- Bathing
- Indoor / Outdoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
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.
Balnevia view
Why visit
One enormous pool, no waterslides, no distractions — the most serious thermal bathing within an hour of Rome.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Bullicame
- Mineralisation
- Sulphurous, sulphate-bicarbonate-alkaline earth
- Character
- Strongly sulphurous water flowing continuously through a single large pool.
Facilities
- Thermal pools
- Outdoor pools
- Spa treatments
- Hotel
History
The spring was known to the Etruscans and named by Dante in the Inferno; papal bathing gave the modern spa its name.
Practical information
The pool opens late on Saturdays for night bathing. Towels and robes are hired at reception.
Getting there
Ninety minutes north of Rome by car, or by train to Viterbo and a short taxi ride.
Location
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