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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.

 

 

NORTHERN ITALY -  VENETO region

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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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

Rome is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, as well as the country's largest and most populous comune.

 
     

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

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.

 
     

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 HellLimbo 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

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.

 
     

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

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.

 
     

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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