The Roman Baths of Benitses are located in the historic old part of the popular seaside village of Benitses. Hidden between the small streets, you can find the archaeological remains of an old villa with Roman baths.
The house dates back around 2,000 years and was a typical Roman house with running water, hence the name baths, which sounds fancier than it actually is. Parts of the clay water pipes can still be observed.
The house belongs to the estate of the Kapsokavvadis family and consists mainly of ruins. On the eastern side, you can still identify a large hall with an entrance to the north. The house has a colorful mosaic floor with geometric ornaments but unfortunately, this has been covered to preserve the monument.
A rectangular opening in the floor allowed the room to be heated from a fire in the basement below, called a hypocaust. The thick walls of the house are constructed of equal-sized bricks and some irregular stones and plaster. while some marble revetments were placed at the bottom.
The Roman Baths of Benitses are free to visit, but there’s a fence around the perimeter to prevent looting of the monument.
There are several other places in Corfu where remains of Roman structures can be found, including the Roman Baths and other buildings of Paleopolis and the Roman Baths of Moraitika.
