Top 10 Best Things To Do in Montecatini Terme, Italy
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Funicolare di Montecatini Terme
Montecatini Alto
Piazza Giuseppe Giusti
Parco delle Terme di Montecatini
Grotta Maona
Basilica Santa Maria Assunta
Stazione di Montecatini Terme-Monsummano
Discover Lucca with Elena
Mo.C.A. Montecatini Contemporary Art
Parrocchia S. Pietro Apostolo
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Montecatini Terme is famous for its thermal waters and can be considered one of the biggest “spa towns” in Italy. At the turn of the 20th century, the amount of hotels started growing and so did the need to combine the thermal bathing with fun, relax and sport. A host of trendy restaurants, theatres, night clubs opened, as well as a casino, and a lot of celebrities began to visit the city. In fact, it was easy to meet people like Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Trilussa, Beniamino Gigli and Luigi Pirandello in the city centre and in the thermal parks.
Thermal waters are the treasure of Montecatini. You can both drink the water of the Terme di Montecatini or do spa treatments - from massages to mud baths, saunas to beauty treatments. There are nine thermal centres immersed in the green of the extensive thermal park. In terms of architecture, the spas of Montecatini are a great example of open-air Art Nouveau that are not-to-be-missed
Viale Verdi is also known as “Vialone dei Bagni”. Along the “Viale” you can see:
The “Palazzina Regia”, a sober building which was the summer residence of the Medici family.
The War Memorial in the Royal Park, opposite to the Town Hall: it is a fine work of Giuseppe Petroni.
The Town Hall is located on the right side of Viale Verdi: it was built between 1913 and 1919, in the place where there were the Grand-Ducal stables, to provide the city with a proper civic representative and appropriate to the size and role the city was taking.
The Padiglione dei Sali (Pavilion of salts) is at the entrance of the Verdi theatre; it was a former kiosk for the sale of salts in the early twentieth century, now home to several businesses.
In Montecatini Terme, fountains are true masterpieces, not only within the spas, but also along the streets and in the main squares.
Fountains welcome tourists, starting from the entrance of the spa town. The most important ones are the Fountain Mazzoni in the square in front of the railway station, the Guidotti Fountain in Piazza del Popolo and the Fountain of Shingu, which surrounds the two spas of Leopoldine and Tettuccio in Piazza Giusti at the end of the long Vialone dei Bagni. There is also the fountain made by Pol Bury, in the upper part of the thermal park.
Montecatini Alto is the village with medieval origins, situated on the top of the hill that dominates Montecatini Terme. It can be reached in 5 minutes by car or in 10 minutes with the funicular railway, which dates back to the end of the 1800s and is still intact and functional.
Here you can visit the church and convent of Santa Maria a Ripa, built in the Romanesque style of the 12th century; the Church of St. Peter the Apostle of the 11th century with its white marble baptismal font; and a series of important and famous frescoes. There is also a church built by the Carmelite Fathers, called the Saints James and Philip (and also known as the Church of the Carmine). Another is the church and convent of Santa Margherita and the chapel in the square, built into the Tavarnelli tower.
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TUSCANY ITALY in 4K - Florence, Pisa, Montecatini Terme
Taking a holiday from our holiday (if you're a veteran digital nomad, you'll understand). Checking out Tuscany region of Italy for a few days, before heading back to the high altitude lakes & rivers of northern Italy for a month until we'll continue floating around southern parts of Europe during the coming winter. I apologize for the poor editing this time around: my 8-core laptop with 16 Gigs of RAM can barely make it through 4k video editing (256 Gigs worth of video clips on a timeline is a lot to ask from any laptop these days). Better editing next time- I promise.
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Montecatini Terme spas & town
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Located in Tuscany, is not a resort: it's the biggest spa-town in Italy. Here tourism is the main activity: every year 200 hotels sell 2 million overnight-stays for travelers who want to see the city amenities and to take short trips to the nearby art-cities: Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Siena... all easily reachable by bus or by train (2 train stations: Montecatini Terme-Monsummano and Montecatini Centro).
The spas, the Golf Club, the funicolar Funicolare, markets, theatres, many restaurants and night clubs make a glad vacation in Montecatini. Concerts, fairs, ballrooms, art exhibitions and festivals attracts the local (21000 inhabitants) and the tourist in a well organized and a pleasant agenda.
