Fonteverde, San Casciano dei Bagni
A Tuscan hill-town spa above dozens of hot springs used continuously since Etruscan and Roman times.
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- Source temperature
- 42°C
- Bathing temperature
- 38°C
- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
San Casciano dei Bagni has more than forty thermal springs, among the most abundant in Europe, and a bathing history running from the Etruscans through the Romans to Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici, whose sixteenth-century pool still stands. Fonteverde occupies a Medici villa above the valley, with terraced pools looking towards Monte Amiata.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Come for the combination of archaeology and view: the recent Etruscan-Roman votive discoveries at the Bagno Grande have made this one of the most significant thermal sites in Italy, and the hillside pools face one of Tuscany's great landscapes.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Bagno Grande spring
- Mineralisation
- Calcium-sulphate water with sulphur
- Character
- One of more than forty springs at San Casciano dei Bagni, in use since Etruscan times.
Location
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