Life Catchers Wellspring of life and wellbeing In the Water CONNECTING MAN AND NATURE

Focus, explore the surroundings, discover the countryside, trace a timeless path far from the clamor of daily life to encounter nature in the Water.

In this Tuscan adventure, Life Catchers move through a land known for its harmony, culture and joie de vivre – and for its hotsprings whose waters percolate through the earth wearing away the rock to gush forth into bathing pools regenerating body and soul.

An unforgettable journey to center yourself and rediscover harmony and the joy of experiencing landscapes, culture and lifestyle. Places Table of contents

1. Sea, mountains and forests / The magic of the Equi Awareness of being in the here and now Life Catchers Terme grottos following the source of life: water. Pag.8 pag 11 IN CONTACT WITH YOUR INNER SELF SUMMARY Equi Terme and San Carlo Terme - Pag.10 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH Bagni di Lucca and Monsummano Terme - Pag.12 HOTSPRING OASIS Montecatini Terme - Pag.14

2. Inland and the coast Sea, mountains and / Orrido di Botri Experience your inner world to find pag 13 forests yourself. Pag.16 RIGHT NEXT THE SEA EQUI TERME, SAN CARLO TERME, BAGNI Versilia (Cinquale di Montignoso) - Pag.18 DI LUCCA, MONSUMMANO TERME AND SPIRITUAL ESSENCE MONTECATINI TERME San Giuliano Terme and Gambassi Terme - Pag.19 / Explore and take in IT’S ALL ENERGY AND VIBRATION Valdinievole Casciana Terme - Pag.21 SEEKING REAL NATURE pag 15 Sassetta and Venturina - Pag.23 3. In the poetry of the hills Attaining wellness means finding inner In the poetry of the balance and harmony. Pag.26 WHEN THE SOUL EXPANDS Inland and the coast hills / - Pag.28 AT THE EDGE OF TIME VERSILIA, SAN GIULIANO TERME, MOVINGTHROUGH THE VAST SIENESE pag 20 Borgo la Bagnaia and - Pag.30 GAMBASSI TERME, SASSETTA AND TERRITORY OF RAPOLANO TERME, EXPERIENCING TUSCANY VENTURINA MONTICIANO AND Montepulciano - Pag.31 / The legend of the underworld nymph: 4. At the foot of an ancient vulcano Sillene Everything that occurs in our lives is a pag 39 projection of what happens inside us Pag.32 At the foot of an ancient TOWNS ON ANCIENT ETRUSCAN vulcano LANDS Bagno Vignoni and Castiglione d’Orcia - Pag.34 FROM BAGNO VIGNONI, IN THE SPLENDID COUNTRYSIDE CHIANCIANO, CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA / The legend of Saturn - Pag.38 TO , HISTORY AND LEGEND San Casciano dei Bagni, Sorano and Saturnia - Pag.40 SORANO AND SATURNIA pag 41 Tuscany: places and routes to take your life back

Equi Terme

Massa-Carrara San Carlo Terme

Bagni di Lucca Versilia (Cinquale di Montignoso) Pistoia Monsummano Terme MONTECATINI TERME Lucca San Giuliano Terme Firenze Pisa

Gambassi Terme Livorno CASCIANA TERME

Rapolano Terme Borgo La Bagnaia () Monticiano Montepulciano Sassetta Bagno Vignoni (S.Quirico d’Orcia) Venturina CHIANCIANO TERME Castiglione d’Orcia

San Casciano dei Bagni Sorano Grosseto Close your Saturnia eyes, leave everything behind Spa Towns The dream of so many Life Catchers who want an Historical places of spa escape from their frenetic existence of work, traffic, tourism and focus pollution and stress.

A dream that can come true in a land of harmony and on yourself. beauty. Grotte di Equi. Over a thousand meters of karst sinkholes and caverns carved out by water

Sea, Mountains and Forests

Equi Terme, San Carlo Terme, Bagni di Lucca, Monsummano Terme and Montecatini Terme.

mysterious ancient Lunis, whispering forests, Where in just a few babbling brooks, expansive mountain tops, and evocative centuries-old castles. minutes you can In nearby Garfagnana, Nature prevales go from a stroll on over Man - a less rugged scene of chestnut woods, evocative ancient towns and the the beach to 1250 m Grotta del Vento. above the sea: grottos, Garfagnana opens onto Lucchesia, where the splendid panorama of Mediterranean botanical gardens and woods, olive and chestnut groves, and elegant landscapes lay before your eyes: natural parks. corn fields, poplars planted on hilltop ridges, willows and fascinating winding Crossed by valleys formed where the two roads. Awareness of being in the here mountain chains of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the Apuan Alps meet, Lunigiana has always been a frontier The meaning of life and now following the source of life: passageway where the Via Francigena, a medieval route for ante litteram Life becomes clear once water. Catchers in search of meaning in their lives, wends its way through this land of the again.

