Sunday Road Trip: Christmas Market in Bath

There are lots of new Christmas traditions to explore now that we're living in the UK. Top of our list is the traditional Christmas market found all over Europe, and one of the nicest in nearby Bath. Yep, time for a Sunday road trip!

Bath is already beautiful with all it's history, amazing architecture and water running through the town. Add on a Christmas market and the town is even cuter.

It was the first weekend of the market so very crowded. We were told they bus in from all over to visit the Bath Christmas market as it's considered one of the best in the country.  The photo above is the main square outside the cathedral where they've put up a large tree.

No Christmas market experience is properly started without a mug of mulled wine or in this area of the country, mulled cider (hard cider that is). Keeps you warm and in the shopping mood.

So what is a Christmas market exactly? Basically a collection of small stalls selling everything from handicrafts to food to drinks. It's a craft fair with a Christmas theme. Some of the stalls are independent craftspeople selling their stuff and others are small versions of the larger stores on the square. According to their website, there are over 170 stalls and more than 80% are items from the local area. The photo above are the stalls on the other side of the cathedral. There was also a main set of stalls on the other side, but they were so packed I couldn't get a good photo.

One aisle was really small and close together and there were so many people we couldn't even get through to see what was for sale. And we noticed that there wasn't a proper flow to the traffic - everyone going every direction so it was chaos. Time to get out of the crowds and find some lunch!

Pies are big here. Pies of every kind you can imagine. This one was turkey, stuffing and cranberry. YUM!