Not far from the capital, in the Roman Tuscia, lays an angle of paradise for who loves warm thermal baths, a thermal complex with probable Etruscan origins, named after the Styx, vestibule, hallway to hell. An eighteenth century structure used for the cures and for the SPA frames two small swimming pools surrounded by Etruscan hills and fed with sulfur-iodine hyperthermal (95°F35°C->133°F56°C). The thermae, with the natural steam grotto 'grotta sudatoria', a cave sauna, were considered the necessary step for Roman soldiers coming from Egypt to purify from potential illnesses and 'disinfect' before entering the city. Evidences of tubs in polychrome marbles with statues and little columns might suggest the transformation from a typical Etruscan bath to a Roman thermal bath station, before being handed over noble families that built what is the actual thermal complex nowadays. The springs aren't very generous, but enough to feed a small swimming pool with tepid water (79F26°C->86°F30°C) and a big sink with warm water where it is possible to relax listening to the rustle of wind and trees, the tweeting of birds and the shrill of the cicadas. Perfect for the first spring sun and for who loves thermal cures in an exclusive environment.
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