Terme
Terme in Trentino-South Tyrol
3 towns
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol holds 3 Terme sites inside our catalogue. They cluster in the Trento and Bolzano/Bozen provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Levico Terme, Trento, and Meran.
Levico Terme
Province: Trento · 520 m
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.
Trento
Province: Trento · 194 m
The Alpine capital on the Adige at 194 metres, where the Council that reshaped the Catholic Church met in a castle still standing above the city.
Meran
Province: Bolzano · 324 m
A Habsburg spa city at 324 metres on the Passer river, palm-lined promenades below 3,000-metre peaks and the gardens where Empress Sissi spent her winters.
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