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Sunset landscape in the Apuan Alps

Waterfalls near Equi hotsprings

/ The magic of the Equi The Apuans have notable karst features such as the over 1300 Terme grottos recorded grottos. Three important karst systems have been equipped Shapes sculpted over In contact with your inner self for public visits; one of these is the millions of years by the calm, Antro del Corchia. continuous, persistent action Equi Terme and San Carlo Terme of water.

In this area generously endowed Lunigiana is a frontier land, a with water is an intricate throughway. A land of castles, Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Waters & Springs underground network of marvelous medieval churches and stone- Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications fantastical shapes. walled towns in a wild, green After millions of years, the grottos landscape. TERME DI EQUI TERME SAN CARLO TERME DELLA LUNIGIANA surrounding human Paleolithic and termediequi.it acquasancarlo.it termedellalunigiana.com Forming the north-west corner of Neolithic settlements reveal how Situated inland among the highest and Tuscany, it is characterized by the Rainwater collects and is filtered The waters of the Terme di San Carlo different we used to be. most picturesque of the Tuscan-Emilian undergound, where it is enriched with spring from deep caverns under the Apuans, called Alps because of peaks is Terme della Lunigiana. The mineral salts invaluable for health, and Apuane Alps at a temperature of around their rugged appearance, whose mineral springs feeding the baths are then re-emerges to be collected and used; 13°C; they are “histophile” waters that have located in the small, unspoiled town of complex geologic history can been the Apuane’s marble heart is the origin of the same PH and saline composition as Cavezzana d’Antena. seen in the stratification of the these beneficial waters. human tissues. rock and their rich vein of marble. TYPE: TYPE: TYPE: Lunigiana also has many medieval Sulphurous-chlorate springs. The Saline-sulphurous-alcaline waters. Oligomineral spring waters at a temperature at the source is 18°C. historical artifacts linked to the Via Temperature varies between 17 and 27°C temperature of 12.8°C.

Francigena. MAIN THERAPEUTIC MAIN THERAPEUTIC MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: The hotsprings in this area have Indicated for the treatment of Their therapeutic value is due to a Indicated in the treatment of urinary gastrointestinal, skin and urinary waters rich in mineral salts, particular colloidal sulpher they tract disease; used in dismetabolic tract disorders. Mud applications for particularly sulphur, chloride and contain. disease. rheumatic conditions. sodium.

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Grotta Giusti (Monsummano Terme) a unique, Ponte del Diavolo crosses the Serchio river near regenerating visit Borgo a Mozzano, Lucca

/ Orrido di Botri

This spectacular natural canyon near Lucca is an outstanding example of the many marvels to be found in Tuscany. Orrido di Botri is a stunning natural ravine carved by the Pelago Creek with high walls, deep clefts, waterfalls and From the depths of the earth small pools. Renting a protective helmet, you can go for a long, fascinating and adventurous walk along the Pelago river banks. The more adventurous can climb the walls by Bagni di Lucca and Monsummano Terme hanging onto safety ropes and wade through the clear (frigid) water of the creek when there is no other way to continue. Lucchesia is hilly terrain modelled by the meandering Serchio river Waters & Springs Waters & Springs and studded with medievel Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications towns. Shady woodlands, Renaissance and Baroque TERME BAGNI DI LUCCA GROTTA GIUSTI villas, small towns ringing the termebagnidilucca.it grottagiustispa.com Pizzorne plateau, the medieval The benefits of these hotsprings have been country churches of Capannori, At Monsummano Terme there is a known since ancient times. Poets and natural hotspring paradise: the Grotta ancient hostels which gave writers such as Byron, Shelley, Montale and Giusti which extends for over 200 meters rest to pilgrims following the Dumas have come here, as well as the great underground, creating underground Via Francigena, the evocative Paganini and aristocrats, and Napoleone labyrinths decorated with stalactites and Bonaparte with his beautiful sister Pauline. archeological area of Fossa stalagmites. Nera. TYPE: TYPE: Calcareous-bicarbonate-sulphurous waters Magnesium-calcium-sulphate-bicarbonate At Borgo a Mozzano is Ponte della with a temperature at the source of 54°C waters. Temperature from 28 to 34°C Maddalena, better known as MAIN THERAPEUTIC “Ponte del Diavolo” (the Devil’s MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: Bridge), which has asymmetric Anti-inflammatory, relaxing action on The waters and ozone stimulate arches; the center one is so much the skeleton and muscle structures; cellulare metabolism. Indicated for promotes healing and decongestion of higher than the others that it all types of periferal vasculopathy and Orrido di Botri, a deep gorge Natural vapor grottos with a mucous membranes. fibromialgia. seems to defy the laws of gravity. carved by Rio Pelago in the temperature between 40 and municipality of Bagni di Lucca 47°C at Terme Bagni di Lucca 12 13 Sea, mountains and forests

Called “Bagno nuovo” since the XIV century, the Tettuccio spa at Montecatini Terme was so named because of the roof that covered the first spring.

