The Baños de la Reina site is located on the coastline, between the town of Calpe and its port, at the foot of the Peñón de Ifach.
In Roman times, it covered an area of over 5,000 m2 and was legally a vicus, a small enclave without urban status in the territory of the "municipium of Dianium", on which it depended.
At the beginning of the 1st century AD, Dianium administered a fertile coastal territory, which was rich in agricultural and fishing resources, and was exploited by a dispersed population.
At the end of the 1st century, a first dwelling was built in Baños de la Reina, later equipped with baths, and new residential centres with service areas were established around it, along with some ponds on the coast for the consumption of fresh fish, known as ‘baths of the Moorish queen’, which gave the place its name.