What is Levico Terme known for?

Vetriolo springs at 1,580 metres carry the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe, used in treatment at Levico since 1870. Fifteen hectares of English-style parkland by Georg Ziehl, the largest historic park in Trentino, hosting the Christmas market each winter. Art Nouveau spa hotel by Stahn opened in June 1900, host of Empress Elisabeth and the architectural anchor of the Parco delle Terme.

Where is Levico Terme?

Levico Terme is a comune in the province of Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy, about 24 kilometers from Trento.

Trentino-South Tyrol · Trento

Levico Terme

A Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 metres, with arsenic-iron thermal waters, an English park and a Blue Flag lake at the edge of the centre.

520m

Elevation

24 km / 15 mi

Nearest hub (Trento)

8,167

Population

All year

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Why come

Levico Terme sits at 520 metres in the Valsugana, twenty kilometres east of Trento, between the Lagorai chain and the high plateaus of Folgaria and Lavarone. The settlement passed under Habsburg jurisdiction in 1779 and was elevated to city rank in 1894 by decree of Franz Joseph I. The thermal waters from the Vetriolo springs at 1,580 metres carry the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe; the first thermal aqueduct in 1870 turned the town into a spa destination of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Grand Hotel Imperial, designed by Stahn and opened in June 1900, hosted Empress Elisabeth and anchors the Parco delle Terme, the largest historic park in Trentino, designed by Nuremberg landscape architect Georg Ziehl across fifteen hectares of English-style grounds. Lake Levico, with a Bandiera Blu for water quality, sits at the southern edge of the centre. The Forte delle Benne, built by the Habsburg army between 1880 and 1882, watches the lake from the hill above.

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Known for

Parco delle Terme
Largest historic park in Trentino at fifteen hectares, designed by Nuremberg landscape architect Georg Ziehl around the Habsburg spa and Grand Hotel Imperial.
Grand Hotel Imperial
Art Nouveau spa hotel designed by Stahn, opened in June 1900 and host of Empress Elisabeth, the architectural centrepiece of the Habsburg park.
Terme di Levico
Spa fed by the Vetriolo springs at 1,580 metres, with the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe and a treatment history dating to 1870.
Lago di Levico
Bandiera Blu lake at the southern edge of the town centre, used for swimming, sailing and windsurfing in summer and ringed by a lakeside walking path.
Forte delle Benne
Austro-Hungarian fortress built 1880-1882 on the hill above Lake Levico, a Vogl-style polygonal fort opened to the public and reached by a 45-minute walk.
Centro storico
Bandiera Arancione historic centre with imperial-era villas, the parish church of Santissimo Redentore, and the streets that grew around the nineteenth-century spa.

When to visit

Best months · All year

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Hot or crowded
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Mostly closed

Levico runs year-round: the thermal cures operate from spring through autumn, the Christmas market fills the Habsburg park through December, and the spa hotels stay open through the cold months. May through October is the lake season, with the Bandiera Blu waters warm enough for swimming from mid-June and the sailing and windsurfing clubs open. June through August can hit thirty degrees in the valley floor; the park and the lakeside hold the heat better than the centro storico in the afternoon. April and September are the quietest months for crowd-free walks in the imperial park, with the trees at their fullest in spring and their warmest colours in autumn.