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 ...

BADEN BADEN, Germany -- Meaning "bathing bathing" in German, Baden Baden makes no secret of its main attractions. Situated at the northern edge of the Black Forest, the town has attracted ...

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’ ...

IN the spa towns of Germany and Switzerland, patrons can indulge in the Roman-Irish nude bath. At the 19th century bathing palace in Baden-Baden for example, clients are put through a 17-stage ritual ...

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 ...

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