If you've already visited the ruins
of Hierapolis and the Roman
theater,
this is the next logical stop for anyone
with a fairly lively interest in Roman
archeology.
The large building is a 2nd-century Roman baths and gymnasium made of local tawny travertine ashlars once covered with polychrome marble. One of the impressive barrel vaults fell in a 4th-century earthquake, and was replaced with one of brick.
