Caracalla Baths

More than 2,000 years ago, the Romans took advantage of the healing properties in the dozen thermal springs that bubble from beneath the earth, and today 800,000 liters of water a day feed the sleek modern Caracalla Spa. 

The earlier Friedrichsbad, the adjacent Roman-Irish Bath, offers a luxurious 17-step spa treatment program in a beautiful 130-year-old Roman-style setting.

The 4,000-square-meter bathing and therapy center at the Caracalla Spa includes two circular pools and a large central fountain, plus hot and cold rock grottos, whirlpools, swimming pools, saunas, a current channel and water jets, all fed by the springs, from which water rises at temperatures of 69 degrees Celsius.