Steaming hot-spring cascades over white rock beside an old stone mill In the hot water

Bullicame free hot springs

Viterbo

Water comes out of the ground on the plain outside Viterbo hot enough to steam in winter, and it runs into open pools that nobody charges for. You walk up, you get in. That is the whole arrangement.

How the day goes

  1. Bus out of Viterbo to the Strada Terme stop, then a short walk to the water.
  2. Come already wearing what you will swim in: there is nothing here but the pools.
  3. Find the pool that suits you — it comes out scalding at the source and cools as it runs.
  4. Out before it closes for the day, with Viterbo's walled centre back up the road.

Nothing is provided here: no changing room, no shower, no bar. If that is not your idea of a spa day, Bagni di Tivoli sells tickets to pools with a park around them.

Where it is

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

Viterbo, and where it is from Rome Viterbo drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 91 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 91 min Rome Viterbo

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Viterbo — the town, not the meeting point. Check with the operator where exactly to turn up: their own page is linked further up.

Getting there

An easy run out of Rome — make it a comfortable one

  • 1 h 31drive from the middle of Rome
  • 108 kmeach way
  • 2 honce you are there

  • 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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Also around Viterbo

A large open-air thermal pool ringed by loungers and parasols, seen from above In the hot water

Terme dei Papi monumental pool

The water leaves the ground at 58°C, and on Saturday you can still be in it at 1am.

€12 per person

Books on termedeipapi.it

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Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Tuscia Terme thermal park

Five hours in thermal water up to 58°C and nothing else to plan that day.

€12 per person

Books on tusciaterme.it

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More in the hot water

Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Acque Albule thermal pools

Six pools at a steady 23°C, and the station is right behind the park.

€16 per person

Books on termediroma.org

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Terraces of white travertine formed by thermal water In the hot water

Sulphur pools in the Sabina hills

Sulphur pools open till 18:30, and the operator publishes the train to get there.

€12 per person

Books on Terme Sabine di Cretone

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Steam rising from natural hot pools In the hot water

Thermal park and day spa at Stigliano

Five hours in a thermal park, and cold weather is the reason to go.

€25 per person

Books on termedistigliano.it

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

Apitherapy in the beech wood

A wellness session in an apiary set inside the beech forest of the Simbruini park, built on apitherapy practices: bee humming, api-aromatherapy and api-sound.

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Checked 2026-07-31

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