The thermal baths of Tuscany: prices, opening hours and which to choose

Tuscan thermal baths are not all the same. At Saturnia and San Casciano you enter a park with water at 37-42 °C; at Montecatini you visit an Art Nouveau spa building where you drink the water; at Chianciano you choose between open-air pools and adults-only circuits; at Monsummano you go down into a natural cave. Prices and opening hours come from the operators' websites (read on 12 November 2026); where an operator does not publish its price list, we say so. If you are looking for free baths, go to the page on free hot springs.

The comparison in one table

Maremma: Saturnia

The Terme di Saturnia are in the area of Manciano, where water at 37.5 °C has been coming out of the travertine for millennia. The Parco Termale (20,000 square metres, four open-air pools, hydromassage, vascular circuit, sauna and argillarium, with a pool for children) costs from 30 euros without the kit; afternoon from 26; "All For You" on weekdays, with kit, sunlounger and slippers, 45 euros. The Club starts at 90 euros and includes direct access to the spring, the Finnish sauna and the wellness kit (morning 9:30-14:00, afternoon 14:30-19:00); on Fridays there is the Notturno Club, 20:30-23:30.

The Park is open 9:30-19:00 until 1 November and 9:30-17:30 from 2 November 2026 to 31 March 2027. Book online at weekends and on bridge holidays (0564 600600). There is a bistro inside and you may not bring food from outside; parking is free, with charging points. A few minutes away are the Cascate del Mulino, with free bathing.

Val d'Orcia and Valdichiana

San Casciano dei Bagni: Fonteverde

San Casciano dei Bagni has 42 springs with an average water temperature of 40 °C, the third largest flow in Europe. Fonteverde (località Terme 1) is a palace commissioned by Ferdinando I de' Medici over a spring at 42 °C.

From the operator's website (12 November 2026): the "Percorso termale rigenerante" (pool with waterfall, hydromassages and the Bioaquam circuit with 22 hydromassages) costs 59 euros from Monday to Friday and 70 at weekends and on public holidays; the "Benessere Termale", with Turkish bath, sauna, grotto and Etruscan circuit, 78 and 95 euros. Every Saturday there is the Aperispa (16:30-20:30). Children are free up to age 12 only for hotel guests, not at the day spa. Information: 0578 572405. The free pools are on the page about free hot springs.

Bagno Vignoni

Bagno Vignoni is built around a sixteenth-century "square of water" at about 49 °C, where bathing is no longer allowed. To get in the water you need one of the three hotels with thermal baths: Terme Spa & Resort, La Posta and Adler.

At Hotel La Posta the Bagno sotto le stelle (Bath under the stars) is open on Friday and Saturday from 20:00 to 22:45 (last entry at 22:00), from 3 April to 31 October: 45 euros with bathrobe and towel, booking compulsory for non-guests, pools at 28 and 38 °C. The day at the baths costs 55 euros (pools from 9:30, services until 18:00), morning or afternoon 40; the Spa is reserved for those aged 14 or over. Information: 0577 887112.

Chianciano Terme

Chianciano Terme has four waters (Acqua Santa 33 °C, Sillene 38.5 °C, Fucoli 16.5 °C and Santissima) rich in bicarbonate, sulphate and calcium; drinking cures, baths and mud treatments are covered by agreement with the national health service.

The Piscine Theia (via delle Rose 12) have four outdoor and three indoor pools with Sillene water at 33-36 °C. Opening hours: Monday and Wednesday to Friday 10:00-19:00, Saturday 9:30-24:00, Sunday 9:30-20:00, Tuesday closed. Day ticket from 39 euros on weekdays and from 45 at weekends; four hours from 29 or 32; children's reduced rate from 12 euros, admitted from age 3 with an adult. On Saturdays "Theia by Night" (19:30-24:00, from age 14): baths with live music from 35 euros, with buffet from 55. The Terme Sensoriali (piazza Martiri Perugini 1) have two saunas, a Turkish bath, melmarium, calidarium and three relaxation areas, only from age 14: 3 hours from 49 euros, 5 hours from 59 (public holidays 55 and 65), 25-minute massage from 45. Opening hours: Monday and Tuesday 11:00-18:00, Wednesday and Thursday closed, Friday-Sunday 10:00-19:00, public holidays 9:30-19:00. Book at weekends (0578 68501).

Montecatini Terme: the Art Nouveau city

Montecatini Terme is the town where "going to the baths" also means strolling and drinking water: Leopoldina, Tettuccio, Regina and Rinfresco, since 1773.

