journey.

The whole tour is about 45-minutes long...you have the option of hopping off at each of the 15 stops that the bus passes through. The bus departs every 10-30 minutes from each stop, so you can choose whether to have a sneak-peak of the place you're at...or to take your time and enjoy :)

The ticket you purchase for the bus is valid for 24 hours, and you get a head-set to which you can listen to recorded commentary in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and Japanese.

Once i arrived to bath I decided to take one of the several bus tours that runs in Bath. They have audio guide in several languages ( English, Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian.....). There is bus stop where you can hop-on and hop-of