Bath Spa Thermae, Bath, England, United Kindom [Therme]
www.thermaebathspa.com
Bath Spa Thermae
Hetling Pump Room
Hot Bath Steet
Bath BA1 1SJ
Reservations +44 (0) 1225 33 1234 General Enquiries 44 (0) 1225 33 5678
Link to Multimap: http://tinyurl.com/fngvm
Link to GoogleMap: http://tinyurl.com/je523
Lat: 51:22:49N (51.3803) Lon: 2:21:42W (-2.3615)
Bath tourism: http://visitbath.co.uk/site/home
£52 for Full day or £32 each for 4 hours entry. [£58 for 2 adults]. 2 hours costs £22.. Reserve to remove any chance of not being permitted entry if the Spa is full. If you have a child under 12 call the Spa before you visit. No Left Luggage Lockers at Bath Spa station!
Nudity: none. Private changing cubicles provided. Take your swimming costume.
Open: Open 363 days a year 09:00 to 22:00. [Not open Xmas or New Year’s day]
Safety: It is not clear to what extent the rooms are under CCTV surveillance or not. Females may wish to go with a friend.
Getting there:
Easy level 10 minute level walk from Bath Spa Station past Southgate Shopping Centre. Tourist information on Platform 1 Bath Spa Station or at York Street [map: http://tinyurl.com/e8669] near Bath Abbey. Not an official service but you can ask the Thermea to store your small overnight bag at your own risk. Take the train from London Paddington Station with First Great Western http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/ to Bath Spa. Coach: various companies including National Express [ http://www.nationalexpress.com/] from London Victoria Coach Station http://tinyurl.com/gm6jc . Walk up Bilbury street or Beau Street and you’ll come across the Bath Spa Thermae, then walk around it to find the front entrance. Child under 12 only permitted with medical referral. Children 12 to 16 accompanied by adult at all times and behave.
Price:
This spa is more expensive, double, than the SPA thermea http://www.thermesdespa.com/index.html at Spa in Belgium [3 hours €17 or £11.50, off peak €12 map: http://tinyurl.com/nob7a or the Claudius Spa in Cologne [€18 per 4 hours]. A 4 hour session at Bath Spa Thermae is £32 and a 2 hour session £22 in the “new Royal Bath” complex. Be warned this will not permit you access to the “treatment only” “hot bath”. The smaller “Cross Bath” is cheaper but without the view etc.
Checking-in
Towel hire £2.50, Robe hire £3.50, Disposable slippers [advisable]: £1.50. Changing rooms are along usual large spa model with private changing cubicles, plenty of toilets and showers with body soap/shampoo provided. Hairdryers are provided together with free electronic lockers operated with the cashless arm band tag system.
Roof-top pool:
Temperature, acidity or time information etc. are not displayed. However, the staff are always around to answer any questions. You can enter the pool direct by lift to the 3rd floor and therefore there is disabled access although check first before you travel. There were are showers or foot wash on the top roof level and therefore customers can enter the pool without showering and travel from the toilets without a foot pool or anything.
The steam room/s:
There are four. Check the TA forum on this subject for a few more details.
Minerva [lower ground]:
Minerva [lower ground] using the lift. The Minerva pool is a light open designed space configured to provide a place to bath and lie down and relax on a pool side sun lounger. Each entrance to this pool is patrolled by a shower system. However, customers walking through at speed will not be showered. The water is similar to the roof together with the water massage jets. Wait 20 minutes for the spa bath to bubble in sequence with the other features.
The Café:
There is a café inside the complex that offers a range of fresh salad, cooked meals, snacks, sandwiches and cakes are provided with a selection of hot and cold drinks. Tea is £1, a large cappuccino £2.20. Warning: Sit in here and you will use up “session time”! There is a small shop to visit inside the front entrance that sells a range of products.
Treatments:
Full body massage is 50 minutes for £45 [90p per min]. There is a wide range of spa packages available.
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