Caramarico Terme

In the heart of Maiella National Park, Caramanico Terme extends among the valleys of Orta river and of its affluent Orfento, which gives the name to the Wildlife Reserve, where the territory of the small town is located. Since 1500, the place has been loved by mystics and hermits, attracted and fascinated by the solitude and the quietness reigning among the rocks and canyons of these charming places.
The thermal baths of Caramanico are considered the symbol of Abruzzo thermal tradition.
In this spot you may find the best Abruzzo Hotels equipped with wellness center.
The thermal waters used by the wellbeing centers in Abruzzo spring from three main active sources: Salute and Gisella, with a high percentage of hydrogen sulphide, which spring in the town of S.Croce and reach the thermal center through an efficient canal system.
The third source is named Pisciarello, typified by waters with a low mineral content and high diuretic properties. These special waters are used for the cure of the pancreatic diabetes and the rhynogenous deafness. Generally, in these Abruzzo wellbeing centers you may benefit from thermal baths, Turkish baths, inhalation cures, dietology, fangotherapy, physiotherapy, water massage, water therapy, lymphatic drainage, massotherapy, water journey for vascular gym, plantar reflexology and many other wellness treatments.
The main therapeutic indications pertain the following pathologies: breathing apparatus, osteoarticular, urogynecological and of the skin.
Overweight problems, beauty flaws and stress are also included in the therapeutic treatments.

Raiano Thermal baths 

Located on the hilltop of Abruzzo, only a few km far from Sulmona, homeland of the poet Ovidio, Raiano is located in a natural and historical context of big interest. The thermal centers of this Abruzzo area are surrounded by Maiella National Park and are located near Sulmona, city of art famous for its noble palaces. The waters of this Abruzzo thermal center spring from a very old source, well known since Roman Empire times and named "la Solfa".
These waters have low mineral, ionic sulphuric and bicarbonate-sulphate-calcic contents.
The chemical composition and in particular the presence of the sulphate ion allow the mineral waters of the source to carry out a detoxicating, purifying and diuretic action.
The use of these waters is recommended for the locomotor and breathing apparatus diseases and for the skin affections.

Popoli Thermal baths

Also Popoli thermal sources have been discovered and appreciated since the Middle Ages.
Among the many sources of the area, the most important ones are located in De Contra, from which spring waters with a high sulphydric content.
The treatments performed by the hotels with wellness center of this Abruzzo area are the following: balneotherapy, hydroponic and inhalation cures, mud-baths, hydrokinesis therapy, watermassages, insufflations, irrigations, vascular journeys, massotherapy, physiotherapy and thermal rehabilitation. The indications are for the locomotor and breathing apparatus diseases, skin,  otorhinolaryngological, vascular and gastroenteric pathologies.

Canistro Thermal baths

Some hotels with wellness center of Abruzzo are located in the thermal locality of Canistro.
The water used is with a low mineral content, cold and rich in calcium, chlorine and magnesium. Santa Croce source gushes out directly from the rock, from different springs in Cotardo, at a  height of 750 meters. That water is used also for hydroponic cures. It is efficacious especially for the cure of following diseases: liver and metabolic disturbances, digestive and urological apparatus pathologies.