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Italy
is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and
on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily
and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with
France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent
states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves
within the Italian Peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an
Italian exclave in Switzerland.
Italy is known by 20
regions across these major areas: Alps ·
Apennines · Northern
Italy · Central Italy ·
Southern Italy.
Italy is the birthplace of
the movement of the Renaissance which began in Tuscany and
spread all over Europe. Italy's capital city of Rome is considered the center of Western civilization. Romans used the terms balnea or thermae
for the buildings
housing their public
baths. Most Roman
cities had at least
one, if not many,
such buildings,
which were centers
of public bathing
and socialization.
Baths were the most
important for
Romans. They stayed
there for several
hours and went there
daily to bath,
exercise, and relax.
Roman bath-houses
were also provided
for private villas,
town houses and
forts — these were
also called thermae. |
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NORTHERN ITALY - VENETO region |
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Veneto
or Venetia (Vèneto), is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its
capital is Venice. Veneto is among the wealthiest and most
industrialized regions of Italy. Veneto's natural, historical, and artistic
beauty makes it, by far, the most visited region of Italy.
Veneto is located in the northeastern part of Italy, bordering on the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Friuli Venezia
Giulia, and neighboring country Austria. |
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Hotel Terme Bristol Buja
Albano Terme
Veneto, Italy
The five-star
Hotel Terme Bristol Buja is a modern spa hotel in the
center of Abano Terme, surrounded by a large, quiet garden-park. The hotel boasts
extensive and modern treatment facilities including mud baths, resident medical
specialists, collective courses of gymnastics in water and in the gymnasiums.
The Bristol Buja is also associated with three golf courses.
Maison BB at Bristol Buja
The hotel has developed over a 16 year history of medical and wellness program. It realized an ambience characterized by modern design and equipped with the most advanced technologies sufficient to both relax and rejuvenate guests.
Services include traditional mud-bath and inhalation therapies, physical rehabilitation, aesthetic services, homeopathy and acupuncture, massages and manual treatments for well-being taking both a Western approach and holistic – Eastern approach.
Water gym
Water gymnastic utilizes the liquid element to lighten the body that, thanks to thermal water benefits, is able to move more easily and softly. Changing speed and type of exercise thermal water acts on the body as a massage, producing on the muscle a stimulating and tonifying action or a relaxing and stretching action. Sport
For the most active guests the Hotel has two tennis courts, one with earthen floor and one with tartan floor; a bowling green, bicycles to explore the surroundings and to dip into the green of the hills. QI-GONG
It is an ancient discipline that belongs to Chinese traditional Medicine. It doesn’t require physical strength or athletic preparation. Practiced with constancy, it helps vital energy (Qi) to flow through the body without blocks, keeping it healthy and strong. |
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VENICE |
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San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort
San Clemente Island, Venice
Veneto, Italy San Clemente Island is a private island in the heart of the Venetian Lagoon, with origins dating back in centuries, at the time of La Serenissima. History, art, nature, relax: all merged in one ambience, designed around the guest, where attentive service of a 5 stars hotel and spa can be enjoyed.
The
San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort features luxury and spacious rooms and suites, majestically appointed, many of them with a panoramic view of the Lagoon and Venice, others overlooking the park and island’s internal gardens.
Your wellness is
assured at the
San Clemente Palace, thanks to our
exclusive and personalized services,
treatments, massage, gym, sunbathing,
products, and more, which will wrap our guests
in a renewed sense of prosperity. In our spa
hotel time stops and starts rich in health and
relaxation: it's a holiday of deserved
relaxation, or a more measured invigorating
feeling after a business meeting or after a
day spent between museums and city streets.
Equipped with four cabins for massages and therapies, our Wellness Center also includes a sauna, a Turkish bath, two Jacuzzi and aromatic showers, a solarium, a gym area and a hair salon. The San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort is located on a private Island in Venice, approximately 12 minutes by private shuttle from St. Mark’s Square; the private shuttle service is offered complimentary by the Hotel, on a regular basis. San Clemente Island is not reachable by common public transportation: only the Resort’s private boat and water taxis can reach our oasis of peace |
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CENTRAL ITALY - ROME |
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Rome
is the capital city of Italy
and of the Lazio region, as well as the country's largest and most populous
comune. |
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Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria
Rome,
Italy
Overlooking the panorama that has inspired visitors for centuries is Rome's most prestigious address – the Rome Cavalieri hotel. Though only minutes from the city's great monuments, the Rome Cavalieri has the tranquility of an oasis. Enclosed in fifteen acres of lush Mediterranean parklands, this luxury hotel in Rome is a calm retreat in the heart of the Eternal City.
