These are the best spas in Bath, according to our expert

It was the Romans who made a showpiece of the hot springs in Bath, their lavish bathing complex built around them, dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva, setting the stage for the slickest of rituals: plunging from frigidarium (cold pool) to caldarium (hot bath and steam treatments) before being oiled up and scraped down with a no-nonsense-looking ‘strigil’. Fast forward to the ‘season’ in Georgian Bath, as the city basked in its golden era, and sedan chairs could be found weaving…