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hotel
The Gainsborough Bath Spa
Bath, UK
This place dates back to the 1800s, when Bath was really in its Austen-era heyday. While its
sturdy, neo-classical framework hasn’t changed, things look a
little different inside today. Clad with sharp-as-you-like art-deco
mirrors and upholstered in shades of moody aubergine and sopping
wet clay – courtesy of New York-based Champalimaud Design, we should
add – this hotel is the place to go for classic luxury. The spa
itself is a patchwork of 11 treatment rooms which sit around a
classical bathhouse teaming with thermal pools.