San Filippo Thermal Baths (Siena) (visit this city)

The place
This very small town has a hot spring that feeds into a river. the hot water flows down this white rock (formed by the minerals from the water) and if you climb up the rock (easy to do) there are little pockets that catch the hot water and you can sit there.
Bagni San Filippo is a small hilly thermal resort located in the province of Siena at the boundary between the chalky flat landscape of Valdorcia and the Monte Amiata rich in forests and sources. The place looks suggestive because of the white calcareous deposits formed by the water, where the village lies. These deposits form characteristic falls that face onto the Fosso Bianco. The legend ascribed the gushing of the prodigious water to the Florentine San Filippo Benizi, who lived here for a period of prayer and meditation in 1276. The baths were already attended for treatments in the Middle Age, but they achieved their greatest fame in the Renaissance, as witnessed by the quotation of the thermal baths in the Mandragola of Machiavelli and distinguished attendances of Pope Pius II Piccolomini, Lorenzo il Magnifico and Pandolfo Petrucci Lord of Siena. At the same time the studies on the water properties developed. They were recalled in the XVI century by the greatest experts of thermal baths like Ugolino da Montecatini, Gentile da Foligno and Andrea Bacci.

Bagni San Filippo is a quite place located between the wood-covered volcanic cone of the Monte Amiata and the lovely hills of the Val d'Orcia. Here the spa waters have left charming calcareous sediments which characterise the landscape.

The water
Just twenty kilometres away from Chianciano, at Bagni San Filippo, the waters gush at a temperature of fifty-two degrees and over, for curing osteo-neuro-joint diseases, ear, nose and throat afflictions, skin diseases, while also helping to combat stress and regain the figure. The thermal swimming pool located in an attractive position near the calcareous concretions of Fosso Bianco is also equipped with a solarium and waterfalls providing a natural, regenerating hydromassage. This is where the ancient Romans bathed, where Lorenzo il Magnifico came during the Renaissance, and the holy Florentine hermit Filippo Benzi retired to meditate.

The spas
scientific studies and detailed analyses spread their therapeutic efficacy not only for rheumatic and arthritic diseases, but also for diseases of skin, respiratory tract and ear, nose and throat. At present, the water of San Filippo Thermal Baths is used in the establishment for bathing therapy, mud-baths, inhalation treatments and in the well-being center for aesthetic and relaxation treatments.

Theraphies and Treatments offered
Inhalation Treatments Massages Bathing Therapy Mud-Baths

The Therms of Bagni di San Filippo Baths San Filippo
address: 53020 - Bagni di San Filippo (SI)
Phone (+39) 0577 872684
OPENING: From March 20th to November 10th
KIND OF WATERS Bicarbonate-sulphate-alkaline-sulphureous mineral water
SICKNESS Affection of the respiratory system Calculisis of the urinary tracts Effects of fractures Metabolic diseases Neuralgia an neuritis Rheumatic artheopathies Skin disease (acne, eczema, psoriasis)
THERAPEUTICS APPLIANCES Aerosol Aesthetic treatment Baths Hydropinic treatment Inhalation Irrigations
Massage treatment Mudbaths