Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Royal Crescent, Bath
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Two houses at the centre of John Wood the Younger's crescent, with no sign on the door, a doorman to find it and an acre of garden hidden behind.
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- MICHELIN
- Two Keys
- Rooms
- 45 rooms and suites
- A hotel since
- 1950
- From the airport
- About 40 minutes from Bristol
The hotel
Two houses in the Crescent.
John Wood the Younger designed the Royal Crescent as a single Palladian sweep of thirty houses, 538 feet long, and the hotel dates the building to 1775. The Crescent stands within the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bath. In 1950 a guesthouse opened at No. 16, and No. 15 joined it soon after; the interiors were restored in 1978, and the hotel later took in adjoining buildings.
Local rules forbid a sign on the facade, so a doorman marks the entrance. Inside, the design studio Woodhouse & Law mixed antiques with a lighter modern hand, and many rooms have four-poster beds and marble bathrooms. Film crews keep returning: Persuasion in 2007, The Duchess a year later, and more recently Bridgerton. During the Second World War the lawn in front was dug up to grow cabbages.
- The garden Behind the Crescent lies an acre of secluded garden, where afternoon tea is served in fine weather.
- Spa & Bath House A spa set back in the grounds, for adults and guests from sixteen, with set pool hours for children in the school holidays.
- On foot to Bath Bath Spa station is about ten minutes away on foot, and the centre of the city is closer still.
Dining
Dinner in the mews.
Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Montagu's Mews Modern British Three AA Rosettes
- Montagu's Mews Bar & Terrace Bar Drinks before and after dinner
- Afternoon tea Tea in the garden Served in the garden in summer
Recognition
Awards and listings.
- Two MICHELIN Keys Current selection
- Three AA Rosettes Montagu's Mews
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3.30 pm, check-out by 11 am. Valet parking is free for guests who book direct, subject to space.
- Children Welcome, with cots free for under-threes. Under-sixteens use the spa pool only at set hours during school holidays.
- Pets Up to two per room in six pet-friendly suites, for a charge per stay. Not in the restaurant or the spa.
Getting there
Flying to Bath.
Bristol Airport is about forty minutes by car and takes business jets through its handling agent. Heathrow is about ninety minutes away along the M4, and trains from London Paddington reach Bath Spa in an hour and twenty minutes.
- Dublin 45 min
- Paris 55 min
- Edinburgh 1 h 00
- Geneva 1 h 30
- New York 7 h 25 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does The Royal Crescent Hotel have?
- Two. The MICHELIN Guide lists the hotel with two Keys.
- Why is there no sign outside the hotel?
- Local rules on the Royal Crescent do not allow one. A doorman stands at the entrance to No. 16 to show you in.
- Which airport is closest to The Royal Crescent Hotel?
- Bristol, about forty minutes by car. Heathrow is about ninety minutes away.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bath?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bath, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Bath
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Lucknam Park A country house in some 500 acres of park, with a spa, riding and Hywel Jones's starred restaurant; three MICHELIN Keys.
- The Newt in Somerset Three MICHELIN Keys: a seventeenth-century mansion among gardens, orchards, lakes and working farmland.
- Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa Two MICHELIN Keys, and home to The Dining Room with its MICHELIN star.
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa The only hotel in Bath drawing on the thermal spring, which fills the pools of its Spa Village; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Bath Priory Two joined Georgian houses with 33 bedrooms, formal gardens, an outdoor pool and a L'Occitane spa; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Queensberry Hotel Four Georgian townhouses with the starred Olive Tree in the basement; one MICHELIN Key.
- Homewood A Georgian country house with an indoor-outdoor spa and the restaurant Olio; one MICHELIN Key.
- The Yard, Bath An eighteenth-century coaching inn dressed in fabrics by local designers; one MICHELIN Key.
Staying at The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Bath, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.