Welcome to Bath Self-Guided Walking Tour
Visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site and stroll down the streets of Bath with this walking podcast tour. Learn about the city’s Roman origins, mysterious natural waters and beautiful architecture. Whether you’re after a cake at Sally Lunn’s or a bathe in the Thermae Spa, this audio guide is perfect for you.
You'll join Katie, a historian, and her friend Colm, as you wander through the dynamic streets of Bath on this self-guided podcast tour! You will be guided around Bath's most iconic landmarks, as well as some of its lesser-known gems. Our interactive digital audio guide can be downloaded anytime directly onto your smartphone!
Highlights
- Explore Bath at your own pace and discover its hidden gems
- Self-guided tour by expert historian that gives you a truly authentic experience
- The smartest way to visit Bath independently and in a Covid-safe manner
What's included
- Digital audio guide, to be downloaded onto your smartphone before your visit
- On-screen pictures to enhance your experience
- Geo-localised map to keep you on the right track
- Headphones
Overview
Learn about Bath's origins as a spring for pigs to bathe in, the Roman invasion and the mystical properties of Bath's water.
This tour starts at the Visit Bath Information Centre. Katie and Colm will give you an overview of what to expect on this tour including the development of Bath and its early history up to the end of the 17th century.
You will then meander down to look down towards the river Avon and the spectacular view of Parade Gardens and surrounding hills as Katie sets the scene of Bath in 800BC and the legend of King Bladud.
After taking in the view, you will go past one of Bath’s major institutions - Sally Lunn’s tea shop – a key point of interest on our Jane Austen tour. The tea shops have become a key part of Bath’s history as it became a fashionable spa town.
Next, you stop at Bath’s most famous landmark – the Roman Baths – formed shortly after the Romans arrival.
Around the corner from the Roman Baths is Bath Abbey – you discover how the Baths youre forgotten, how Bath changed during the Saxon period, the Christianisation of the country, Abbey foundation and crowning of King Edgar the Peaceful in 973AD – the birth of England!
As you continue through Bath, you reach St John’s Hospital – a hospital steeped in history, particularly during medieval life in Bath.
You then reach the Cross Bath – Colm and Katie will tell the story of Mary of Modena and Bath’s reluctant role in the Glorious Revolution 1688!
Finally, you finish at Bath Thermae Spa where you can explore the Spa for yourself and “take the waters”
The Vidi Guides experience is enriched with on-screen photos and videos. We also point out where to take the perfect Instagram photos during the tour, and include recommendations for food, drinks, and local attractions. Don't worry, none of our recommendations are sponsored - they are simply favourites of the locals who helped craft the experience.
Vidi Guides creates immersive audio experiences that sound like podcasts. This is a self-guided audio tour that can be started or stopped at your own convenience. Download the Vidi Guides app & your Welcome to Bath tour to explore the area independently and safely! Make sure to download your tour before you go to streamline your trip!
Know before you go
Please download 'Vidi Guides' from the App Store of your mobile device and enter the code you receive after booking (from email address: [email protected]).
Please remember to bring a pair of headphones with you
Cancellation policy
Non refundable
