The Stokstraat quarter, or Stokstraatkwartier, is one of the most attractive and expensive shopping areas in Maastricht. It has many narrow streets, lovely restored houses and shops, attracting many tourists and day-trippers. The Romans built their settlement in the first century AD here in the Stokstraat quarter. Various Roman ruins, such as the baths and parts of a wall with towers, lie hidden below the surface; although in some places you can still tell where they must have been.