Trier Imperial Baths

Trier, Germany

The Trier Imperial Baths (Kaiserthermen) are a large Roman bath complex, designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The impressive ruins of the baths, along with the derelict rooms and the walls of previous structures, are among the most important to have been discovered in Trier. Today a visit to the thermal baths, which can also be explored below ground, is like stepping back in time. The walls of the hot bath (caldarium) are deservedly part of this famous landmark in Trier. After the one in Rome, the Imperial Thermal Baths and St. Barbara Roman Baths were once among the largest bathing complexes in the Roman empire. They were built in the first and second centuries AD.

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Kaiserstraße, Trier, Germany
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Founded: 0-200 AD
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in Germany
Historical period: Germanic Tribes (Germany)

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4.4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Neda MN (10 months ago)
I just love places like this. You enter and you go back in time. It is very interesting to see how they designed and built these ‘Imperial baths’. How they heat the water and where. You can visit the underground. The visit doesn’t take long if you just pass through. Something like 30 minutes. But if you want te read the history while you are there you will need much longer as we did. There is not much explanation in other languages than German there.
Diego Ricardo Garcia (11 months ago)
Worth a visit but somehow we where expecting more, the tunnels are in a good shape but otherwise there is not much left. Also the scaffolding to possibly protect the ruins is not very inspiring lets say.
Mike Lahaye (13 months ago)
Remains of Roman bath area that has been alternated trough out time. Nice underground galleries. A bit poor on information panels, could have been better. Still Worth a visit, 4€ admission.
Joshua H (2 years ago)
Really neat experience as it's self guided and you get to walk the grounds and go underground inside the bathhouse, well what remains of it.
kim (2 years ago)
Great place to see the a Roman bath, there are signs around explain what used to be there and a little bit about how the bath was built! Definitely worth 4 Euro.
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