You can stay at Jane Austen’s home or visit it. This 18th-century Georgian property has been renovated and converted into a boutique hotel with four rooms. This was where Jane Austen lived in the early 1800s. There is a plaque on the wall outside so you cannot miss it. She also lived in No. 25 Gay Street, after her father passed away, which is a short distance from the Jane Austen Centre. However, later the entire family moved out of Bath to live with her brother as they could not afford the rent.

Plan your trip around the Jane Austen Festival which is an annual event. Read more here: www.janeaustenfestivalbath.co.uk. There are around 60 events to attend spread over 10 days including a Summer Ball for you to dress up and swirl around the ballroom. Take along a Jane Austen book or a Georgette Heyer romance to read by the river or as you sit in a café. The atmosphere of the books might leap out of the pages and come alive in Bath that surrounds you.

End your tour of Jane Austen’s Bath with a short stroll through Gravel Walk which is near the Jane Austen Centre, just off Queen’s Street. This is the location for one of the touching love scenes in Persuasion. It was said to be known as Lover’s Lane in Austen’s time.