Bath, SOM Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres
A must see when in the area of Bath is the Roman Baths, where today a museum is on site, displaying splendid mosaic floors and artifacts. Legend has it that Bladud, a Celtic prince who contracted leprosy, was sent to herd diseased swine. One day he witnessed the healing powers of the hot mineral springs on the pigs, and jumped in himself, thus ridding him of his ailment. The Romans appeared in 43 AD, and developed the baths as a retreat. Today the large bathing pool can be observed, right to its underground area.





