Abano Terme, Italy
Renovated
2014
Price
$$$
Rated for
Wellness Luxe ResortOutside the door
The house
GB HotelsThermal spring bathhouse
This is an old-school thermal bathhouse built on a grand scale, where guests take medicinal water cures between multi-course dinners.
What it’s good at
Remarkable
Hyperthermal springs emerge at eighty-six degrees to feed three parkland pools and matured mud wraps.
Notable
Staff guide guests through thermal cure itineraries, with formal tableside service at dinner.
Listed
A twenty-thousand-square-meter private park contains thermal pools, sun loungers, and poolside barbecue dining.
What they say
Michelin Selected
Michelin
The surrounding parkland sets a stately mood, as does the hotel’s fairly majestic wedding-cake facade, and while the exterior is all 20th century, the interiors take on a Baroque aspect.
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
In the thermal spa town of Abano Terme, set beside private parkland near the Euganean Hills.
The rooms
Rooms are decorated in Venetian Baroque style, with parquet floors, antique furnishings, and marble bathrooms.
The thermal pools
Bring a swimsuit.
Three interconnected thermal pools flow between parkland gardens and draped indoor halls, fitted with hydromassage beds and underwater jets.
The spa
Treatment suites use local volcanic mud for therapeutic wraps. A glass-roofed atrium and a Venetian sauna circuit sit steps away.
The gym
The ground-floor gym faces the park, stocked with Technogym weight stations and Kinesis apparatus against classical wallpaper.
At the table
Veneto cuisine is served beneath Murano chandeliers or out on garden terraces, and the James Bond Bar shakes classic martinis.
How it began
Founder Aldo Borile pioneered the extraction pumps that cool local thermal springs before building this family flagship in 1998.
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Our shorthand
How we rate hotels.
The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.