Bath is a city that you can get a lot from on a limited budget. The architecture is free, there are some nice walks around the hills that look down onto the city, and there are some reasonable museums too.
The downsides are that driving around Bath is a nightmare unless you know your way around. The one way systems are convoluted and quite often grid locked. Parking is expensive on street for most of the centre. There are cheap places to park quite close to the centre but a day tripper won't find them.
Top tips: stand in the middle of the Circus (the circular road between the Royal Crescent and the main shopping area), clap your hands and listen for the echo. The bread in Phipps bakery (Argyle Street, Orange Grove or George Street) is wonderful. Its even better if you stop by the Argyle Street branch early in the morning and get it straight out of the oven. Two shops worth looking out for are Tridias (a really good toy shop on Walcot Street) and Avon Valley Cyclery (underneath the arches around the back of the train station).
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