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Short stay: Hotel Indigo Bath, Somerset, UK

Short stay: Hotel Indigo Bath, Somerset, UK

Hotel Indigo Bath constantly reminds guests that they are staying in a city whose elegant pedigree stretches back into history. Back past Georgian glory through to the days of centurions enjoying bacchanalian feasts by the baths. Every room in this 166 room hotel has its own distinct dimensions and style.

From the vaulted rooms and suites in the converted stables through to literary themed hideaways in the attic. After four years of careful curation, Hotel Indigo Bath arose from nine Grade 1 listed houses on Bath’s fashionable South Parade. Opened in 2020, the hotel speaks of both Georgian grandeur and contemporary luxury.

As a tribute to John Wood the Elder, who designed the mellow Bath stone terrace in the 1740s, The Elder restaurant is named in his honour. Stepping from wide pavements into reception, you feel as if you should be pulling up your Bridgerton breeches.

The welcome

Reception is a time-warp. Georgian portraits feature post-modern bold blotches of primary colours. Stags, in formal portrait pose, ironically wear regimental uniforms.

A display board of gleaming silver bells reminds guests of an era of deferential servants. With two reception points to speed up service, formalities are completed as cheerfully as a dance card at one of Jane’s Austen balls. As we had dropped our bags off earlier in the day, so that we could explore Bath, the porter had already placed them in our room. He guided us over butterfly patterned carpet to our room.

The room

Our semi-subterranean vault room had been converted from stables that had originally run beneath the pavement. Georgian gentlemen expected their horses and carriages to arrive promptly.

Honeyed sandstone gives a wine vault feel to the arched room. Burnished copper standard lamp and angle-poise lights, along with floor spotlights, provide the lighting. Mid-summer the air-conditioning is silently, chillingly efficient. As well as a Nespresso coffee-maker and 40 inch flat-screen television, there is also a refrigerated mini-bar.

The firm, wide Hypnos bed, topped with charcoal. mustard and teal cushions is dressed with high-thread count Egyptian cotton. Interior design aims to ensure variety. Our room is Romance and Mischief themed, featuring prints of outsize playing cards and playing card sculptures framed in cuboid display cases. Other themes are Architectural Beauty, Garden and Literary Hideaway.


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