Bath makes Condé Nast Traveler's 13 Best UK Places to Visit in 2023 list

Every winter, Condé Nast Traveler looks ahead to the upcoming year and considers which destinations travellers will be flocking to. As part of its Best Places To Go series, the magazine shines a spotlight on the destinations in the world, as well as the United States, India, Spain, and the United Kingdom that are set to thrive in 2023, thanks to splashy hotel openings, foodie awakenings, or cultural moments that the whole world will be watching. 

The list, curated by the magazine's expert contributors, is an edit of cities, regions, and counties across the UK that should be on tourists' radars right now.

Of Bath, the article says: 

“Who can ever be tired of Bath?” wrote Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey, and over two centuries on, this phrase still rings true. The grand Regency façades, the gurgling River Avon, and the intricate web of streets that lead toward the grandeur of the famed Royal Crescent, looking down over the honey-hued architecture, makes for an enchanting visit year-in, year-out. For 2023 however, Somerset’s biggest city (and the home of many Bridgerton filming locations) has filled its calling cards with new openings of particular note. Cleveland Pools, the UK's only surviving Georgian lido and its oldest outdoor pool, will reopen for the first time in four decades after a major refurb, flanked by meadows on one side and the original changing rooms on the other. 8 Holland Street, a gallery space and studio, which gets its name from its original sibling by the same name perched between London's Notting Hill and High Street Kensington neighborhoods, is taking its dedication to living among good design one step further in 2023 and launching a new three-bedroom luxury townhouse above its public space for staycationers who want to really immerse themselves in Bath’s culture scene." 

"Elsewhere, various new restaurant openings, including The Beckford Canteen, headed up by former Fischer’s and Cora Pearl chef George Barson, will join a smorgasbord of much-loved eateries. Finally, offering visitors new opportunities to soak up the city’s heritage of wellness, a new festival of wellbeing will launch in the spa city too. ReBalance Bath (7-26 February) will bring together venues, hotels, spa therapists, and restaurants for three weeks of feel-good activities in, from mindfulness and yoga to sound baths and foraging sessions." 

The full article can be read here.