Italic Thermae. Sabina. Acque albule.

Ancient Romans, wherever they went, built roads, works to ease communication, aqueducts and thermae. This is well known to everybody, what is somehow more misterious and undiscovered are the traditions of the Italic peoples living in the peninsula well before the Urbe was condita. Starting from the beginning, myth, history and legend track back to the kidnapping of Sabine Women the very first units of Roman families.
Sabine women were the first mothers. Well, no matter the century or the millenium, mothers in Italy are Mothers. Now, how did the mothers of Romans used to live? And how about the secret of their beauty? 

The few documents, archeological finds, and the not enormous number of historical researches on the subject draw a pale picture of Sabine's everyday life and the enormous assonances with the most advanced urbanistic theories of the Third Millenium are astonishing.

Most probably they used to live in small well-off residential suburbs, in close contact with nature, not overcrowding cities and the urban areas ramified on the territory. They produced olive oil, wine, food and everything could be useful to everyday life. During hot summer months, or during Vacunalia, the rituals dedicated to the goddess of fertility and of the Earth, they went for some refreshment and purification to the thermae.
Presumably, considering that the temperature of Sabine thermal waters is fresh, during summertime thermae were also a meeting point for the families located in the various Sabine cities, even though there was almost a thermal spring close to each urban area.

Perhaps Romans learned in their childhood the benefits of thermal waters and attempted to recreate that feeling of familiarity wherever they went. The healthy habit of Italic peoples, of Romans, of popes and more in general of Italians evolved over the centuries and  ancient gestures are now repeated and updated with the latest relaxing and wellness techniques.

Let's start this tour of the Sabine thermae from the most famous, within the Sabina Tiburtina area, the Acque Albule, literally 'whitish waters', sulphureous hypo-thermal with constant temperature between 23° and 26° Celsius and important curative features. The centre is  composed of a Spa, four swimming pools with springboards for the bravests, gym, beauty farm, medical centre, and a modern four stars hotel with several packages and a variety of offers, perfects also for contemporary Romans and for those who love joining wellbeing with a cultural tour, for instance to the adjacent Villa Adriana or to the other UNESCO's monuments in Tivoli area.

During summertime, and in prefestive days, party animals and nighthowls will find their fun, too, especially in the area of the Via Maremmana and Tiburtina or in the small pools surrounding the thermal centre.

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