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
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