The first hotel in Europe to be part of the exclusive Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, the Rome Cavalieri hotel is more than just a 5–star property. It's the pre-eminent luxury hotel in Rome, with an art collection that outshines many museums, a Grand Spa that would be the envy of a prestige health resort, and standards of luxury that set it apart from other Rome hotels. The Rome Cavalieri brings new meaning to notions of Italian style, and new purpose to the fine art of exclusive hospitality. In the great tradition of Rome baths, the Cavalieri Grand Spa Club tends to body, mind and spirit... soothing, stimulating, and rejuvenating. In a suite of 10 themed rooms, the hotel’s Grand Spa presents a unique range of pampering treatments from around the world, from Shiatsu finger pressure to Ayurvedic healing. These are complemented by a more conventional menu including pedicure, manicure, waxing and tanning.
At the centre of the Spa is the spectacular Turkish bath with hot and cold plunge pools. Four swimming pools, hydromassage and whirlpools, a state-of-the-art Technogym™ gymnasium with adjoining Pilates and Yoga rooms, two Davis Cup clay tennis courts and a fitness circuit are all part of the Rome Cavalieri hotel’s commitment to offer its guests the very best spa and leisure facilities.
Finally to round off a day at the Grand Spa there is the quiet zone - a fabulous Roman-style relaxation lounge where you can recline like an emperor on cushioned divan. |
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CENTRAL ITALY - TUSCANY |
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Tuscany
is one of the
twenty regions; its capital is Florence. Six Tuscan localities have been made UNESCO
protected sites: the historical center of Florence, the historical center of
Siena, the square of the Cathedral of Pisa, the historical center of San Gimignano, the historical center of Pienza and the Val d'Orcia. |
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Adler Thermae Spa Resort
San Quirico d'Orcia (Siena)
Tuscany, Italy
At the heart of
Tuscany there is a spring
from which healing waters have flowed for
centuries. The Etruscans and Romans discovered
the cleansing and fortifying properties of the
waters and made use of them accordingly. The
waters obtain their healing forces from the
depths of the earth, where they are enriched
with valuable minerals and sulphur before
rising once again to the surface.
Just a stone's
throw from the romantic village of Bagno
Vignoni, in the fertile Val d’Orcia – now a
UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
site – stands the
ADLER THERMAE Spa Resort.
This oasis of wellbeing is the ideal place to
enjoy the precious waters from the hot springs
and gather new strength through an exclusive
programme of individual treatments. The
water from the springs flows and flows and, as
in the past, brings health and relaxation to
body and soul.
Health is more than simply the absence of illness. Health means physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing and is the most important component for a long, happy and satisfying life in harmony with yourself.
Adler's philosophy is focused on prevention which means finding and maintaining a healthy body weight, mental strength for a balanced every day life, ideal body fitness levels and natural beauty. Achieve all this best with the proven and scientifically based Adler Balance and Health Programs, shaped by an expert team to meet your individual needs. |
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Grotta Giusti Spa Hotel
Monsummano Terme
Toscana, Italy
Grotta Giusti
is located in the heart of the famed Tuscany valley, only a few kilometers from the region's most famous cultural cities, Florence, Pisa, Siena and
Lucca. Grotta Giusti offers its guests a number of excursions towards a lesser known Tuscany but no less authentic, to make a pleasant, relaxing holiday more complete.
Grotta Giusti
is one of Nature's gifts to man. Starting from the entrance through to the deepest part of the Grotta, three different zones are crossed, each one increasing in heat, which tradition has named Paradise, Purgatory
and Hell. Limbo has a picturesque lake, the waters of which maintain a constant temperature, both in winter and summer, of 36°C. Even the temperature of the air undergoes very little change over the seasons, ranging from 31°C. in the first cavity to a maximum 34°C. in Hell, with an approximate 100% humidity. The atmospheric pressure is constant and the same as outside, in all parts of the Grotta. An unexplained, natural mechanism guarantees a constant and efficient change of air, making the stay in the Grotta a pleasant one, even with the profuse perspiration induced by the high level of humidity, rather than by the temperature. The steam of the rich thermal waters generates a natural "bath of health" which detoxifies the organism for an overall sense of well-being.
Grotta Giusti is a natural paradise on the slopes of Monsummano hill. Immersed in the beauty of the Tuscan countryside, surrounded by the greenery of a centuries-old park, the Grotta Giusti complex is an enchanting and perfectly equipped Spa centre with a feature that makes it unique: the ancient grotto, which envelops the guest in a beneficial and detoxifying thermal steam bath. |
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Terme
di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort
Saturnia
Tuscany, Italy
Terme
di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort
is a wellness hotel located at the foot of
Saturnia in the hearth of Tuscan Maremma
country. Constructed around an
ancient travertine heart, our elegant hotel
consists of rooms, Grand
Suites, Deluxe Suites and Junior Suites, all
designed according to Habitat philosophy: a
constant striving for harmony with one's
surroundings.
