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Island of Elba in Tuscany - Healthy Mud

The Romans who ruled the Island of Elba after the Ligurians and the Etruscans were the first to discover the beneficial and healthy effects of hydrotherapy.

In fact, in ancient times, a sign of Romanization was the presence of public baths in which at different hours men and women could benefit from a bath and sauna. Portoferraio, or Fabricia as the Romans called it, became great especially during Augustus’s time when the powerful families chose to build their villas here. The imperial family and the court came here to rest and here also were confined the persons that the Emperor did not like.

The remains of huge villas, among which still lingers the legend of Princess Alba’s love story, are today visible on the promontory of the Grotte and at the Linguella, the far point of the Medicean port with its octagonal tower del Martello, the ancient prisons.
The Spa of San Giovanni, one of the most important thalassotherapy centers of the western Mediterranean area, is situated at about 1 kilometer from the gulf in front of the blue sea, home of herons and seagulls, and has a 5 hectar thermal basin surrounded by a beautiful park of eucalyptuses.

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