Waters & Springs / Explore and breathe Spa Oasis Peculiarities and Indications Valdinievole TERME DI MONTECATINI Valdinievole is an original mix of termemontecatini.it famous spas, unspoiled nature and Montecatini Terme ancient medieval towns. Variable from spring to spring according to the salt concentration Montecatini Terme, renowned for through deposits of limestone, absorbed from the earth’s crust by the For centuries the enigmatic the therapeutic properties of its diaspore, and clay, they gush out waters as they pass through on their secret heart of Tuscany between waters, its elegant buildings and the into spas in the middle of marvelous way to the surface. Pistoia and Lucca has been a architectural value of the structures parks: Tettuccio, Regina, Excelsior, TYPE: crossroad of culture, exchange, built around the springs. Leopoldine, Salute, Redi and Mineral waters from various springs meetings. The queen of the dyad, wellbeing Torretta. Temperature varies from spring to and health, Montecatini is a luxury Pure waters rich in minerals normally spring Explore to discover its landscape and destination for those who want a present in the body, the springs MAIN THERAPEUTIC historical treasures, where immerging regenerating vacation. of Montecatini are versatile, INDICATIONS: yourself in nature and culture puts Known for centuries, the springs of which permit a large number of Arthropathy and the digestive system, you in your own time frame, far from Montecatini owe their fame to the treatments although the drinking particularly constipation, liver and the chaos of the city, in a green lung waters that flow from deep in the cure is the most well-known. biliary tract disorders, and metabolic disorders. where you can find inner peace. ground and, after a long passage

14 15 The little geyser of the Bollori and Putizza hotspring on the Rio Casciani riverbed

Inland and the coast

Versilia, San Giuliano Terme, Gambassi Terme, Sassetta and Venturina.

areas. Dark or fine light-colored sand, The coastline’s emerald furnished beaches or empty expanses without a soul. The chance to experience green turns into a a shady journey walking or horseriding from the pinetrees of Vada fino to San Vincenzo, thick pine woods that flanked by the “tall spare” cypresses so dear still farther inland to the poet Carducci. Exploring inland, the croplands, vineyards, becomes a scrubland hills, Etruscan remains, and perfectly preserved towns will bewitch you in this of impenetrable realm of serenity where the presence and vegetation. scent of the sea wafts through the air. It was along this coast that the Etruscans, Costa degli Etruschi is a length of coastline who were dedicated to trade and and characterized by an intensity of vegetation the pleasures of life, built Populonia, their Experience your inner world and force of color, beautiful disparate only coastal city, on the gulf of Baratti. beaches and the imprint of thousands of The necropolis suggests what the desires years of history. and secrets of this mysterious people were to find yourself. This was the favourite coastal territory of the through the great number of artifacts on Etruscans who left signs everywhere inviting display. you to discover fascinatingly enigmatic 16 17 Inland and the coast

