Now home to a world famous summer music festival, the marevllously conserved Baths of Caracalla were once the most luxurious of baths in Rome. Occupying a surface area of over 10 hectares, they were fed by a sophisticated plumbing system and could accommodate up to 1,600 visitors.
The baths were built by Antonino Caracalla in 217 and used for over 300 years the aqueduct by which they were supplied with water was destroyed by the Visigoths.
In the vicinity of the Baths of Caracalla there are some of our apartments:
