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Hot springs and thermal bathing of Italy

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Acqui Terme

Acqui Terme, Piedmont town on Roman Aquae Statiellae, famed for the 75°C Bollente sulphur-bromine-iodine spring, Roman baths, Nuove Terme and Regina spas, closed amid 2026 concession dispute.

Aponus

Aponus (Aponi fons) was the Venetic god of the Euganean hot springs near Padua, later identified with Apollo; his name survives in Abano Terme, and his sacred spring, the fons Aponi, drew healing pilgrims and Tiberius's golden dice.

Aquae Albulae (Italy)

Aquae Albulae (Acque Albule): sulphurous hypothermal springs near Tivoli, Rome, used since Roman times by Augustus and Hadrian, now the Terme di Roma spa with SSN-accredited cures.

Aquae Sinuessanae

Aquae Sinuessanae: sulphurous Roman thermal springs and baths of the colony of Sinuessa near Mondragone, Campania; cited by Livy, Strabo, and Pliny, visited by Narcissus, and still in therapeutic use today.

Bagni di Lucca

Bagni di Lucca is a town and spa center in Tuscany, Italy, known for thermal springs that made it one of Europe's most elegant 19th-century spas.

Bormio

Bormio, an Alpine town in Alta Valtellina, province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy, famed for nine thermal springs feeding three spas (Bormio Terme, Bagni Vecchi, Bagni Nuovi), the 2,758 m Stelvio Pass road (1825), Giro d'Italia cycling, and World Cup skiing.

Terme di Saturnia

Terme di Saturnia: sulfurous thermal springs at Saturnia, southern Tuscany, emerging at 37.5°C and 500 L/s after a 40-year underground journey; free Cascate del Mulino pools plus a resort and thermal park.

Termini Imerese

Termini Imerese (ancient Thermae Himeraeae, Θερμαὶ ῾Ιμεραῖαι) is a Sicilian coastal town 39 km from Palermo, founded by Carthaginians after 409 BC, an Augustan colony famed for hyperthermal springs of about 43 °C, Roman baths, aqueduct, and amphitheater.