Sea and sand on the Versilian coast

Terme Bagni di Pisa in San Giuliano Right next the sea Spiritual essence

Versilia (Cinquale di Montignoso) San Giuliano Terme and Gambassi Terme

With golden beaches, a At Cinquale di Montignoso, two On the green plain between the spiritual essence through physical hinterland of towns and natural truly extraordinary discoveries Waters & Springs rivers Serchio and Arno at the foot of purification. Waters & Springs parks to discover, a mild climate have given rise to an exceptional Peculiarities and Indications Monte Pisano is San Giuliano Terme. Continuing into the so-called “Terra Peculiarities and Indications and a lively nightlife of shows spa and mineral springs: Terme Exploring Monte Pisano - on foot, di passo“ (Land of Passage), in other and entertainment, Versilia is della Versilia. TERME DELLA VERSILIA horseback or by bike on the words, the territory of Gambassi TERME BAGNI DI PISA also peppered with evidence hillpaths, old farming or foot tracks, Terme, you meet up with the Via termedellaversilia.com bagnidipisa.com of the past delineating its The first was the discovery of entering country churches or old Francigena which is certainly worth The spa building was once the summer main cities: Forte dei Marmi, a pure, salt-bromine-iodic The main ingedients of this center are the millsheds while viewing the land for passing through. residence of Granduke Francesco Stefano salt-bromine-iodic waters and peat. The Pietrasanta and Viareggio on the mineral spring very near the sea, miles around - means delving into of Lorraine and a must for European former, rich in mineral salts, flows from a coastline, Massarosa near Lake particularly rich in mineral salts. a territory where history and nature Gambassi’s name (since 1977) nobility. Today it is the ideal destination for local underground spring. those wanting a relaxing vacation caring Massaciuccoli, Camaiore in the The latter, rich in enzimes and vitamins, is have co-inhabited in harmony for derives from the hotsprings flowing for themselves. hills, Stazzema and Seravezza in the The second was the discovery of a available only here. centuries. here since ancient times. Still mountains of Alta Versilia, and a peat deposit, the only one in , The invaluably beneficial effects of accessible, the spa is now located TYPE: TYPE: series of smaller towns of surprising in the bed of Lake Massaciuccoli. the hotspings of San Giuliano were in a green municipal park, favoring Magnesium-calcium-sulphate-bicarbonate Waters rich in iodine, sodium and natural beauty in the wild. Peat is a completely natural discovered by first the Etruscans and easy access to this particularly waters at a temperature of 38°C at the source. bromine. Temperature at the source 17 °C product with multiple beneficial then by the Romans who built the qualified experience, from a medical MAIN THERAPEUTIC The sea, mountains, hills, endless actions: it purifies and promotes MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: first structures to enjoy their benefits. and scientific standpoint, in an ideal INDICATIONS: A prodigious cocktail that relaxes sandy beaches and lush renewal of the skin, activates the In the 1800s, intellectuals, scientists environmental, historical and artistic Indicated for the prevention and muscles, releases tension, combats joint vegetation are the contrasting microcirculation, and tones and and artists from all over Europe such context. treatment of pathologies of the inflammation and cellulitis, aids weight musculoskeletal, respiratory, cutaneous elements of a fascinating area that promotes the vitality of tissues. loss and increases vitality. as Montaigne, Alfieri, Lord Byron is the epitomy of carefree fun and and Shelley convened at “Bagni di and gastrointestinal systems. tourism for everyone. San Giuliano” to recuperate their 18 19 Waterfall of the outside pool of Villa Borri

A Gambassi vista of a section of the Via Francigena It’s all energy and vibration

Casciana Terme

A historical European route that waters that have been recognized Waters & Springs The Via crosses Tuscany; an opportunity According to for their special curative properties Waters & Springs Peculiarities and Indications to discover nearly 400 km of this since 1100. The renown of this town Peculiarities and Indications Francigena, ancient track travelled by pilgrims, legend, the of Etruscan origin has grown thanks TERME DELLA VIA merchants and travellers to Rome to what used to be called Acqua FRANCIGENA like Cammino di through woods, hills, and medieval Contessa had Mathelda (from the name of the TERME DI CASCIANA termeviafrancigena.it towns discovering the land, history, Contessa Matilde di Canossa) and termedicasciana.it art, and Tuscan culinary history. Surrounded by a marvelous park of Santiago, is known an old aching which, it was said, could make one Through mudbaths and bathing, centuries-old trees, the center offers a younger. Acqua Mathelda is used to treat wide range of spa services employing especially as a A route that reveals beauty in a blackbird that skin diseases and for orthopedic the active ingredients of the Salsa di Pillo thousand forms from the north to Casciana is an unexpected rehabilitation. waters which are suitable for drinking and south of Tuscany: from Lunigiana, masterpiece, a calm town of ancient inhaling treatments. pilgrim route. by repeatedly TYPE: with treasures from Pontremoli sun-kissed houses surrounded by Calcium-sulphate-bicarbonate waters. TYPE: to Pietrasanta, descending the dipping itself greenery. The first recorded spa Temperature at the source 35.7°C. Salt-bromine-iodium waters. / Via Francigena valley to Lucca, climbing to San dates to 1311 and was built by Temperature at source 15°C Spirituality, searching within oneself, Miniato and crossing the hills to in the water, Federico da Montefeltro. The town MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: and , Therapeutic benefits combat MAIN THERAPEUTIC sharing, empathy, solidarity during a is situated north of the cliffs of circulatory disorders, rheumatism and INDICATIONS: walk stop being words and become entering into Siena and then rejuvenated. Castiglioncello just off the coast arthrosis, uricemia, high cholesterol, Suitable for drinking treatments for the a way of living daily, a necessity for continuing on to Amiata and before the beaches of Versilia rhinitis, bronchitis, and gynacological digestive system and inhaling therapies Life Catchers over the last thousand Val D’Orcia, climbing again to Lying on the hills of Pisa and defined between Pisa and Volterra, the city disorders. for respiratory disorders. years. and on to Rome. as the “Pearl of Tuscany”, Casciana of wind and rock. Terme is famous for therapeutic 20 21 Inland and the coast

