A hidden gem in the Etruscan countryside
The thermal park of Stigliano is immersed in greenery, a place suspended in time. Despite this, it is easy to reach: from the Aurelia, after passing Marina di Cerveteri, you will need to take the crossroads for Sasso and enter the countryside. You will then arrive in a quiet village nestled in the green of the wooded hills, on the easten side of the Tolfa Mountains. The thermal spring was known by the Etruscans, and was enhanced by the Romans. The spa is flanked by a refined hotel and a restaurant.
The thermal spring was known by the Etruscans, and was valorized by the Romans. Currently the Terme di Stigliano are fed by numerous thermal springs, for this reason the thermal park has 600 square meters of pools available. The name derives from the Latin aquae stygianae, so called because they were associated, by popular imagination, with the marshy waters of the Styx, the river of the Underworld. What is certain is that the waters of the place, sulphurous and hyperthermal, lent themselves well to the comparison. The thermal life of the area dates back, for the moden era, to the 18th century, when the Altieri princes of the Roman nobility built a real hotel to accommodate travelers seeking relief from rheumatic diseases and gout; the thermal establishment dates back to the mid-20th century. Both structures have been the subject of a major renovation, completed in 2006, which gave them a new look, making the treatment rooms welcoming and much more functional. Currently in the thermal establishment there is still today the sweat cave dating back to imperial Rome.