At Terme di
Saturnia everything is
focused on guest's well being. Psycho-physical balance is given the utmost
care and wellbeing is built and
maintained through five equally fundamental
and integral elements such as hydrotherapy,
beauty, stress management, diet and fitness.
Your well-being program is personalized in a
way to balance fitness and relaxation, beauty
treatments and thermal cures, each specifically
created for your specific needs.
The
Tuscan Beauty Farm Terme di Saturnia Spa &
Golf Resort gives you the opportunity to
regenerate all senses, and to came back to the
daily routine with a new spirit. |
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Terme Villa Borri
Casciana Terme
Tuscany, Italy
Terme Villa Borri in Tuscany is housed
in an old farm house which dates back to the
seven hundreds. This majestic home has been
finely restored without altering its unique
dimensions and its original characteristics,
while adding
rich innovations and
fascinating
novelties which provide elements of
notable quality. This luxury spa hotel in
Tuscany is one of the first true “beauty
farms” in the area.
The Spa and
Wellness Center is located within the
Villa. Guests may easily and comfortably
stroll the grounds in a spa robe by simply
walking a few short meters within the private
park which surrounds the complex. This casual
and natural ambiance provides guests with la
sense of freedom and liberty. The Spa
and Wellness Center is the heart of the Villa,
and offers twelve exclusive thermal
suites. The treatment and wellness
rooms are each unique and offer ample space
with antique murals. Certain spa suites have
original fireplaces dating back to the seven
hundreds. The natural light colors create a
unique and romantic atmosphere during
fireplace massages.
In order to
guarantee guests enjoy
absolute
relaxation and enhance the eco-friendly
atmosphere, no type of mechanical
vehicles are permitted within the grounds.
Upon arrival at the grounds, guests and their
luggage are then valeted to their residence by
the Villa's silent valet electric car. |
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SOUTHERN
ITALY - CAMPANIA AND
CAPRI |
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Capri
is an Italian
island off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic. Features of the island include a panoramic promenade lined with villas and the ruins of Imperial Roman villas. Capri is in the
region of Campania, Province of Naples. The City of Capri is the main
centre of population on Capri. |
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Capri
Palace Hotel & Beauty Farm
Capri, Campania
Italy
You can smell the blooming jasmine the minute you step off the aliscafo or boat
from Naples. Capri, where Emperor Tiberius vacationed, is truly a magic island.
Take a taxi to Anacapri, perched high in the
hills above Capri, for the
Capri
Palace Hotel & Beauty Farm, with its beautifully landscaped
grounds and comfortable rooms.
Capri Beauty Farm
is a fully equipped SPA and it proposes
personalized programmes and treatments. It is
led by Professor Francesco Canonaco, a medical
doctor and specialist in food science,
immunology and aesthetic medicine.
Services offered include: Thalassotherapy,
hydromassage with algae, fine diet cooking, weight loss programme,
cardiovascular health programme, and water gymnastics.
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SOUTHERN
ITALY -
SARDINIA |
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Sardinia is in the Mediterranean Sea, and is the
second-largest
island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily), but it is often remarked upon as part of Southern Italy. |
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Forte Village Resort & Wellness Centre
Sardinia, Italy
The exclusive
Forte Village Resort & Wellness Centre offers
seven individual hotels and a village of Sardinian
bungalows, 21 restaurants, and a world-famous wellness centre, situated in 55
acres of pine forest.
The resort has its own
private beach stretching for over a mile and
guests can enjoy a huge variety of sports and
leisure facilities. The heavenly climate and Thermae del Parco
afford the
Mediterranean culture's best-kept secret: Thalassotherapy. As living materials,
sea water, salt, mud and sand are the softest, most effective cure against
muscular/osteo/articular ailments, skin problems, water retention, the stress
and tension of modem life.
The Thaermae of Forte Village
host the Thalassotherapy Centre
directed by Dr. Angelo Cerina, one of the
foremost international specialists in this
sector. Thalassotherapy, as is demonstrated by
all the latest scientific studies, can be
considered a true “Wellness medicine”, as also
asserted by the World Health Organization.
Through curative elements taken from the sea
environment (water, sand, seaweed) associated
with supplemental treatments, you can preserve or regain your best mental and physical balance.
The Spa
of Forte Village Resort is the perfect place
where the whole family can spend a vacation
enjoying the benefits of this natural
technique and recouping energy, vigour and
joie de vivre.
The Wellness
Centre is surrounded by a luxuriant garden,
where the wonders of Sardinian nature
contribute to the pleasure and relaxation of
guests. |
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