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Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort A medical spa where the water of wellness runs freely
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ocated on the site of a thermal spring that dates back to the Etruscan era, southern Tuscany’s Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort is one of Italy’s pre-eminent soft-medical spas. Sandro Baronti The property focuses on improving guests’ wellbeing through hydrotherapy, fitness, beauty, stress management and nutrition. Its main inspiration is the site’s pure spring water, enriched with mineral salts, hydrogen sulphate and carbon dioxide, which provides numerous health benefits, in particular aiding skin or respiratory conditions. Along with a striking Roman bath lined with Italian travertine stone, a Turkish bath, a bio-sauna and a steam room, its four hot-water swimming pools house a variety of hydrotherapy facilities. The spa has 53 treatment rooms and its numerous thermal therapies capitalise on the beneficial properties of the mineral spring water, such as mud and inhalation therapy.
On the medical front, specialist assessments are available courtesy of a team of in-house doctors, who use the latest techniques and technology as part of several programmes for personalised and effective rejuvenation. “Our state-of-the-art spa focuses on improving guests’ wellbeing through a variety of methods, including hydrotherapy, beauty, stress management, holistic treatments, authentic thermal cures, nutrition and aesthetic medicine,”
says Sandro Baronti, director of spa and soft medical operations. “All treatments incorporate our own skincare range, based on the plankton and minerals that are harvested from the thermal springs.” www.termedisaturnia.it
FAST FACTS Size: 3,000sqm Spa team: 52 Treatment rooms: 53 Key suppliers: Terme di Saturnia Skincare, Sirpea, Intraceuticals, Technogym Annual guests: 8,000+
Acquaforte Spa, Forte Village World-renowned thalassotherapy and performance enhancement
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et over 116 acres of stunning coastline on the island of Sardinia, Forte Village offers five five-star and three four-star hotels, along with eight luxury villas, 21 restaurants, 11 bars and a selection of Alina Tokarets outdoor pools. At its heart is Acquaforte Spa, which draws on expertise in six areas: Forte Lab offers diagnostic capabilities as well as thalasso-laser treatments; a department of aesthetic medicine provides traditional beauty treatments; the spa’s massage and physiotherapy knowledge base includes Ayurvedic practices and principles; while the nutritional needs of guests are catered for by the hospitality team. In addition, there is a high-tech Performance Center that offers personalised resistance body training. Finally, the spa’s world-leading thalassotherapy facilities, the product of a collaboration with the Italian School of Thalassotherapy over 25 years ago, provide
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a unique six-pool circuit that reflects the island’s ancient hydrotherapy heritage. They offer varying concentrations of magnesium and sodium, as well as aloe, which work to purify and relax the body. “As a centre of excellence, some of the world’s top specialists visit Acquaforte to run their treatment programmes in fields such as sports medicine, aesthetic and dietary medicine,
Ayurvedic massage, yoga and transcendental meditation,” says spa director Alina Tokarets. www.fortevillageresort.com
FAST FACTS Size: 7,000sqm, plus 300sqm private spa Spa team: 56 Treatment rooms: 26, plus four in the new centre of cosmetic medicine Key suppliers: Sisley Paris, Acquaforte (own cosmetic line), Technogym Annual guests: Around 20,000
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