The large outside pool of Terme di Casciana, Pisa

Seeking real nature

Sassetta, Venturina and Portoferraio

Along the Via Aurelia, almost dividing the seacoast from the countryside The seasons Waters & Springs is the Sassetta and Venturina Peculiarities and Indications hotsprings. rhythmically TERME DI VENTURINA Sassetta stands in a hollow at the follow one termediventurina.it foot of Capodimonte, surrounded by chestnut woods and Mediterranean another The construction of the first modern scrub covering the hilly red spa dates to 1883. The spa structure as they have offers mudbaths, bathing, massages, landscape. and aerosols while drinking cures are The charming beautiful forested park taken in the park. of Poggio Neri is an unspoilt natural for eons, oasis. TYPE: offering a moving Waters rich in sulphur, alkali, and earth. Temperature at the source 36°C The name “Venturina” dates to the 18th century as in the classical era experience of MAIN THERAPEUTIC it was called Caldana, “hot land”. INDICATIONS: In the Middle Ages the area was authentic Effective in the treatment of diseases of the respiratory system and the ear-nose- deserted, with preference going to natural life. throat, bone and joint rheumatisms and nearby Campiglia Marittima. biliary tract disorders.

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At Terme di Sassetta the action of unique hotspring waters unites with integrated holistic techniques and treatments.

The inside pool at Terme di Venturina Imbedded like a precious gem spa in the Gulf of Portoferraio, the The marvelous outdoor area of Terme Terme San Giovanni arise in di Sassetta, built entirely of river lovely location and wonderfully stones gathered in the fields and of panoramic front of the dock of the chestnut wood from the woods of Val Medici Elba capital. di Cornia

Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications

TERME DI SASSETTA TERME SAN GIOVANNI termedisassetta.it termeisoladelba.it

An itinerary of “allround wellness”, an The Park and the Spa are located about experience to engender and heighten 4 km from the center of Portoferraio , in harmony in a stirring, authentic setting. the Place San Giovanni, along the main The tradition of Ars Medica and knowledge road to Porto Azzurro. The spa uses handed down from the Etruscans in Val Di qualified operators to mud, baths and Cornia. inhalations.

TYPE: TYPE: Hyperthermal-calcium-sulphate waters. Salso-iodic Water and Silt: spa marine Temperature at the source 49.6°C mud

MAIN THERAPEUTIC MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: Precious minerals and trace elements Anti-inflammatory effect, draining and bestow the greatest therapeutic effects rebalancing. Mud therapy is useful in the on the respiratory system, the skin, and treatment and prevention of arthritis, the musculoskeletal system. rheumatism, muscle spasms and psoriasis.

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Movingthrough the vast Sienese territory of Rapolano Terme, Monticiano and Montepulciano.

the castle-towns of , Monticiano, This land welcomes Murlo and . As the Farma river flows towards the valley to unite with the Merse visitors with its and the Ombrone, it meets the hot waters of the Cistercian Terme di Petriolo. Favored by fascinating past, ready hermits and the devout for its serene silence, the valley contains many abbeys including the to amaze them with magical Cistercian Abbey of San Galgano, legendary for the “the Sword in the Stone”. its marvelous wooded South of Siena, an expanse of ravines and clay valleys of clay and hills form the ancient , the result of water eroding clay and sand sediments. characteristic hillside Small medieval towns dot this moonscape: , , Monteroni d’Arbia, rows of vines. Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni d’Asso.

Traversed by the Via Francigena, since Nearby Val d’Orcia offers a variety of softer Attaining wellness means finding ancient times Val d’Elsa has been a land landscapes thanks to its rolling hills adorned of passage and like Val di Merse, it speaks with cypresses. Traversed by the river Orcia, inner balance and harmony. to the traveller with the beauty of its woods this wonderland of evocative scenery has riven by trails of water and numerous routes inspired artists, poets and writers for centuries. that wend between country churches and

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One of the five thermal pools at Terme di The outside pool at Terme Antica Querciolaia San Giovanni spa at night

When the soul expands

Rapolano Terme

Seemingly stark Rapolano, like all the towns scattered over Waters & Springs Waters & Springs the rugged clay of the Crete Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications Senesi, hides a warm heart – its hotsprings that flow up from the TERME SAN GIOVANNI TERME ANTICA QUERCIOLAIA ground charged with beneficial termesangiovanni.it termeaq.it properties. Surrounded to the horizon by rounded Since the 1700s Terme Antica Querciolaia clay hills with vineyards and olive trees, and Rapolano Terme have been examples These springs have been known these hotsprings are an ideal destination of quality in the wellness and health since Roman times, particularly for a quiet vacation. A series of five thermal sector, offering a wide range of solutions Antica Querciolaia and Terme di pools, all at different temperatures, lead to clients’ needs thanks to the variety of San Giovanni, peaceful places in outside. treatments available. incomparable vistas. Apparently TYPE: TYPE: even Giuseppe Garibaldi bathed Calcium-bicarbonate-sulphureous Mineral springs from various sources in a travertine pool that still exists waters. Temperature at the source 39°C. with abundant calcium, magnesium, and found relief for his wounds in sodium and potassium. these miraculous springs. Between MAIN THERAPEUTIC Temperatures from 39-40°C to 22-25°C. INDICATIONS: hot baths, hydromassages Especially for problems of the skin and MAIN THERAPEUTIC and mudbaths, you can relax the respiratory and musculoskeletal INDICATIONS: and discover one of the iconic systems. Classic and oriental massages Indicated for the treatment of respiratory, territories of Tuscany. are offered. musculoskeletal and skin disorders.

