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Guide to Spas in Italy
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Welcome to our Guide to Spas in Italy! It's not possible to list all the spas in Italy so we have includee those we have personally visited and liked as well as others recommended to us. Until a few years ago an Italian vacationing at a spa drank the local water (meant to be healthy), took mud baths, strolled in the park, and dined with gusto. At Montecatini and Fiuggi, for example, you can do just that, staying at one of those glorious old-style "Grand Hotels." Now at American-style hotels guests are not just passive, and diet meals, exercize, massage, yoga, gyms, and all those goodies are offered. If you have favorites, send contact information plus a brief description we'll be glad to post them.
If you have a long layover at Milan's Malpensa 2000 airport, or want some pampering before you face the big city, try Porttofino's at Terminal 1, Arrivals, exit 1-2. Try a 15-minute hydromassage or a half-hour relaxing massage. Treatments are available for men and women, and there's an all-day package. Open all year from 10 to 22. Tel: +39-02-585-81152, Fax: +39-02-585-899301.
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Hotel Posta Marcucci, Bagno Vignone (near Siena) is my favorite place in the world for beauty, a fabulous outdoor pool heated with thermal water year-round, and incredible value for money. Check the link above for more information.
- Borgo La Bagnaia, Strada Statale 223 Siena - Grosseto, km 12, 53010 Località Bagnaia, Siena. Tel: +39-0577-813000, Fax: +39-0577-817464, Web: http://www.labagnaia.it Email: info@labagnaia.it
Developed from two centuries-old small communities, Signora Marisa Riffeser Monti has put her heart and soul into creating a relaxing spa featuring indoor and outdoor pools, assorted beauty treatments, massages of all types, comfortable rooms and incredibly beautiful surroundings of rolling countryside. Siena is just 20 minutes by car, you can also admire the beautiful thoroughbred horses in the luxurious stables that compete all over Europe. Food is delicious but diets are mainly do-it-yourself. I was a guest here for a long weekend and left feeling relaxed and refreshed.
- Capri Palace Hotel, Via Capodimonte 2, 80071 Anacapri (Capri). Tel: +39-081-978-0111, Fax: +39-081-837-3191, Web: http://www.capri-palace.com
- Centro Benessere Alain Messegue , -
Hotel Villa Miralago, Via Casa Mora, 19, Cuasso al Lago,
21050 Cuasso al Monte (VA) - Tel. + 39-0332- 920275 - Fax +39-0332-920290, Web: http://www.alainmessegue.com, Email:
messegue@tiscalinet.it
- Centro Benessere des Iles Borromees, Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees, Corso Umberto I, 67, 28838, Stresa (near Milan) Tel: +39-0323-32405. Click on the link above for details about our visit. Web: http://www.borromees.it E-Mail:borromees@ borromees.it
- Centro Benessere Punta Rossa, Hotel Punta Rossa, Via delle Batterie 37, S. Felice Circeo (South of Rome). One of the most beautiful promontories in Italy, said to be the home of Circe in Homer's Odessy. Tel: +39-0773-548085, Fax: +39-0773-548075
- Centro Benessere Terme Regina Isabella, Lacco Ameno (Ischia)
- Grand Hotel Terme di Saturnia , Saturnia (Grossetto), Tel: +39-0564-601061, Fax: 601266, Free Phone from Italy: 800-16-32-50. One of their features in an anti-smog face treatment that uses ultrasound. Web: http://www.termedisaturnia.it E-Mail:info@ termedisaturnia.it
- Grand Hotel Tombolo di Marina di Castagneto Carducci , (Leghorn), Tel: +39-0565-74530. Now we know why Fergie (Duchess of York) likes to visit this area - this spa offers a treatment for hydrating the skin that includes being coverd with algae and massaged under a soft shower that extends the length of the bed. Exfoliation is done with sea salt followed by a soak for 10 minutes in a special cream and, dulcis in fondo, a final passage of sea water to rinse.
- Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Via Roma 1, 22021 Bellagio (Como), open all year, Tel: +39-031-950-216, Fax: +39-031-951-520
- Grotta Giusti, Monsummno (Pistoia, near Florence), Tel: +39-0572-90771. The spa was established in 1849 when the hot water source was discovered. It features caves with stalagmites and stalactites. Fitness and beauty programs are available, as well as special offers throughout the year.
Web: http://www.grottagiustispa.com
- Hotel Rosa Spina, Bolzano, Tel: +39-0471-849-500. Try floating on an air mattress in water of 100 degrees Farenheit. After relaxing your muscles completely you're wrapped in oil with arnica, and finished off with a relaxing massage. Excellent for sporty types but you'll be so limp that someone will probably have to help you to your room.
- Park Hotel Imperial, Via Tamas, 25010 Limone sul Garda (Brescia), open all year. Tel: +39-0365-954-591, Fax: +39-0365-954-382, Email: imperialcentrotao@telmec.it
- Reserve Hotel, Caramanico Terme (near Pescara) in the middle of the Parco Nazionale della Maiella in Abruzzo. What will they think of next? Spas in Italy keep offering new treatments to their guests, one featured here combines music from tubular bells with acupuncture. Or how about regenerating your senses with the sounds from 13 crystal bells? Tel: +39-085-923-9502
- Spadeus Il Club, Viale Le Piane 35, 63042 Chianciano (Siena), Tel: +39-0583-907835, Fax: 64329, Free phone from Italy: 800-996997. Web: http://www.italyhotelclub.com/spadeus Cristina Newburgh visited spas all around the world before opening Spadeus, which incorporates the best technique for helping guests achieve well-being. She's always the latest with the newest idea.
- Terme di Sirmione, Viale Marconi 7, 25019 Sirmione (Brescia), open April to October. Tel: +39-030-916-261, Fax: +39-030-916-192, Web: http://www.termedisirmione.com Email: ght@termedisirmione.com
- Terme Fonteverdi di di San Casciano dei Bagni, near Siena. Tel: +39-0578-57241. A special yoga session with Stefano Beconcini helps realign posture and relax muscles.
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