The Moors brought the ritual of the hammam (Arab Baths) from their homeland in North Africa to Andalusia, and Granada's 11th-century Bañuelo are among the oldest and best preserved in Spain.
One of the few bath complexes not destroyed after the Reconquista by the Catholic monarchs, who considered the baths as immoral, they are one of Granada's oldest surviving Moorish sites.
Today, visitors can sample a similar experience to the Moorish baths at the Hammam Al Andalus near Plaza Nueva.
Although it is on the site of an original Moorish bath house and constructed in the authentic style with graceful arches and exquisite Islamic-style tile work, this hammam is a newly built replica.
