[4] The archaeological ruin of one of the baths has been preserved and is occasionally used as a performance space, thus reflecting the ancient traditions of the site.

The modern site is also home to Mediterranean-style gardens[6] that contain a variety of medicinal plants once used in bathing balms.

Located under the floor, the heating system (hypocaust) allowed the air, warmed by wood fires in adjacent vaults, to circulate between pillars of terracotta disks that heated the marble floor; terracotta pipes in the walls allowed the air to rise up to the ceiling.

[7] Roman Berytus had four major bath complexes (thermae) and the first was created in the early first century under Augustus.

The modern site is also home to Mediterranean-style gardens[8] that contain a variety of medicinal plants once used in bathing balms.