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Hotels in Abano Terme, Italy
This “hot” tourist spot’s primary economic base derives from its
thermal
springs and mud bath remedies and pleasures.
The first documented
details of
the spas were provided by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths ( Gleaming
Goths), as opposed to Visigoths, in the 5th century A.D. Cognoscenti
are
aware that the waters average 80 degrees centigrade.
Attractions in Abano Terme:
- Hot mud baths
- Cathedral of San Lorenzo-sections date to circa 971 A.D.
- Gigantic sundial
- Treks in the rugged Euganean Hills
- Nearby community of Padova-for the Basilica of Saint Antony and the
University of Padova where Galileo was an instructor
- Summer ballet festival
- Scrovegni’s Chapel-in nearby Padua, built in 14th century and contains
a
painting of the “Last Judgment”
- Golf
- Horse stables
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