The Roman Baths

The Roman Baths tour is a very modern museum that does a great job integrating technology with actual ruins from the baths to create a close to real tour as possible. The ruins are in remarkably good shape to begin with so you get to see loads of original structure including a few baths that are fully in tact.

There are various LCD screens that help to draw the room around you so you can help to picture what it would have looked like as you walk through the platforms that are built right over the actual ruins. The audio guide is also done very well giving you plenty of options to move quickly through the tour or slow down and get more detail on specific areas.

I’ve been on the tour twice and would happily do it again with more visitors. The second time through I had a greater appreciation for what the Romans did with the hot spring and building the baths.

Don’t forget to drink your free Spa water on the way out, the fountain is in the Pump House tea room. Take a few minutes and have tea there too, the building is gorgeous.
The cost including the audio guide is £11 per adult as of June 2009.

The Roman Baths are the reason we went to Bath and they did not disappoint. The entrance fee isn't very high but it is completely worth it...we got in for the students rate, even though we're not students, the IYIC card works here, so does my twin sisters student ID:). Set a side a few hours to see the whole thing because there is a lot to take in. You get a free audio guide thats shaped like a remote and you hold it to your ear and listen to the entire history of the Baths. Its a great attraction, the history of the Baths is so interesting, definitely worth making a trip out to this city. I would highly recommend going here!

The Roman Baths is a truly amazing experience for anyone who's even slightly interested in ancient history! There is a very good audio commentary by Bill Bryson which is quite amusing at times - and of course the standard audio guide which I found slightly annoying but then they all are =) There are lots of fascinating artefacts that have been recovered from the site and you can even drink the 'healing' water! Overall it's a very good few hours and it's quite interesting for children too!

The best preserved Roman Religious Spa from the ancient world.
Roman baths were part of the day-to-day life in Ancient Rome. Bath in Somerset, contains one of the best examples of a Roman bath complex in Europe.
The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath.
The Georgian Pump Room is on the ground level.
I had very interesting time in this museum, as in my home country and also in Finland and Sweden, we have the 'sauna culture.'

Your tour of the Roman Baths of Bath, begins with in the Reception Hall where you get your ticket and a personal audioguide which explains each area as you make your way through the site. A view from the Terrace which looks down over the Main bath is your first real sight, and a nice way to start the tour.

The statues, figures and columns along with the large pool of hot water below are splendid. Most people don’t know that it was the late 19th century before the baths were discovered or explored. The water, which is 46 C (115 F) is a natural spring that has continued to flow for hundreds if not thousands of years.

The Romans dedicated the temple and spring to their goddess of healing, Sulis Minerva. Besides the main bath there are several other smaller areas with baths and plunges. Many objects and thousands of coins were found in the bottom of the pool. There are some outstanding items on display in the museum section including a wooden model of how the site may have looked in the 4th century AD .

You end your tour in the gift and souvenir shop.