An outdoor thermal pool with steam rising off the water In the hot water

Apitherapy in the beech wood

Subiaco

The hives sit in the beech wood above Subiaco, and the treatment is the sound of them: you lie down over the boxes and let the hum come up through the wood, with the smell of wax and propolis in it.

How the day goes

  1. Up into the Simbruini beech forest, where the apiary stands among the trees.
  2. You settle in over the hives and stay still while the hum and the warm air of the colony work through the boards.
  3. A massage or foot reflexology added on, if you want the session to run longer.
  4. Back down to Subiaco, where the Benedictine abbeys are cut into the gorge above the river.

Bees are the point here, not the backdrop: if stings are a problem for you, say so when you book and ask how they handle it.

Where it is

Subiaco at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Subiaco, and where it is from Rome Subiaco drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 68 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 68 min Rome Subiaco

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Viale dei Boschi 2, Monte Livata - Subiaco (RM), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 08drive from the middle of Rome
  • 73 kmeach way

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you — nothing to do but soak

    Our pick for this one

    You come out of the water warm and slow, which is a bad state to drive back in.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • You can come out of the water and just sit

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Soft rafting on the Aniene

Five kilometres down the Aniene. Helmet and paddle included, shuttle to the start.

€25 per person

Books on viverelaniene.com

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Packrafting the Aniene solo

You paddle an individual inflatable kayak down the Aniene, with guides alongside.

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Free — nothing to pay

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Books on tusciaterme.it

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