Anyone been to the spa in Saturnia? Would like to go for a day while in Tuscany but everything I can find about it on the web talks about hotel accomodations and rates. Want to find out if you can just go for the day while staying elsewhere.

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Yes. You can walk in and rent a towel and stuff for the day. There is also -- if you are satisfied with the actual steamy medicinal waters, seeking no luxuries -- a perfectly free patch of the hot springs on a small country road nearby, where lots of people stop their cars and take a quick dip: bring your own towel and bathing wear, of course.
   I am still now regretting the timorousness of a travel companion and my own typical timorousness in turn in not rocking the boat: on December 31, 1996 ((see diary entry) I missed a once-in-a-lifetime of bathing in hot springs in the snow...

Bill
Gazetteer of Italy]

Have you used the search the web site feature on the right upper corner of the page?
Try this page for starters http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/todo/hot_springs.htm

Liz - from the "WetCoast"

If you do go to the "free" patch of hot springs near Saturnia during the summer, beware of crowds. I was there in 1999, had read guidebooks that said how if you arrived mid-week you might have the place all to yourselves..... Right! There were absolute hoards of people there, mostly Italians I think. We had to park about 1/4 mile down the road -- of course it was August, but..... We still enjoyed it, but had LOTS of company.

I believe that Pauline and Steve have been to the spa.

David, usually in NYC

Hi there. I returned from Terme di Saturnia less than a month ago. I actually stayed at the wonderful hotel there. Yes, you can visit the hotel's waters for something like $10 a day. The facilities are brand new and you get a chair, etc. There is a nice little place for lunch too. I would recommend seeing the falls as well, but it can get REALLY crowded and I was warned to watch my belongings.

There's an article about Saturnia in my new newsletter. You can get a free copy of it at www.dreamofitaly.com.
Kathy McCabe
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