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Travel Bites 959: Colosseum and Caracalla Baths

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Rome’s colossal engineering comes alive at the iconic Colosseum, then continues at the far less crowded Baths of Caracalla, a sprawling public playground of pools, gardens, libraries, art, and social life.

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