Thermal baths of Central-Southern Italy: from Lazio to Sardinia, what is open in 2026-27

Central-Southern Italy has a less orderly thermal scene than Tuscany or the Veneto: hyperthermal pools open all year round at Viterbo, spa towns that open only from May to November such as Acquasanta and the Sibarite baths, and the historic complex at Sciacca, closed for years. Here you will find the water, the season, opening hours and the 2026 prices published by the operators; where the price list is not online, we give the phone number of the establishment.

For the free thermal springs of the Centre-South (Sorgeto, Fordongianus, Saturnia and the like) there is the page on free thermal springs; for Ischia, the page on the island of thermal baths; for treatments on a doctor's prescription, the page on health.

At a glance

Lazio

**Viterbo, Terme dei Papi.* This is the best-equipped centre in Lazio for a day out. The outdoor pool, known as the Monumentale, uses the hyperthermal water of the Bullicame, the spring that Dante mentions in Canto XIV of the *Inferno. The centre is open 365 days a year, 9:00-19:00. The outdoor pool closes on Tuesdays for maintenance, stays open until 20:00 on Fridays and until 1am on Saturdays ("Bathing under the stars" from 21:00).

Day-package prices in 2026, in euros per person (weekdays / holidays and the days before holidays):

The basic, complete and Acqua Relax packages can be bought online or on site without booking; Day SPA and Rituale must be booked with customer service on 0761 3501 (the Rituale also online). The website does not state a minimum age for children: phone before you set off.

**Tivoli, Terme di Roma.** The Acque Albule establishment lies on the Via Tiburtina Valeria at km 22.700, half an hour from Rome. It has two sides. The outdoor pool park opens only in summer, every day from 9:30 to 18:00 in good weather, and in 2026 cost 17 euros on weekdays and 22 at weekends and on holidays. The treatment department (mud, balneotherapy, inhalations) is working until Saturday 19 December 2026 and reopens in March 2027, date to be announced; the SPA and beauty treatments stay open until Sunday 10 January 2027, closed on Tuesdays. For the SPA you book a package: Albula (entry plus a 25-minute massage) 60 euros on weekdays and 75 on holidays, Sibilla (45 minutes) 95 and 115, Connubio for two 130 and 160. Bookings at estetica@termediroma.org, telephone 0774 408500.

**Fiuggi.** Here you drink the water. The Fonte Bonifacio VIII, in the park of the same name, is the place for the drinking cure: cold, low-mineral water at 12.4°C. The company that runs it was founded in 1905 and the present complex is the work of Luigi Moretti. The Fonte Anticolana serves the inhalation centre. Fiuggi Terme lies at 621 metres, the historic village at 747. Opening hours and 2026 rates are to be requested from the operator, on 0775 5451. From Rome you can take the Cotral bus; the nearest station is Anagni-Fiuggi.

Stigliano. The Terme di Stigliano, at Canale Monterano, work as a hotel with a wellness centre: 20 hectares, pools, thermal small lakes. The Olympus centre is open 9:00-20:00 but reserved for guests. In 2026 the "Foliage & Sapori Romani" package starts from 229 euros (one night in a double room, dinner, breakfast, unlimited spa, arrivals Sunday to Thursday until 30 November). Telephone 06 99805977.

Campania

At **Telese Terme**, in the Sannio, the sulphurous pool of the Terme di Telese (water at 20-21°C) opens from June to September, with limited-capacity sessions from 9:00 to 13:15 and from 13:45 to 18:00: entry 13 euros for adults and 10 for under-14s, who may enter only with an adult. In 2026 it closed on Sunday 27 September. The park opens 8:00-19:00 on weekdays and 8:00-22:00 on Saturday and Sunday; the buvette (drinking pump room) stays open with reduced hours (Monday-Friday 8:00-13:00 and 15:30-19:00, Saturday and Sunday 8:00-13:00 and 15:30-22:00). On 20 February 2026 the Soprintendenza (the state heritage authority) handed over to the municipality the Antiche Terme Jacobelli, in Via Bagni Vecchi, restored since February 2025; visiting hours not published. Treatments with the national health service require an admission medical examination (0824 976888); website termeditelese.it.

Contursi and Castellammare di Stabia do not publish 2026 opening hours and prices on pages that can be consulted. The most visited thermal Campania remains Ischia, to which a separate page is devoted.

Sicily

**Sciacca** is the oldest spa town in Sicily. On 27 May 2026 the Region chose the proposal by Terme di Saturnia for its relaunch, as a project-finance scheme with 50 million euros of FSC funds: the evaluation is under way and there is no reopening date. The situation today is this: the Art Nouveau Nuove Terme (1928-1938) have been closed since 2015, the San Calogero steam grottoes on Monte Kronio, two caves with steam at about 40°C, appear to be closed, and the thermal pools are in the hotels of the Sovareto area, with water at around 30°C. The mud matures for six months in tanks of sulphurous water at 56°C. Ask your hotel whether the thermal pool is included.

