Situated in Monsummano Terme just a few kilometres from Florence, Pisa and Lucca. Set in a private park with secular trees, the early nineteenth century villa, now a prestigious Hotel, enriched by antique furnishings and paintings, has maintained intact its historical air and natural charm.

The 58 double rooms and 6 Junior Suites, furnished in a refined, fresh style, offer unexpected details such as the bathrooms in luxurious white marble with thermal water on tap and television connected to Internet. The Resort has a Business Centre with Conference room and smaller rooms for board meetings, and Internet point.

Lounge: The lounge room, with its enchanting frescoed ceiling, is the perfect setting in which to spend time in relaxation or conversation with a pleasant musical background.

The Restaurant, in the suggestive setting of the secular park offers open air lunch in "La Pergola" terrace or by the swimming pool. By the large thermal pool, our new Bioaquam Cafè: An inviting lounge which offers tasty and healthy express lunches, snacks and herb teas after a dip in the pool.....but also a restaurant offering refined products of indisputable quality under the supervision of our chef. The Bar offers traditional cocktails as well as personalized "health" drinks prepared with first choice natural products and a wide selection of teas and tisanes.

The Hotel is directly connected to the Spa, which has a modern Wellbeing Centre with an Oriental area, equipped gymnasium, numerous relaxation areas and a medical aesthetic centre. The Spa also has an open air pool with 750 square metres of thermal water, picturesque cascade and underwater hydro-massages and the large millennial Grotta to end the day with a beneficial, relaxing "steam bath". Immersed in the park are the fresh water swimming pool, tennis court and fitness walk with further trekking courses for excursions in the surrounding countryside. And, just a few kilometres from the hotel, an 18 hole golf course.

The new open-air thermal swimming pool, a high-tech facility measuring 750 sq. m., with a large and spectacular waterfall and underwater hydromassage in spa water at 35 °C. Permanently fed by spa water at 35 °C containing bicarbonate, sulphur, calcium and magnesium. Immerse yourself in the warm, restorative water of the large pool, with four "spiral mini pools" or enjoy a natural massage provided by the powerful, spectacular waterfall.

SPA: the resort benefits from its very own thermal grotta, a fascinating natural cave with a hot water underground lake in which guests can enjoy a relaxing and detoxifying steam bath. In addition to the steam baths, the Spa offers mud therapy, ozonised baths in thermal water, massages, inhalation treatment, a new area for Oriental Disciplines, a gym center, an avant garde Aesthetic Medicine Centre and a spacious relaxation zone. The Spa Centre is open every day from from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. * The thermal waters * Consultation & Check up * The thermal grotta * The thermal therapeutic swimming pool * SPA treatments.

WELLNESS CENTRE: Our Wellness Centre offers a range of thermal and aesthetic treatments aimed at keeping you in perfect psycho-physical shape. ORIENTAL PATHS: Inside the centre, the new area dedicated to the Orient proposes ancient disciplines and invigorating techniques. Ancient therapies such as dhara, shiatsu and ayurvedic massage. Here the atmosphere created by the warm glow of candlelight, essential aromas and soft music will transport you to unknown dimensions where body and soul unite to find interior peace and energy. Yoga, shirodhara, shiatsu massage for two and thai massage in an atmosphere rarified by aromas of the Orient. Crisalide, cromo-music therapy, New Derm treatment for a fresh radiant skin, essence of citrus fruits in the new Citroderma treatment for a burst of energy. * Nutrition * Massages * Oriental disciplines * Energetic techniques and fitness * Aesthetic face treatments * Special for man * Aesthetic body treatments * Beauty service * Special treatments * Aesthetic medicine * SPA experiences * SPA skin care products.

THE GROTTA: Starting from the entrance through to the deepest part of the Grotta, three different zones are crossed, each one increasing in heat, which tradition has named Paradise, Purgatory and Hell. Limbo has a picturesque lake, the waters of which maintain a constant temperature, both in winter and summer, of 36°C. Even the temperature of the air undergoes very little change over the seasons, ranging from 31°C. in the first cavity to a maximum 34°C. in Hell, with an approximate 100% humidity. The atmospheric pressure is constant and the same as outside, in all parts of the Grotta. An unexplained, natural mechanism guarantees a constant and efficient change of air, making the stay in the Grotta a pleasant one, even with the profuse perspiration induced by the high level of humidity, rather than by the temperature. The steam of the rich thermal waters generates a natural "bath of health" which detoxifies the body for an overall sense of well-being.

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