After the belle-epoque growth, now the spas offer not only the well-known healing waters but also all the modern relax treatments.
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Montecatini Terme è una località che permette di vivere, in una stessa vacanza esperienze diverse. E' il luogo della tranquillità e del relax grazie ai suoi parchi termali e ai suoi spazi verdi centenari. E' la città dell'arte antica e dell'architettura del passato, ma anche del design moderno, delle costruzioni avveniristiche che si trovano nel suo centro storico.
Il simbolo di Montecatini è rappresentato dal suo parco termale ricco di stabilimenti, tra cui spicca il Tettuccio, la più celebre struttura termale della città per via delle sue nobili architetture. Il Parco vanta delle dimensioni assolutamente enormi: si estende per ben 420mila metri quadrati all'interno del quale ci si può dilettare in terapie benefiche e salutari per la mente e il corpo. Lo stabilimento Tettuccio è uno dei più famosi e le sue doti salutari sono note fin dal lontano 14esimo secolo. La bellezza dell'edificio sta, oltre che nella sua architettura, nella sua posizione: si trova immerso in un parco verde, circondato da pini, tigli, cedri, palme e sequoie. Sopra l'edificio sgorga una fonte la cui acqua viene raccolta in una piscina secondo un mirabile progetto architettonico. Da ammirare anche l'Excelsior, con i suoi richiami che variano dal liberty al rococò passando per il barocco.
Montecatini Alto è una frazione di Montecatini Terme, raggiungibile anche con la funicolare. Si tratta di un borgo antico, con origini antecedenti all'anno 1000. Solo il viaggio in funicolare di per sé merita: questo mezzo di trasporto ha infatti mantenuto le belle sembianze di quando fu realizzato nel 1800, con le carrozze con gli interni in legno. Questo borgo è assolutamente favoloso e una visita è consigliata dato che rappresenta quello che potrebbe essere definito il centro storico di Montecatini Terme, il luogo che raccoglie le memorie del passato e che esprime il legame tra l'antico e il moderno.
Tante sono le attrazioni che vale la pena di visitare: si parte con le costruzioni religiose, assolutamente degne di nota. Tra queste si menziona la Chiesa e il convento di Santa Maria a Ripa, costruzioni in stile romanico del 12esimo secolo; la Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo dell'11esimo secolo con la sua fonte battesimale di marmo bianco e la serie di affreschi importanti e famosi; e la Chiesa realizzata dai Padri Carmelitani chiamata dei Santi Iacopo e Filippo (e conosciuta anche come Chiesa del Carmine). E ancora la Chiesa di Santa Margherita e il convento omonimo (oggi trasformato in una casa di Riposo) e la Cappellina di piazza, realizzata all'interno della torre Tavarnelli. Oltre alle costruzioni religiose è possibile ammirare i resti delle antiche mura che difendevano Montecatini: l'unica parte rimasta in piedi è la porta di Borgo.
Antichi edifici si trovano poi in ogni angolo, come il Palazzo di Giustizia con gli stemmi sulla facciata principale e il Palazzo Podestarile, un tempo residenza del Podestà. Sulla collina si trovano poi la Rocche, tra cui spicca la Rocca del Castello Vecchio (chiamata anche Rocca Tramontana) e la Rocca del Carmine o di Castelnuovo e le torri medievali.
Da non perdere poi l'occasione di esplorare i dintorni di Montecatini Terme: dalle grandi città come Pisa, Siena e Firenze ai piccoli incantevoli borghi, come Pescia e Borgo a Buggiano che vi offrono la possibilità di essere immersi in un'atmosfera medievale indimenticabile con piccoli scorci e strade tipiche o luoghi naturali affascinanti come il Padule di Fucecchio.
Montecatini Terme, a Quick Journey
Un veloce soggiorno in Toscana con Lisa. Siamo arrivati a Pistoia per poi soggiornare a Montecatini Terme e siamo stati un'intera giornata nella piscina di Grotta Giusti. Abbiamo concluso il viaggio con una toccata e fuga a Firenze. Enjoy! :)
A quick journey in Tuscany with Lisa. We arrived in Pistoia and then in Montecatini Terme, where we've been all day long in the thermal pool of Grotta Giusti. So we finished the journey with a touch and go in Florence. Enjoy! :)
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