Baños árabes de Ronda

Ronda, Spain

Baños árabes de Ronda is a thermal building of the Arab time, the best conserved of its kind at the Iberian Peninsula. It is located at the old arab quarter of the city, being the formerly outside quarter of the arab medina (city) of Ronda.

The bahts were built near the Arroyo de las Culebras (snakes' stream), a perfect place in order to be provided of water, which was moved by a waterwheel, in an current perfect conservation state.

The chronology of the Ronda arab bahts starts at the 13th-14th centuries. The bath is divided into three main zones, following the Roman model of thermal buildings:cold water, warm water and hot water bathrooms. The hydraulic system of the thermal bath has arrived to our days almost complete.

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Founded: 13th century
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in Spain

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J C (4 months ago)
Long walk down to the bottom of the gorge Amazing Arab bath house Walking back up hill is a challenge
Daniela Spencer (6 months ago)
Beautiful archaeological site with interesting history! It’s a small museum that can be seen within 30 minutes or less. If you’re pressed for time, I wouldn’t suggest going completely out of your way to see it, but it’s cool.
Deborah M (7 months ago)
Excellent walk through the past, well preserved and great video explaining the site in both English and and Spanish
Suzanne Reisel (8 months ago)
This site is down the road from the Puente Viejo and is worth going to. The baths and gardens are beautiful and the short video about the history and how the baths worked and their social importance is very interesting. We did not buy tickets in advance.
slurp tea (11 months ago)
Arab baths archaeological site. Pay Euros at the ticket office to enter, card payment only. It’s a small site, with various plaques offering and explanation of the zones your visiting. For 900 years old it’s in reasonable condition. Inside the building is remarkably cooler and a retreat from the heat and sun of outside. That must be down to the building engineering design. A cinema style presentation explains the moorish era of construction and how it all worked. A water tower by the river, now dried up. Pulled water up by donkey drawn buckets to the top of the tower and drained along the top of the wall to feed the water storage tanks inside the building. A furnace heated the water to feed the baths and massage rooms inside. If your like archaeology and the past your love this.
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