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The thermal cascade at Buddha spa The medieval town of Montepulciano

At the edge of time Experiencing Tuscany

Borgo la Bagnaia and Monticiano Montepulciano

all directions. The best way to A wild Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Following a green discover this elegant ancient town Waters & Springs Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications clinging to the hillside is on foot, Peculiarities and Indications primordial land, wave of hills walking by imposing renaissance BUDDHA SPA TERME DI PETRIOLO palaces until you reach the TERME DI MONTEPULCIANO both rugged and labagnaiaresort.com termepetriolo.it and golden fields highest point in Montepulciano, termemontepulciano.it the main square. Terme di Montepulciano was built in The modern Centro Benessere Buddha Terme di Petriolo, known already in welcoming. dotted with 1966 in order to exploit the therapeutic was built where the warm waters of Santa Roman times, is surrounded by green hills Internationally, this area is properties of the saline-bromine- Caterina spring forth, originally known between Val di Merse and Maremma. It Out of the forests surrounding this iodine-sulfuous waters, rich in carbon as “the water that warms”. At Centro has been patronised by such illustrous cypresses. especially known for its Vino dioxide, that are found underground territory rich in centuries-old oak Benessere there is an open-air hotpool figures as the Medici family, the pope and Nobile, wine produced from here. and chestnut trees rise the ruins of with a spectacular four-meter tall cascade. cardinals, and nobles. On the narrow crest of a crushing the grapes produced the Abbey of San Galgano, which calcareous hill where Val D’Orcia in the vineyards surrounding the TYPE: TYPE: TYPE: was one of the most important Saline-bromine-iodine-sulfuous Calcium-bicarbonate-sulphate waters. Sulphate-hydrogen waters. and meet sits town. Tuscan monasteries. mineral waters Temperature at the source 28.5 ° C Temperature at the source 43°C Montepulciano. Temperature above 20°C. Close by in this timeless magical At Montepulciano life finds its atmosphere is the hermitage of MAIN THERAPEUTIC MAIN THERAPEUTIC This beautiful medieval town identity in the history and culture MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: Montesiepi with its mystery of INDICATIONS: Suitable for the treatment of Osteoarticulatory and cronic arthropathy is set in the classic Tuscan of wine. ‘Excalibur’, the sword that San A wide range of treatments for rheumatism, circulatory disorders and disease, skin disorders such as acne, landscape of waves of green hills respiratory, arthrorheumatic and skin Galgano embedded in a rock and skin disease. psoriasis, eczema, and respiratory and golden fields dotted with system conditions. disorders. that has continued to fascinate us cypresses extending for miles in through the centuries. 30 31 The landscape of Monte Amiata, land of The cascade of the natural an ancient vulcano Terme di Saturnia

At the foot of an ancient

From Bagno Vignoni, Chianciano, Castiglione d’Orcia to San vulcano Casciano dei Bagni, Sorano and Saturnia.

At Bagno Vignoni, as at A complex hybrid land and Saturnia, hotsprings gush up from the heart of the vulcano to offer wellbeing and of ancient character health. closely linked to natural Fire is another typical element of this mountain because fire purifies, destroys forces. and recreates, making the land fertile. That’s why there are fires everywhere on Around Amiata the full force of the four Amiata – in summer when farmers burn elements surrounds us in all its power. tow for San Giovanni, in winter to augur Amiata’s earth is fertile and has nurtured a good harvest the following summer. those who cultivate it with passion and Torches, bonfires, and the Focarazza event care, generously bestowing mushrooms characterize the Christmas season as and chestnuts. The cultures of Siena and folkloristic manifestations of an ancestral Maremma meet along the crest of this culture proud of its roots. mountain, chasing each other through the beech and chestnut forests of its six natural And lastly, air, crystal clear when you reserves. are high up and can see, as if from a hot air balloon, immense green expanses Water is the primordial element defining the stretching to the Apennines. character of this territory and manifests itself on Amiata in three variations: bubbling up Immersed in this landscape stratified by Everything that occurs in our lives from underground springs, as frigid snow or time and the action of natural forces, the as hotsprings. Water tumbles out of the rock journey of Life Catchers looking for a sense is a projection of what happens at Santa Fiora or at Vivo d’Orcia, spilling of well-being and meaning in water is every which way through the woods in nearly accomplished. inside us. sparkling wending streams and snow falls in the winter.

