Bagno Vignoni Thermal Village
A Tuscan hamlet built around a 16th-century thermal basin in place of a village square.
Andrea Bertozzi
- Source temperature
- 49°C
- Bathing
- Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
In Bagno Vignoni, in the Val d'Orcia south of Siena, the main square is a rectangular pool of steaming thermal water, walled in stone in the 16th century. The village grew up around the spring on the Via Francigena pilgrim route; Catherine of Siena and Lorenzo de' Medici both bathed here.
Balnevia view
Why visit
The historic basin is no longer for bathing, but hotels and open-air pools in the village use the same source, and the Parco dei Mulini below shows the medieval mills the outflow once drove.
Recommendations
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Bagno Vignoni spring
- Character
- Calcium- and sulphate-bearing thermal water emerging in the village basin.
Location
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