Thermal spas in Romagna and Bologna
Emilia-Romagna is one of the Italian regions with the most thermal spas. Here are the 14 of Romagna and Bologna: sulphur and salt-bromine-iodine waters, the mother water of the salt pans and even seawater, in the mountains, on the hills and on the beach.
- Apennines
- Hills
- By the sea
- Bologna
Apennines
Spa villages among the woods, where the water comes out of the mountain hot.
Terme Santa Agnese
Bagno di Romagna · hot bicarbonate-alkaline sulphur waters
In the centre of the village, on the spring the Romans already used: in 1828 the Grand Duke of Tuscany turned it into the Santa Agnese spa. Three different waters, two thermal pools, the Roman thermal circuit and grey clay muds left to mature for up to 15 months.
Ròseo Euroterme Wellness Resort
Bagno di Romagna · hot bicarbonate-alkaline sulphur waters
A thermal resort on the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines with pools and spa open in every season. The waters come out at different temperatures, up to 45 degrees; the mud, clay and thermal water, rests at least 12 months in the tanks before use.
Terme di Porretta
Porretta Terme · salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters
In the Bologna Apennines, reachable by car or by train from Bologna: a spa town that lived its golden age at the end of the 19th century. Sulphur and salt-bromine-iodine waters, pool baths, massages and treatments all year round.
Hills
Large parks and historic spas between Bologna, Imola, Faenza and Forlì.
Terme di Riolo
Riolo Terme · three waters and spring muds
On the hills between Imola and Faenza, opened in 1877 in a century-old park with two hotels. Three waters (Breta, Margherita and Vittoria) and spring muds; the centre specialises in treating the airways and ears of children.
Terme di Castrocaro
Castrocaro Terme · salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters
On the hills of Forlì, a rationalist-style complex that has offered cures since 1938, with the Grand Hotel, the Art Nouveau Padiglione delle Feste and a health clinic. Its salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters are called the "green waters of Castrocaro". Open all year.
Terme di Castel San Pietro
Castel San Pietro Terme · salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters
Half an hour from Bologna, in a park: the spa was born in 1870 and rebuilt in 1955, but its waters were known as early as 1337. Salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters for inhalations (children too), muds, rehabilitation and a thermal pool.
Terme dell'Agriturismo - Villaggio della Salute Più
Monterenzio · sulphate-calcium water
On the hills of Monterenzio, about forty kilometres from Bologna: a wood and glass spa with a thermal pool at 34 degrees, open all year, a farm stay and, in summer, a water park with 20 pools on the lawns.
By the sea
Spas a few steps from the beach, to combine with a seaside holiday.
Terme di Cervia
Cervia · mother water of the salt pans
In the pine forest near the salt pans: here the cures use the Acqua Madre, a salt-bromine-iodine water taken from the salt pans, and the black mud of the salt pans themselves. Thermal pools and balneotherapy.
Terme del Mare
Cervia · salt-bromine-iodine waters
On the seafront of Cervia, on the ground floor of the historic Dante summer camp: two thermal pools for water rehabilitation and balneotherapy, an inhalation unit and massages, a few steps from the beach. It works with the Italian national health service.
Terme di Punta Marina
Punta Marina Terme · salt-bromine-iodine waters
Right on the sea, ten minutes from Ravenna: two thermal pools with salt-bromine-iodine water at 33 degrees, a spa and a private beach for the spa's guests. You can bathe all year round.
Riminiterme
Rimini · seawater
On the beach of Miramare, open all year: it is the only thermal centre in Emilia-Romagna that treats with seawater. Five seawater pools, inhalations, a vascular circuit, a spa and the largest private beach on the Rimini coast.
Riccione Terme
Riccione · salt-bromine-iodine and sulphur waters
A few steps from the beach, among the pine trees and open all year: the waters come from the Fonti del Beato Alessio inland, a rare sulphur, salt-bromine-iodine and magnesium mix. Cures with doctors and the Oasi Spa wellness centre.
Bologna
Two thermal centres in the city, also reachable by bus.
Terme Felsinee
Bologna · bicarbonate-sulphate-calcium and sulphur waters
A few minutes by car from the centre of Bologna, opened in 1992 and renewed in 2012: water from the Alexander and San Luca springs for inhalations, rehabilitation and pool baths, plus water classes and a gym. Open all year.
Terme San Luca
Bologna · bicarbonate-sulphate-calcium water
On the western edge of Bologna, easy by public transport: a thermal pool and a wellness pool with water from the Alexander 2 spring, sauna, salt hammam, Kneipp path, two gyms and water classes. Open all year.
Before you go
Cures or wellness
Spas offer two different things: thermal cures (muds, inhalations, baths) with a doctor, and entry to pools and spa for a day of relaxation. For the second, booking is enough.
If you live in Italy
Many spas work with the Italian national health service: with a doctor's prescription one course of cures a year costs only the ticket. Ask the spa whether yours does.
Swimsuit, cap, flip-flops
In many thermal pools a swimming cap is required and you need flip-flops; a bathrobe can often be rented on site. The spa's website tells you what to bring.
Hours and prices
They change with the season and the day of the week: check them on each spa's website before you leave, we do not write them here on purpose.
The Notte Celeste
Once a year, in summer, the spas of Emilia-Romagna open their doors until late at night: treatments, pool entries, concerts, excursions and markets in the spa towns. The dates of each edition are on the festival's website.
List checked on 17 October 2026 against the pages of the Emilia-Romagna Region's tourist site. The Terme della Fratta, the Terme di Brisighella and the Grand Hotel Terme Roseo are not here: the Region lists them as closed.
To the spa without driving
From the airport or your hotel to the spa and back: Romagna Transfer takes you with a driver.