On Vulcano, in the Aeolian Islands, the mud pond near the port has been closed to the public since 2020, pending safety works, with no reopening date. The northern fumaroles can be visited only with an authorised guide. Acireale has the Terme di Santa Venera; Acireale, Termini Imerese and Alì Terme do not publish 2026 opening hours and prices on pages that can be consulted.

Sardinia

**Sardara**, in the Medio Campidano, has the Antico Termale in the locality of Santa Maria Acquas: five springs between 50 and 68°C and a park of 8 hectares. The Sardegna Termale website publishes the daily formulas: pools 9:00-12:30 and 14:00-19:30 (non-stop from Monday to Friday), "Bathing under the stars" from 22:00 to 24:00. Prices valid from 1 September to 23 December 2026: One Day with lunch 45 euros from Monday to Friday, 70 on Saturday, 75 on Sunday; evening One Day with dinner and bathing under the stars 45 euros from Monday to Thursday, 65 on Friday, 70 on Saturday, 75 on Sunday; non-stop pools 30 euros (Mon-Fri); morning or afternoon 20 euros; bathing under the stars 20 euros (not on Saturday). Children: free up to 12 months, discount from 30 to 10 euros up to 10 years. Immacolata long weekend: One Day from 45 to 75 euros between 4 and 8 December. Telephone 070 9387200. **Fordongianus**, in the Tirso valley, preserves the Roman baths of Forum Traiani, from the imperial era. They can be visited every day from 9:30 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:40 (ticket price not given on the official page). The water gushes out at 54-56°C according to regional sources. Is Bangius, for bathing, is on the page about free thermal springs.

Casteldoria and Benetutti. The waters of Casteldoria, near the river Coghinas, emerge at between 40 and 76°C. Benetutti has a park in the woods next to a nuraghe. Opening hours and 2026 prices for both are not published on a page that can be consulted: phone before you go.

Calabria

In the Cosentino there are two establishments with a treatment approach rather than a day-at-the-pool one. The Terme Luigiane, between Acquappesa and Guardia Piemontese, have sulphurous, saline-bromo-iodine hyperthermal waters, classified as 1st level Super. They offer treatments on a doctor's prescription (one cycle a year with the ticket) and a thermal park with pools and hydromassage.

The Terme Sibarite, at Cassano all'Ionio (Via Terme 2, telephone 0981 71376), keep the establishment open in the May-November period from Monday to Saturday, 7:00-11:00 and 15:00-19:00, with the afternoon reserved for inhalations. In the treatment price list the sulphur bath costs 10 euros and 100 for a cycle of 12, the mud with therapeutic bath 20 euros and 200 for 12. At Lamezia Terme, in Contrada Caronte in the Sambiase district, the Terme di Caronte use sulphurous water at about 39°C, with therapeutic use dating from 1716. The thermal pool, in a wood of oaks, chestnuts and pines, opens from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00: entry 25 euros, swimming cap, shower and rubber slippers compulsory. Telephone 0968 437180, bookings at prenotazioni@termecaronte.it.

Abruzzo and Marche

Caramanico Terme, at the foot of the Maiella, has been a spa town since the sixteenth century: sulphurous, saline, bromine and iodine waters, an establishment from the early twentieth century, with the Orfento Valley reserve a few minutes away. The establishment is called La Salute and uses the springs La Salute and Gisella (sulphurous) and Pisciarello (low-mineral, diuretic). Besides treatments it has a thermal pool with hydromassage and counter-current swimming, sauna, Turkish bath and a department for children. The 2026 price list is not published.

Acquasanta Terme, in the Marche, reopened for the season on Monday 25 May 2026 with inhalation and mud-balneotherapy treatments and with the Hotel Italia & SPA. Sulphurous, saline and sulphate water; information and prices on 0736 801268 or at info@termeacquasanta.it. The 2027 dates are not yet published.

1. Viterbo, Terme dei Papi: Monumentale pool, open all year
2. Tivoli, Terme di Roma: Tiburtina Valeria km 22.700
3. Fiuggi, Fonte Bonifacio VIII: drinking cure
4. Canale Monterano, Terme di Stigliano: hotel with wellness centre
5. Telese Terme, Antiche Terme Jacobelli: Via Bagni Vecchi
6. Sciacca, Valle dei Bagni: historic establishments closed
7. Sardara, Santa Maria Acquas: park of 8 hectares
8. Fordongianus, Terme Romane: 9:30-13:00 and 15:00-17:40
9. Cassano all'Ionio, Terme Sibarite: May-November
10. Acquappesa, Terme Luigiane: SSN treatments
11. Lamezia Terme, Caronte: pool Mon-Sat 9:00-14:00
12. Caramanico Terme: Orfento Valley reserve
13. Acquasanta Terme: reopening 25 May 2026

How to combine them

From Rome, Tivoli and Viterbo can be done in a day; Fiuggi and Stigliano are good for a weekend. In Sardinia, Sardara and Fordongianus combine by car (water and ruins); in Calabria, Luigiane and Sibarite are both in the Cosentino.