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Saturnia Hot Springs

Warm sulfur water cascading over terraces of white rock into natural pools, free to bathe in day and night.

Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free; paid parking
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Cascate del Mulino, 58014 SaturniaDirections
Getting There
About 2 hours by car south of Siena, in the Maremma.

Why Go

At the Cascate del Mulino, below the village of Saturnia, water at about 99°F pours over a mill weir into a staircase of pale, smooth pools. It's open to all, and quietest at dawn or late evening.

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