Terme Ficoncella — Attraction in Civitavecchia

On the hills overlooking Civitavecchia an ancient spring of hot sulphur water. This thermal spring lays 4km off Civitavecchia and owes its name to a still existing wild fig tree. Next to this source the Etruscans built the town of Aquae Tauri: nowadays that village is lost.

The structure offers five large pools and showers of sulphur water, particularly recommended for cicatrisation, dermatitis, arthritis and gastric conditions, as well as for inhalation and mud-bathing. Other facilities available to visitors are a dressing room and a small coffee shop, and all is provided at a very cheap price. Pools are a bit "rural" but definitely clean, they are constantly emptied and cleaned up.

A very enjoyable experience, defintely recommended, but:

-Towels, bathrobes and scuffs are not available from the staff, so remember to bring your own! -Do not think to go there if it's raining, the entire structure is in the open air. -The staff is absolutely local, and indeed the therms are mostly used by the people of Civitavecchia, so do not expect they to speak English that much. -it is not exactly very well connected from the port. If you want to get there, I suggest you to give a look to our community maintained, volunteer website filled with plenty of useful transport information (Check our G+ profile as any link added to this review would be considered advertising)

Admission is €1.50 + the parking ticket if you want to park inside. Be advised that towels and any other bathing appliances are...

Full of old, old men showing way more than needed to be seen. It was really uncomfortable as they could not stop staring.

The water was unbelievably hot. We paid (€9) €3 each to get in, and though it's a short distance drive €30 to get there, we tried to make the best of it. Opening times are quite late. The sunset was amazing.

The water is said to be good for the skin. But it's like cooking yourself. I imagine winter being a better time. However we siezed the moment.

It's full of locals. 1 or 2 families with kids, but predominantly an old man hang out spot.

Overall, it is a nice spot. However, it seems to attract significantly older larger men. We just couldn't enjoy it due to the looks we were getting. Very...

We got there from the cruise terminal. We took a local bus that dropped us of about 30 minute walk through the quiet road. It is full of locals. Most reviews are correct. Mostly older men. The facilities are pretty basic. As a tourist you will pay a bit more, which is fair. There is some vending machines and you will get flip flops to walk around. Water supposed to have some healing properties. Not sure about it, but definitely was hot and full of floating particles (just do not overthink it and take a plunge). We spent over an hour and took a TukTuk back (as somebody booked one). Tbh. We could have walked back too, as there was not much to do in...