Augusta Raurica

In Switzerland's largest archaeological park, over twenty sights are waiting to be discovered. Bake your own bread in a Roman wood-fired oven, take part in an excavation or ask your guests to join you for a stylish aperitif next to 2000-year-old monuments.

Augusta Raurica offers over 20 sights, including the best-preserved ancient theatre north of the Alps and the Roman domestic animal park. In its heyday, some 20'000 people lived in the once large city; today the open-air archaeological museum is a much-visited tourist site.
Another attraction is the Roman house: running water, a kitchen with integrated toilet and even underfloor heating could be afforded by wealthy Romans. In the Roman Museum, the sensational silver treasure of Kaiseraust is presented: At 56 kilograms of pure silver, it is the world's largest silver treasure from late antiquity.
Want to discover even more surprising things? Climb into the sewers of the ancient city, marvel at the unique underground well house or get to know ancient animal breeds in the domestic animal park.
The highlight is the Roman Festival, which has already become a tradition. Every year on the last weekend in August, tens of thousands flock to the ancient Roman city. Under the motto VENI-VIDI-VICI, hundreds of participants bring the old walls back to life. Gladiators, craftsmen, dancers, actors and musicians will be performing, inviting guests to join in and treating them to epicurean dishes from ancient Rome.
Individual aperitifs in the ruins can be ordered on request.

Note(s)
Public guided tours every Sunday from 3pm to 4.30pm.

Attractions such as bread baking, pottery or film screenings - for exact dates see the Augusta Raurica homepage.