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Bath: Walking Tour & Hawk Flying Experience Day Trip

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Free cancellation

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Duration7h 15m

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Spend the morning walking Bath's Georgian streets, the afternoon flying a hawk

You walk Bath's Georgian landmarks with a local guide in the morning, stop for lunch at a pub, then spend the afternoon flying a hawk at a nearby falconry under instruction. The private format and hotel pickup mean you don't arrange transport or timing yourself; the guide handles the route and pacing so you absorb the city instead of navigating it.

7h 15m

Step-by-step itinerary

Pickup from preferred Bath location
Drive to viewpoint overlooking Bath
Walking tour of Bath city centre
Visit Pulteney Bridge
Hear about Bath Abbey history
Learn about Roman Baths outside
See location of hot springs and spa
View Jane Austen Centre exterior
Visit the Circus
Visit Royal Crescent
Lunch at English pub
Drive to falconry near Bath
Meet birds and fly a hawk
Return drive to Bath

The Experience

The stone terraces of Bath's Royal Crescent catch the light in a way that makes you stop mid-stride. Your guide, who grew up in these streets, starts the day by driving you to a viewpoint overlooking the whole city—the kind of perspective that explains why Bath looks the way it does. Then you walk down into it: past Pulteney Bridge with its shops built into the arches, along the Georgian crescents and circuses, past the Jane Austen Centre, and down to where the hot springs still rise from the ground beneath the modern Thermae Bath Spa. Your guide tells you the stories behind each place—the Romans who came for the water, the architects who rebuilt the city in honey-colored stone, the residents who lived in these crescents. You're not rushed through; the walking tour moves at a pace that lets the city actually sink in.

After lunch at an English pub, you're driven out to a small village on the outskirts where a non-profit falconry rescues and rehabilitates wild birds of prey. This is where the day shifts. A falconer meets you, introduces you to the birds, and then walks you into the countryside with a hawk on your glove. The bird launches into the air, circles, and comes back to you. It takes 60 to 90 minutes depending on how the hawk feeds that day, and the falconer stays close to help you with photos. Weather matters—if conditions aren't right, you can fly owls indoors instead, though you'd need to mention that preference when you book.

The whole day runs as a private tour, so it's just your group—maximum four people—with one guide and one driver. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, which means no figuring out how to get to the falconry or back to Bath at the end. You get the walking tour, the hawk experience, lunch, and transport all in one booking.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Bath.
private walking tour of Bath's city center with a local guide born and raised in the city.
lunch at a traditional English pub.
private hawk flying experience at a non-profit falconry in a nearby village, lasting 60–90 minutes.
private transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle throughout the day.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Bath Insider Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want Bath's main landmarks and stories in one morning without navigating yourself, plus an afternoon activity that's genuinely different from the usual tour—the private format and local guide mean you get the city explained by someone who actually knows it, and the falconry adds something you won't find elsewhere in the day.