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The enchanting landscape of the gently rolling The hot waters of the great pool of Sienese hills Posta Marcucci

Towns on ancient Etruscan lands

Bagno Vignoni, Castiglione d’Orcia

In the heart of Terre di Siena, there The evocative town of Bagno is an austere landscape made up Vignoni in the heart of Val d’Orcia Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Waters & Springs of hills, ravines, the wending flow has developed around the great Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications of a river, and cypresses singly pool where miraculous hot waters crowning heights or methodically flow that have been known since TERME DI BAGNO VIGNONI ADLER THERMAE POSTA MARCUCCI TERME SAN FILIPPO lining roadways. ancient times as they are very termedibagnovignoni.it adler-thermae.com hotelpostamarcucci.it termesanfilippo.com The crete is characterized by close to the Via Francigena. clay earth giving rise to land with Arriving directly from a source that Thermal waters rich in minerals and The waters flow from the earth at a The ancient origin of these hotsprings has flowed through the town of Bagno active ingedients. The waters are heated temperature of 49° C into the pool has been confirmed by the discovery of ondulating slopes and rounded Not far away is Castiglione Vignoni for over 2000 years, it is rich in by extremely hot layers of active vulcano overlooking the valley and Rocca di Roman archeological artifacts and by the hilltops. d’Orcia, a town situated in an salts, calcium, iron carbonates, sodium activity at over 1000m underground, Tentennano. numerous mentions in the Middle Ages incredibly beautiful landscape. and magnesium sulphate and has been emerging at a temperature of 50°C. and Renaissance of illustrous figures such Extraordinarily fascinating oak The landscape characterizing esteemed since Roman times for its TYPE: as Lorenzo il Magnifico visiting them. woods, olive groves and vineyards the whole of Val d’Orcia is due beneficial effects. TYPE: Hyperthermic waters with sulphate- Hyperthermic waters with sulphate- bicarbonate and alcaline earth metals. TYPE: producing great Tuscan wines to slow transformations which TYPE: bicarbonate and alcaline earth Temperature between 35 and 38°C in the Hyperthermal magnesium-sulphate- overlook the hills, towns and started millions of years ago. Like Hyperthermic waters with sulphate- metals. Temperature 36°C. first pool and 28 and 32°C in the other. calcium-bicarbonate waters. historical monuments. all towns in this area, Castiglione’s bicarbonate and alcaline earth metals. Temperature at 48°C. To the west, Monte Amiata, the charms are not only beautiful Temperature 49°C MAIN THERAPEUTIC MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: MAIN THERAPEUTIC highest dormant vulcano in Italy, landscapes but also the harmony MAIN THERAPEUTIC Beneficial to the whole organism, This water distinguished itself for INDICATIONS: completes the view. Delight between man and nature that INDICATIONS: particularly the respiratory and centuries for its healthfulness. Indicated Osteo-neuro-articular diseases, descends from the hills because since Etruscan times has offered Disorders of the skeleton and mucous musculoskeletal systems, and the for disorders of the respiratory and respiratory disorders and skin above all, Val d’Orcia is nature. balance to those who take their membranes. Tones the skin. skin. skeletal systems and skin conditions. conditions. time. 34 35 At the foot of the ancient vulcano

The unfiltered thermal water pool of Posta Marcucci spa

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Terme di Chianciano. Theia, the “Spa of the Etruscans”

Water flowing from a spring at Terme di Sant’Elena

Chianciano Terme from above

/ The legend of the underworld nymph: Sillene

On a supermoon night strange things happen and legend has In the splendid countryside it that Sillene, a nymph in the underworld, having found a path through the dark of the earth Chianciano Terme to come up into this world, was overlooking a field by the light of the moon when she saw a shepherd Situated among hills of oak, beech, sleeping next his sheep and fell in holm oak and chestnut trees, Waters & Springs Waters & Springs love. From then on she would come Chianciano Terme is one of the Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications up at night to see her sleeping most renowned spas. The city has shepherd. preserved the parks around the TERME DI CHIANCIANO Diana found out and punished the hotsprings and its public gardens TERME SANT’ELENA termechianciano.it nymph by turning her into a spring so that today vegetation grows termesantelena.it In the large hotspring parks of “Fucoli” and whose beneficial waters still flow at luxuriantly around its villas and hotels. The water springs forth at a short distance “Acqua Santa” there are 4 types of beneficial Chianciano Terme. from the ancient Cappella di Sant’Elena waters for treating the body and finding inside a park offering a magnificent view From Chianciano you can admire wellness: Acqua Santa, Acqua Fucoli, Acqua of the lakes of , Montepulciano and the mountain tops of Monte Sillene and Acqua Santissima. Trasimeno and of Monte Amiata. and Monte Amiata and glimpse the TYPE: three lakes of Chiusi, Montepulciano TYPE: Calcium-solphate-bicarbonate waters. Oligomineral bicarbonate waters and Trasimeno down in the valley. Temperature varies according to the containing rare earth metals. various sources. Temperature at 13°C.

