Those who choose health tours to Italy do it for a reason, because this country is famous for amazing natural resources that are used to treat and maintain the health of people who came here for health improvement and recreation.
Features of a wellness holiday in Italy
There are a lot of health programs in Italy: travelers are offered cosmetic skin care (face, body), relaxation, anti-cellulite, anti-stress, programs aimed at relieving the patient from excess weight (the program is designed for 7-14 days; the cost is from 2000 euros), back pain, and improve blood circulation.
The healing with algae deserves special mention (in the Valdieri Terme special cascades have been created - the sulphide waters flowing down them saturate the algae with useful substances; they are actively used for wrapping), as well as mud. In many hotels, it is placed in special tanks for maturation (thermal water saturates it with nutrients), after which the mud becomes suitable for medicinal purposes.
Popular health resorts in Italy
- Abano Terme: upon reaching the surface, the local mineral waters saturated with iodine, sodium chloride and bromine have a temperature of + 80-90˚C. It is worth noting that the hotels of Abano Terme have their own wells, with the help of which they extract thermal water - by cooling it to a certain temperature, filling the pools with it, using it in balneotherapy and for “ripening” mud. So, the choice of travelers may fall on the "Hotel Aqua": it provides guests with programs based on relaxing procedures and classic mud therapy. In addition, the hotel pleases guests with a wellness and beauty oasis (massages, Ayurveda, lymphatic drainage, peels, etc.).
- Fiuggi: the resort specializes in urological and urolithiasis, as it is famous for its water that can dissolve and remove stones from the kidneys. Prevention and treatment of these diseases is carried out in the health and wellness center (operates on the basis of the sources of Anticolan and Boniface 8).
- San Giuliano Terme: local mineral waters - the basis for inhalations, baths and mud treatments. They treat rheumatism and respiratory diseases, help to rehabilitate after injuries. Tourists may be interested in the hotel “Bagni di Pisa Palace & SPA” - in its spa center, guests will be able to undergo a course of medical and health procedures.
- Montecatini Terme: this thermal resort (there are 8 springs) is famous for its thermal baths, among which are Regina Bath (balneotherapy), Excelsior Bath (medical procedures, in particular, drinking cure; local water is indicated for problems with the respiratory system and gastrointestinal tract), Leopoldine Bath (baths; inhalations), Tettuccio Bath (hydro and mud therapy; massages).
