The elegant suite with Gentry Blue Georgian bluegrey tone.
Maximus the Lion Head ice dispenser at Spa Village 2.
The restored original chapel in the Albert Wing.
the Romans, YTL Hotels, which is one of the brand leaders in luxury hotels and resorts in Malaysia, Bali, Tailand, Japan, Shanghai, Australia and St. Tropez, has opened a classic luxury spa hotel in Bath – the Gainsborough Bath Spa, a stone’s throw from the Termae Bath Spa. On a warm late summer evening on 29 September, an auspicious day ruled by the earth element that is compatible to hotel industry, the tranquillity of Bath is shattered by the clanging of cymbals and drums while a Chinese lion prances mischievously outside the Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel purveying auspicious chi and good fortune to mark the official opening of the hotel. I don’t think this quintessentially English city has ever seen anything like this! Invited guests and passers-by enjoy the spectacular lion dance performed by students from Bristol University. Te occasion is celebrated with a lavish dinner and entertainment to mark the renaissance of once derelict buildings.
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A Trinity Of Georgian Grandeur Te Gainsborough is YTL’s first hotel in UK, a new addition to their Classic Collection. Te company has a track record of acquiring and restoring historic buildings and transforming them into luxury hotels without compromising their heritage pedigree by skilfully marrying period features with contemporary design for the comfort of modern guests. Examples of these beautifully transformed classic hotels include their idyllic Cameron Highlands Resort, Majestic Kuala Lumpur and the Majestic Malacca in Malaysia and Te Swatch Peace Art Hotel in Shanghai. Te Gainsborough, named after the renowned 18th century portrait and landscape British artist Thomas Gainsborough who was a resident in Bath, is a grand trinity of three period edifices sitting over Roman antiquity. During the construction of the basement area, a treasure-trove of 17,500 Roman coins was discovered along with Roman
mosaics. Some of the coins are displayed in the hotel lobby today while an exact replica of a Roman mosaic floor is built directly over the original mosaic in the Roman ruin below in the Spa Village. Te main building was built in 1826 as a hospital while the adjacent Albert Wing was built in 1864 and included a chapel. These two buildings are connected to the Bellott annexe by an underground passage. Te oldest of the three buildings, it was reputedly built in 1608 as an almshouse by a Tomas Bellott to house the poor who were visiting the bathhouses at the time. Te Bellott wing houses 14 guest rooms with its own private courtyard and entrance and is ideal for a group booking.
Old World Charm Modern Chic The Gainsborough is an impressive building, Herculean and imposing on the outside supported by columns and porticos but cosy and warm on the inside in shades of soft grey and cappuccino cream. Styled by the renowned New York-based Champalimaud Design,
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