Baños Arabes
Off to the left as you climb Calle Armiñán, near the town’s two old bridges (Puente Viejo and Puente de San Miguel), Ronda’s 13th-century Arab baths are among the best preserved in Spain. Inside, the structure is wonderfully intact, with barrel vaults, octagonal brick columns, and star-shaped skylights. In the style of Roman baths, they include cold, warm, and hot rooms, through which bathers would rotate several times. A 5-minute animated film gives an interesting explanation of the mechanism used to deliver and heat the water.
Off to the left as you climb Calle Armiñán, near the town’s two old bridges (Puente Viejo and Puente de San Miguel), Ronda’s 13th-century Arab baths are among the best preserved in Spain. Inside, the structure is wonderfully intact, with barrel vaults, octagonal brick columns, and star-shaped skylights. In the style of Roman baths, they include cold, warm, and hot rooms, through which bathers would rotate several times. A 5-minute animated film gives an interesting explanation of the mechanism used to deliver and heat the water.
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