{"id":2348,"date":"2023-04-18T07:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2023-04-18T07:52:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T13:52:17","slug":"roman-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/roman-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"Touring the Roman Baths in Bath, England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We visited the Roman Baths while in Bath, England, for our oldest child\u2019s graduation, and gazed upon 2,000 years of history. We also gazed upon a few naked Romans! But Bob was upset that they wouldn\u2019t let him soak in the medicinal water. The Roman Baths are one of the finest historic sites in Northern Europe, according to the Baths\u2019 website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/8391772624326132763\">romanbaths.co.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Touring the Roman Baths in Bath, England\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2_Rf8V-wzeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce the site of one of the great religious spas of the ancient world, the people of Roman Britain came to the site to worship the goddess Sulis Minerva and bathe in the waters of the natural thermal springs, which still flow with hot water today,\u201d says the website. \u201cToday visitors can explore the Roman Baths complex, walk on the original Roman pavements and see the ruins of the Temple of Sulis Minerva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The museum collection, located next to the bathing complex, includes a gilt bronze head of the Goddess Sulis Minerva, and other Roman artifacts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost per person was about $23, and you buy your tickets in advance for a timed entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Bob\u2019s irreverent take on this ancient site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phots from the Roman Baths<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230129_125351-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2349\" 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We also gazed upon a few naked Romans! But Bob was upset that they wouldn\u2019t let him soak in the medicinal water. The Roman Baths are one of the finest historic sites in Northern &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/18\/roman-baths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Touring the Roman Baths in Bath, England&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,407,222,211],"tags":[269,563,152,567,410,27,9,564,565,566,261,262],"class_list":["post-2348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","category-history","category-lisa-blogger","category-videos","tag-bath","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-greatbritain","tag-history","tag-messysuitcase","tag-retirement","tag-romanbaths","tag-romancivilization","tag-romanhistory","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2358,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348\/revisions\/2358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}