Fiuggi

Fiuggi is a thermal resort known since the 12th century; many illustrious people took its water including Pope Boniface VIII, the artist Michaelangel, Pope Pius X, the politician Giolitti and the philosopher Benedetto Croce.

It is a little medieval town in the heart of Ciociaira, a land with ancient rural traditions that has succeding in keeping alive its rhythms, its culture and its nature.

Today Fiuggi is one of the most important spas in Europe.
Next to Rome, it is the best equipped town in Latium as far as tourist and hotel facilities are concerned.

But the town’s atmosphere bears no resemblance to an over crowded holiday resort.

The name Fiuggi probably comes from the ferns – “fiugy” in dialect – that grew in the surrounding woods, or according to some theories, from the Italian word “fugge” which meaning “flees” because the water escapes so italian shows of the period were staged in its theatre during the summer.

Fiuggi’s thermal complex consists of two hydrothermal springs: the Boniface VIII and the Anticolana.

The Boniface VIII spring was built at the beginning of the 20th century in an elegant liberty style.
The Anticolana spring, named also the “new spring”, was opened in the 1920s, is more frequented in the afternoon.