Barcelo Combe Grove Manor Hotel

The sacred spring itself rises to surface at temperatures of about 46oC. The spring was dedicated to the Goddess Minerva and bathing was not allowed, offerings to the goddess were throw into the spring as it was deemed a holy site. Water was fed from the spring and flowed into the Baths themselves, the baths had varying temperatures as ladies were deemed not to be able to take the very hot water unlike the men (oh yeah) a cold plunge pool were also used and the romans would get out of a hot bath into the cold. One of the rooms at the bathing house was used as an earlier form of the turkish Bath. Many of the statues surrounding the main bathing area are from the 1890's. The baths are not used for bathing anymore and viewing the murky green water believe me you wouldnt want to. Koi carp now swim in the main bathing area. In the museum section Romans mosaics are on display as well as a few roman coffins and their inhabitants (so the spring didnt alway cure all), various artefact including a head of the statue of Minerva.