- Source temperature
- 40°C
- Bathing temperature
- 36°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Established
- 1836
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
The Bagni Nuovi were built in the 1830s on the slope above Bormio in the upper Valtellina, where thermal springs have been used since antiquity. Terraced outdoor pools look across the valley towards the Stelvio massif.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The architecture is the point: Habsburg-era halls and colonnades restored around thermal pools, with high-alpine views and the Stelvio National Park beyond.
Recommendations
Hotels nearby
Explore places to stay near QC Terme Bagni Nuovi.
The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Bormio thermal springs
- Mineralisation
- Sulphate-calcium alpine thermal water
- Character
- Nine springs above Bormio, in use since Roman times, feeding the terraced pools.
History
Bormio's springs were described by Pliny the Elder and used through the Middle Ages; the Bagni Nuovi were completed in 1836 to serve 19th-century spa tourism and were restored in the 2000s.
Practical information
The complex is run as a day spa attached to a historic hotel; entry is by timed session and includes robe and towel. Swimming costumes are required in most pools.
Getting there
Bormio is reached by road from Tirano (about an hour), which is the terminus of the Bernina railway and the Milan line; the baths are a short drive above the town.
Location
Related places
More thermal baths in Italy
Bormio/Italy
QC Terme Bagni Vecchi
Roman cave baths and a cliff-edge panoramic pool above Bormio.
Bathing temperature 38°C
Viterbo/Italy
Terme dei Papi
A 2,000 sqm sulphurous pool fed by the Bullicame spring outside Viterbo.
Bathing temperature 55°C
Merano/Italy
Terme Merano
Twenty-five pools in a glass cube between palms and Alpine peaks.
Bathing temperature 34°C