Canale Monterano
Sulphur springs in the woods, and a ghost town Bernini worked on.
6 things to bookthe nearest is a 1 h 13 drive from Rome
Old Monterano was abandoned after a raid in the seventeen-nineties and never reoccupied: the church, the aqueduct and the Bernini fountain are still standing in the nature reserve, roofless, with trees growing through them. Film crews use it; almost nobody else does.
The hot water is a few minutes away at Stigliano, where the sulphur springs have been in use since the Etruscans and now run as a thermal park. Warm all year, and better in winter.
Best fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
In the hot waterFive hours in a thermal park, and cold weather is the reason to go.
€25 per person
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In the hot waterA three-hour late-afternoon slot in the Stigliano thermal park, from 17:00 to 20:00, that combines the pools and thermal lakes with an aperitivo.
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In the hot waterA full day, 10:00 to 20:00, with access to the whole spa and the outdoor thermal park.
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In the hot waterDay access to the outdoor thermal park at Stigliano, in the countryside of Canale Monterano about 50 km from Rome.
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In the hot waterA five-hour morning slot, 10:00 to 15:00, with the sauna, salt room, infrared rooms, cold chamber, sensory showers, the heated indoor pool, the thermal basin and the outdoor the…
See the dayBest fit for this section first, then whatever you can book today. Closest to Rome breaks a tie. Never by who pays us.
On the trailGuided excursion in a thousand-hectare reserve to an abandoned medieval settlement with a church and fountain designed by Bernini, past sulphur vents and small waterfalls.
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The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.
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See prices on LocalrentYou come out of the water warm and slow, which is a bad state to drive back in.
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