One can just about picture Caracalla-the wiry-haired, big-boned, Roman emperor- soaking naked in a large pool at the Friedrichsbad bathhouse in Baden-Baden, when he suddenly makes a thundering ...

With my intense travel schedule, I savor detours where I put away the schedule and notes and simply enjoy the moment. And for me, there's no better detour in Europe than visiting a public bath or spa ...

With my intense travel schedule, I savor detours where I put away the schedule and notes and simply enjoy the moment. And for me, there’s no better detour in Europe than visiting a public bath or spa ...

Dark stones in the Marktplatz, the old market square, outline the location of the 2,000-year-old imperial baths two metres below. You can take a five-euro tour of the ruins of the Roman soldiers’ ...

Recently, I had my first nudist experience, at the ancient Roman Friedrichsbad Baths in Baden Baden, a spa town in Germany. While they have mixed and separate days for both sexes, male attendants ...

Winter was getting old. True, the weather in Germany has been unseasonably mild, but certainly not balmy. And then there’s the rain. I began daydreaming of warm beaches, but neither my ...

From its Refridarium to its Sudatorium, the Roman-Irish bath experience is a tradition that is long overdue a resurgence here FOR THE sake of our recession-tired minds and aching bones, there is an ...

The woman at the entrance to the “textile-free” Friedrichsbad Roman-Irish bath in Baden-Baden, Germany, mentioned this more than once.