Naturally, what Chianciano MAIN THERAPEUTIC is particularly famous for is its MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: INDICATIONS: hotsprings such as those of Santa, Pathologies of the liver and biliary tract, Drinking therapy for kidney and urinary Fucoli and Sillene whose waters vascular and arthrorheumatic diseases, tract disease as well as gastrointestinal make this locality a true “city of anti-inflammatory action, mucolytic and disorders.. health”. sedative action on mucous membranes.

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Spring waters at the hotspring spa of Saturnia

/ The legend of Saturnia

One day Saturn became angry with mankind who was constantly at war with itself so he took a lightningbolt and threw it to earth, making tepid, sulphurous water flow from the crater of a volcano that enveloped everything and quietened the world. From that womb, wiser and happier people were born.

The natural spa Fonteverde with a marvelous view of Val’Orcia

History and legend

San Casciano dei Bagni, Sorano and Saturnia

The territory of San Casciano thousand-year-old Pieve di Santa dei Bagni has always been Waters & Springs Waters & Springs Maria dell’Aquila flow the waters Waters & Springs Waters & Springs characterized by hotsprings. It was Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications of the hotsprings at a constant Peculiarities and Indications Peculiarities and Indications the Etruscans who built the first temperature of 37.5° which feed the structures to favor the use of the FONTEVERDE TERME DI SORANO pools of Terme di Sorano. FONTE PURA SATURNIA TERME DI SATURNIA waters but it was under the Romans fonteverdespa.com termedisorano.it hotelsaturnofontepura.it termedisaturnia.it that the therapeutic properties of Water free of any chemical or physical Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort is these waters began to be used The small town of Terme di Sorano, Built as a small town on the top of a hill treatments altering its natural constitution. Saturnia, theater of the legend of a marvelous place that will awaken your harmoniously situated among woods, dominating the valley of the hotsprings large-scale. The microbiological pureness is guaranteed Saturn, offers us one of the most senses. The spa has been built from a pastures and fields, offers guests 3 pools: at Saturnia, Saturno Fonte Pura has a Through the centuries the hotsprings by the depth of the source and by the travertine structure overlooking the one for sport and two fed by hotsprings. spectacular examples of nature sulphurous thermal water pool fed by its have continued to attract visitors. continuity and rate of flow of the water. thousand-year-old source. thanks to a torrent of water flowing own source. TYPE: TYPE: at 800 litres a second at 37° to TYPE: Sorano, an ancient city that Calcium-magnesium-bicarbonate TYPE: Magnesium-fluorine-calcium-sulphate create the enchanting Cascate del Bicarbonate-sulphate-carbonic- hotspring water. Alcaline-bicarbonate-solphate- flourished during Etruscan times, was waters. Temperature at the source 42°C. sulphurous waters. Temperature above 37.5°C. Mulino. carbonic-sulphurous waters. founded on a tall rock cliff that over Temperature at the source 37.5°C. Temperature at the source 37.5°C. MAIN THERAPEUTIC time has come to look like a natural MAIN THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS: The Saturnia hotsprings comprise not MAIN THERAPEUTIC bluff. It has been slightly mitigated INDICATIONS: MAIN THERAPEUTIC Anti-inflammatory and analgesic only the Cascate del Mulino but also INDICATIONS: Anti-inflammatory, anti-microbiotic, INDICATIONS: by Renaissance architecture and properties. Improvement of respiratory Skin diseases, anti-oxidant/anti-aging, anti-itch, anti-oxidant effects as two other well appointed hotspring Bathing therapy for the treatment of is surrounded by an imposing wall, functions. Drinking therapy for depuration and protective action on well as regulation of sebum and skin spas. arthrorheumatic, gynacologic and skin, osteoporosis and oral source of the liver , reduction of tension in the one of the strongest defenses in the circulation. particularly psoriasis, diseases. County of Pitigliano. electrolites for athletes. cardiocirculatory and respiratory Next the woods surrounding the 40 41 Project supervised by Concept & Contents Translations Toscana Promozione Turistica www.elitetoscana.com London School Firenze toscanapromozione.it Printed By For additional information Baroni & Gori Srl visittuscany.com

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