Terme dei Papi

A 2,000 sqm sulphurous pool fed by the Bullicame spring outside Viterbo.

Terme dei Papi is built around the Bullicame spring, which surfaces at 58°C and fills a single vast open-air pool in the Tuscia countryside.

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Perché visitarlo

One enormous pool, no waterslides, no distractions — the most serious thermal bathing within an hour of Rome.

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L'acqua

Sorgente: Bullicame
Mineralizzazione: Sulphurous, sulphate-bicarbonate-alkaline earth
Carattere: Strongly sulphurous water flowing continuously through a single large pool.

The spring was known to the Etruscans and named by Dante in the Inferno; papal bathing gave the modern spa its name.

The pool opens late on Saturdays for night bathing. Towels and robes are hired at reception.

Ninety minutes north of Rome by car, or by train to Viterbo and a short taxi ride.

Viterbo, Italy42.4212, 12.0770Vedi sulla mappa di Balnevia

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