Bagni San Filippo
Free, open-air calcareous cascades in the woods below Monte Amiata.
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- Source temperature
- 48°C
- Bathing temperature
- 38°C
- Bathing
- Outdoor
Below the village of Bagni San Filippo, hot sulphurous water runs through a wooded gorge and has built up a huge white limestone formation known as the Fosso Bianco, or "White Whale". Bathers use the natural terraced pools formed along the stream, which cool gradually as they move away from the source.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Fosso Bianco
- Mineralisation
- Calcium sulphate-bicarbonate, sulphurous
- Character
- Deposits the large white travertine formation known as the Balena Bianca; pools cool downstream.
Practical information
Free and unstaffed: no changing rooms or lifeguards. Reach it on foot from the village car park; the water is hottest at the upper pools.
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