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Bormio, Italy — A Modern Incarnation of a Roman Spa

Bormio, Italy — A Modern Incarnation of a Roman Spa

The Romans were quite unlike most ancient peoples — they liked to bathe, preferably in hot water! Wherever they could, they used thermal sources to create what we now call spas! Two thousand years later, the Roman baths in Bormio, Italy, continue to attract visitors anxious to sink their tired bodies into the hot, soothing waters bubbling from the depths of the earth. Nestled in the shadows of the soaring Alps, this minuscule mountain town in the northern Valtellina Valley…

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