The spa on the edge of the Casentino Forests
In the upper valley of the Savio river, in the Romagna Apennines on the border with Tuscany, Bagno di Romagna is a small spa town with a long tradition: its thermal waters, which gush from the ground at a temperature of about 45 degrees, rich in bicarbonate, alkaline and sulphurous, were already used by the Romans, as shown by the remains of ancient baths found in the town. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it was a frequented spa, and in the fifteenth century it belonged to Florence, which left its mark in the elegant Palazzo del Capitano, with the coats of arms of the Florentine captains on its façade. Today the town has several spa centres and hotels with thermal pools, where you can enjoy treatments and relax in the hot water, even outdoors in winter.
The town is one of the gateways to the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna, one of the most beautiful and wildest forests in Italy, with huge beech and fir woods, rich in wildlife, with deer, roe deer, wolves and eagles. Its heart, the integral nature reserve of Sasso Fratino, the first in Italy, is part of the UNESCO site of the ancient and primeval beech forests of Europe. The park is crossed by hundreds of kilometres of trails, including the path to the Acquacheta waterfall, mentioned by Dante in the Inferno, and the paths to the ancient hermitage of Camaldoli and the sanctuary of La Verna, on the Tuscan side. Nearby is the Ridracoli lake, an artificial lake surrounded by forests, with a visitor centre and boat trips.
Tip: in autumn the beech woods turn red and gold; after a day of hiking, end with a soak in the thermal pools.
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