What is Bagno di Romagna known for?

Sulphurous waters surfacing at 47 degrees, used continuously since the Roman period and still feeding two operating complexes in the centro storico. Half the municipality falls inside the national park, the largest old-growth beech and silver-fir forest in central Europe. The town was Tuscan until 1923, when Mussolini redrew the provincial line to put the source of the Tiber inside his native Forlì.

Where is Bagno di Romagna?

Bagno di Romagna is a comune in the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, about 67 kilometers from Forlì.

Emilia-Romagna · Forlì-Cesena

Bagno di Romagna

A 491-meter thermal town at the head of the Savio valley, drawing on springs that have run at 47 degrees since Roman times.

67 km / 42 mi

Nearest hub (Forlì)

5,592

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Why come

Bagno di Romagna sitsat the head of the Savio valley, on the Apennine ridge that separates Romagna from Tuscany. The town belonged to Tuscany until 1923, when Mussolini moved the provincial border so the source of the Tiber would fall inside his native Forlì. Its name comes from the thermal springs that surface at 47 degrees, rich in sodium-carbonate-sulphur, used by the Romans and continuously since. Two thermal complexes still operate in the centro storico. The municipality reaches into the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, the largest old-growth beech and silver-fir forest in central Europe, where the Ridracoli reservoir holds the drinking water for most of Romagna. San Piero in Bagno, the larger frazione four kilometers down the road, was made the administrative seat by royal decree in 1865 while the older Bagno kept the name and the springs. The town carries Borghi più belli, Bandiera Arancione, and Parco Nazionale recognition.

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Known for

Terme di Sant'Agnese
Sulphurous thermal complex in the centro storico, drawing on springs that surface at 47 degrees and have been in continuous use since Roman times.
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Twelfth-century church with a fifteenth-century Della Robbia terracotta and a wooden crucifix attributed to the school of Brunelleschi.
Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi
Old-growth beech and silver-fir forest spanning the Apennine ridge, the largest continuous protected forest in central Europe.
Diga di Ridracoli
Reservoir within the national park, completed in 1982, providing drinking water to most of Romagna and accessible by trail and boat.
Palazzo del Capitano
Fifteenth-century civic palace built when the town was a Florentine outpost, with the Medici coat of arms still on the façade.

When to visit

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Bagno di Romagna runs all twelve months because the thermal water does. June through August brings hiking weather in the Foreste Casentinesi and crowds at Ridracoli; July and August can touch thirty-two degrees in the centro storico, though the valley cools sharply after sunset. September and October bring the chestnut and porcini season, and the forest changes colour into November. Winter is quiet outside the spa hotels, which keep full programs and steady occupancy. The Sant'Agnese feast in late January, the patron's day, marks the calendar locals follow. Mid-week stays from November to March are when the terme have space and the town keeps its slower rhythm.