The Roman Baths
One of the best-preserved Roman bathing complexes in the world.
The Roman Baths are among the best-preserved Roman bathing complexes anywhere. A temple was built beside the city's natural hot springs between AD 60 and 70, in the first decades of Roman Britain, and the settlement of Aquae Sulis grew up around it. Visitors walk around the steaming green water of the Great Bath, see the Sacred Spring and explore the remains of the temple and the heated rooms of the bath house.
Everything at street level is later: Georgian buildings such as the Grand Pump Room and Victorian galleries completed in 1897 frame the ancient remains. The museum displays finds from Aquae Sulis, including the head of the goddess Minerva. Visitors cannot enter the water, which is unsafe for bathing.
Highlights
- The Great Bath with Bath Abbey behind
- The Sacred Spring
- Head of the goddess Minerva
- Remains of the Roman temple and bath house
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