What Americans really think of 'unique' UK city ranked world's best by New York Times
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A prestigious newspaper ranking has placed a UK city loved by Brits as a world first. Bath, in Somerset, sits at the top of a 52-point annual list from the New York Times. It dubs Bath as the "best destination" and encourages its readers to explore the area, given it's prominent links to Jane Austen, with this year marking her 250th birthday. This is a big deal for the city, as the author lived there for years and is said to have been inspired by her surroundings when penning some of her famous works.
Naming Bath as "Jane Austen's England", the NY Times said: "Jane Austen fans have a good reason to explore the southwest of England this year: It’s the 250th anniversary of her birth, and celebrations abound. Hampshire was both Austen’s birthplace and a source of inspiration; as a novelist, she was most prolific in this bucolic setting." People can visit her former cottage, where an exhibition has been created. Bosses in Bath are also planning some commemorative events this year to mark Austen's 250th birthday.
Bath, in the south-west, is loved by Brits and has many tourist attractions in its centre. One of the most popular is the Roman baths, historically used as a public bathing site in the 5th century. Visitors can also see popular TV series Bridgerton's filming spots when marvelling at the period architecture, and unwind in the natural hot spring water of the Thermae Bath Spa - which in some ways aims to replicate the Roman baths experience.
The NY Times places Bath ahead of Ecuador's Galápagos Islands, New York city museums and the hilly state of Assam in India. But do all Americans love Bath as much as this prominent newspaper? One Brit took to Reddit to say the city is often filled with American tourists, and they all seem to love it.
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