Bagni di San Filippo

Today was supposed to be severe thunderstorms all day…but we woke up to sunny skies (though clouds around in the distance) and the forecast changed to severe thunderstorms tomorrow. So then it was like okay, now what are we going to do today? I had planned to go to Bagni di San Filippo hot springs this morning and then I looked and found a hike that sounded nice for this afternoon so off we went.

While driving to the hot springs we kept going straight towards a big black cloud, but luckily by the time we got there it sprinkled on us for a minute and then was sunny and nice. The hot springs were a short walk through the forest from where we parked and we came upon some warm-ish pools first and I was like these are definitely not hot enough for me to get in as it was not very warm outside yet. But then we got to the white whale, where most people go to soak, and the hot springs come out the top and it was lovely. There was some structure set up awhile ago, but then everything gets covered in sediment. We first sat in these pools up on the side of the mound, but they were pretty hot and I couldn’t stay in that long. We moved to a larger one down the side a bit and that was much better, but still pretty hot! We stayed as long as I could manage and then by the time we got dressed and back to the car it was lunchtime and we had our sandwiches before heading on to our next adventure.

When we got here there weren’t that many people around, but by the time we left it was getting crowded and more and more people coming. I was glad we got there early-ish! It was really nice and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would! The whole multiple levels of pools to soak in with different temps was really nice. I was like we should have come down here before now! It was wonderful.Read more