Wellness in Tuscany - Thermal Spas
Chianciano Terme
Situated at the croosroads of three counties (Siena, Perugia, Arezzo)
Chianciano is one of the best Thermal centres in Europe. Situated around
550m above sea level, it offers climatic and touristic advantages due
to its good geographical position. The new thermal springs "Sensoriali",
situated in the heart of the thermal park of Acqua Santa, offer 30 interesting
treatments, to find the eqilibrio of the body: from the tropical shower
with ayurveda, to the ice crash of the thermal pools.
Rapolano Terme
This village, on the confines between Val di Chiana and Chianti, should
be obligatory on the tourist route for all those who wish to experience
the atmosphere of the Crete Senesi and restore the body with the waters
of the Thermal springs of San Giovanni and of the Thermal springs of
ancient Querciolaia.
Ther are various types of treatments, classic massages and those with
oriental origins, mud masks, hydro massage and sulphur baths.
San Casciano
San Casciano dei Bagni is famous for its thermal springs, already known
by the Etruscans and the Romans, of which the Emporer Ottaviano exploited
their curative powers. The thermal waters of Fonteverde, known for their
therapeutic powers in times of the Etruscans, are sulphate, limestone,
fluoride and magnesium and flow at a temperature of 42° C.
Available to guests: baths, thermal pools with 22 different types of
hydromassage, hydrotherapeutic treatments, saunas and Turkish baths.
Bagno Vignoni
An area of thermal springs dating back to etrusacn and Roman times,
used during the Renaissance by Lorenzo il Magnifico, Pope Pio, the Piccolomini
and by Santa Caterina da Siena, Bagno Vignoni is situated inan imposingly
beautiful landscape, in the heart of the ‘Parco Artistico Naturale
e Culturale della Val d’Orcia’. For its beauty it was nominated
by the ‘Unesco Patrimonio mondiale dell'Umanità’.
A square with hyperthermal waters at the centre of the medieval buildings
leaves the visitor enchanted. The waters are bicarbonate-sulphur-alkaline-earthy
hyperthermal (51°C) and flow from spring which fills a large bath
from 1500.
