Banos Arabes Review

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Baños Árabes

  • Address: Palacio de Villardompardo, Pl. Luisa de Marillac, Jaén, 23001
  • Phone: 953/248068

Fodor's Review:

Explore the narrow alleys of old Jaén as you walk from the cathedral to the Baños Árabes (Arab Baths), which once belonged to Ali, a Moorish king of Jaén, and probably date from the 11th century. Four hundred years later, in 1592, Fernando de Torres y Portugal, a viceroy of Peru, built himself a mansion, the Palacio de Villardompardo, right over the baths, so it took years of painstaking excavation to restore them to their original form. The palace contains a small museum of folk crafts and a larger museum devoted to native art. There are guided tours of the baths, one of the largest and best conserved in Spain, every 30 minutes.

  • Cost: EUR 1.50
  • Open: Tues.-Fri. 9-8, weekends 9:30-2:30
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