The Tettuccio (viale Verdi 71) dates from 1928, on an eighteenth-century design by Paoletti. Tourist visits every day 11:00-19:00, drinking cure 8:00-12:00 and 16:00-19:00; booking is required for the first visit and for the Redi (0572 7781). At the Terme Redi (via Marconi 2) the thermal pool is open Mon, Tue, Thu 11:30-19:00, Wed and Fri 12:30-19:00, Sat 10:30-19:00, Sun 9:00-14:00. The last published price list gave the pool at 13 euros for 60 minutes (children aged 3-12 6.50, free up to 2); today the prices page is "being updated". The funicular of 1898 takes you up to Montecatini Alto.

Rapolano Terme

In the Crete Senesi, the calcareous springs of Rapolano Terme feed two complexes. Terme San Giovanni (via Terme San Giovanni, 0577 724039): water at 38.5-39 °C, five pools between 27 and 36 °C.

Peak season: 3-6 April, 25-26 April, 1-3 May, 30 May-2 June, 13-16 August, 30 October-2 November, 23 December-6 January. Under 12s need an adult in the water, with immersions of 20 minutes at most.

Antica Querciolaia (via Trieste 22, 0577 724091), 2026 rates: weekdays 19 euros for the full day and 15 for half a day, public holidays and the days before them 25 and 21, Saturday evening 21; children up to 9 years 14 euros (16 on public holidays), free up to 2. Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-20:00, Saturday 9:00-1:00, Sunday 9:00-20:00.

Other Tuscan thermal baths

• Casciana Terme (municipality, via della Pieve 5): water at 35.7 °C, outdoor pool in the park, indoor pool for rehabilitation and a circuit at Villa Borri. Day ticket 22.50 euros, morning or afternoon 17.50, evening 15; children aged 4-12 10, under 4 free; family of 2 adults and 1 child 49. In autumn the outdoor pool opens on Saturday and Sunday 10:00-18:00, with no booking; swimming cap compulsory.
• Bagni di Lucca: the Bagno Bernabò (via Bagni Caldi 36) has a spring at 39.2 °C, a building from 1810 and nineteenth-century marble pools; packages from 60 euros per person (history of thermal baths). Municipality: Bagni di Lucca.
• Monsummano, Grotta Giusti (via Grotta Giusti 1411, Monsummano Terme): a natural cave with steam at 34 °C, in a nineteenth-century villa. The pool is open every day 10:00-19:00. On 14, 21 and 28 November 2026 "Le Terme del sabato sera" (Saturday night at the baths, 19:30-24:00) cost 35 euros, with menu 65. Day spa: 0572 9077992.
• Venturina, Calidario (via di Caldana 6): a thermal lake of over 3,000 square metres at 31 °C, in the municipality of Campiglia Marittima. Adults from 17.50 to 27 euros depending on the day; children aged 6-9 from 20 to 30; under 6s are not admitted. Open 9:30-20:30 (July and August until 23:30), booking compulsory.
• Equi Terme (via Castello 1, Fivizzano): a spa from 1894 with water at 23 °C, open from June to October; in 2024 the municipality started works worth 710,000 euros to lengthen the season.
• Montepulciano (municipality, via delle Terme 46): a cure centre, open to the public from 1 November 2026 Monday-Saturday 8:30-11:30. The wellness centre has the Grotta Lunare (25 euros per person) and packages from 67 euros.

1. Terme di Saturnia, Parco Termale: from 30 euros
2. Fonteverde, San Casciano dei Bagni: from 59 euros
3. Bagno Vignoni: no bathing in the pool
4. Terme di Chianciano: Theia and Sensoriali
5. Terme di Montepulciano: cures only
6. Terme San Giovanni, Rapolano: 20 euros on weekdays
7. Terme di Casciana: 35.7 °C
8. Terme Tettuccio, Montecatini: Unesco 2021
9. Grotta Giusti, Monsummano: cave at 34 °C
10. Bagno Bernabò, Bagni di Lucca: 39.2 °C
11. Calidario, Venturina: 31 °C
12. Terme di Equi: June-October

How to combine them in a weekend

A simple route in Val d'Orcia and Valdichiana: Friday evening Bagno Vignoni (La Posta, in season), Saturday Fonteverde, Sunday Saturnia and the Cascate del Mulino. In the Siena area: Rapolano on Saturday evening and Chianciano on Sunday. For an Art Nouveau weekend, Montecatini and Monsummano. The Val d'Orcia itinerary is on the page about weekends at the baths; with children see families; for the region, Tuscany.