Terme di Levico

What to expect

Levico Terme is a lake and spa town in the Valsugana, the valley that runs east from Trento toward Venice. The Terme di Levico occupy the Palazzo delle Terme on Viale Vittorio Emanuele, in the town centre, near the Parco delle Terme. It is a medical spa in the old Central European style: you come for a course of treatments, see a doctor, and book baths, mud packs and inhalations by the session.

If you came here from a hot spring search, reset your expectations. The Levico water is cold. It does not rise from deep, hot rock. It drains out of old mine galleries on Monte Fronte (1,582 m), in the Lagorai range high above the town, and is piped down to the spa. There are two sources. The “Acqua Forte” (strong water) comes from the bottom of the Canopa gallery, the Caverna del Vetriolo. The “Acqua Debole” (weak water) comes from the Caverna dell’Ocra, about 100 m lower. Both are very acidic, rich in iron and sulphates, and carry small amounts of arsenic plus copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt and zinc. The iron gives the water a dark red-orange colour. The operator calls the Acqua Forte unique in Italy and rare in Europe.

There is no soaking pool for day visitors. The gym has a rehabilitation pool used for physiotherapy, and the treatment baths are individual sessions in the spa. The operator does not publish bath temperatures.

Treatments

The operator and the regional tourism sites list:

• Balneotherapy: baths in Levico thermal water. The spa markets them for arthritic and rheumatic conditions and for skin conditions such as seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis.
• Mud therapy (fangoterapia), often combined with baths.
• Inhalations, aerosols and irrigations, including a programme for children’s upper respiratory problems.
• Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in the gym and rehab pool, and a year-round outpatient clinic covering orthopaedics, cardiology, sports medicine, nutrition and physiatry.
• Wellness: massages, face and body treatments, couples’ packages, and set routes such as the “Thermal Experience” and “Nuvola Experience” (dry floating on a Nuvola bed), by booking.

Every thermal cure starts with an admission medical visit, which decides what treatment suits you.

Prices and booking

The regional tourism listing gives thermal treatments at €14.50 to €360 and physiotherapy at €59 to €472, depending on the treatment or package. The operator does not post a public price list, so ask for a quote when you book.

There are two routes in. Private: no prescription, book directly. SSN (national health service): bring a prescription (impegnativa) from your doctor. The operator lists SSN cycles of 12 baths, 12 mud treatments, or 12 of each for arthritic and rheumatic problems, and 12 baths for skin conditions. You pay the standard national contribution unless exempt. This route is mainly for people registered with the Italian health service.

Booking is mandatory for everything. Call +39 0461 706077, email info@termedilevico.it, or use the booking section of the website. The clinic’s number is +39 0461 702330.

Getting there

Levico Terme is 22 km (14 miles) east of Trento.

• By car: take the SS47 Valsugana road from Trento toward Padua and leave at Levico Terme. Padua is about 110 km (68 miles) away.
• By train: Levico Terme station is on the Valsugana railway between Trento and Venice. The spa is in the town centre.

When to go

Cures are seasonal. Visit Trentino lists the 2026 season as running until November 28. For 2027 it gives the thermal area as April 17 to November 27, and the wellness area and medical clinics as April 17 to December 31. Indicative hours for cures are about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. on weekdays, with shorter hours on Saturdays, but check with the spa.

Summer is the town’s high season, with Lake Levico busy with swimmers. May, June and September are calmer and still warm enough for the lake and the park.

History

People mined green vitriol (iron sulphate) from these waters before anyone used them for health. The first baths were up at Vetriolo. The Società Balneare was founded in 1860 and built the first spa building in town. In 1897 a Berlin company led by Julius Pollacsek took over, built a new establishment (the Grand Hotel Imperial) and a road to Vetriolo, and had the Parco delle Terme laid out; the park opened in 1905. An Allied air raid on March 15, 1945 destroyed the old spa building. The Province of Trento took over the complex in 1972.

The sister spa at Vetriolo, at about 1,500 m on Monte Panarotta, is often called the highest in Europe. It reopened in 1999 but has been closed for years since. In summer 2026 the company offered guided visits of the building and presented a restoration plan, and the Province said it would tender the management of both sites. Do not plan a visit there yet.

Where to stay nearby

Hotel Regina, which calls itself Levico’s first medical hotel, works with the spa on supervised rehabilitation programmes (+39 0461 707713). The town has many other hotels and apartments around the lake and the park, and Trento is close enough for a day trip.

Safety notes

• This is medical treatment. The water contains arsenic and is very acidic. Use it only as the spa prescribes, and do not drink it from any source unless staff tell you to.
• Tell the doctor about pregnancy, heart conditions and any medicines at the admission visit.
• Children’s cures are offered, but only after a medical visit.

Nearby stops worth adding

Terme di Comano, west of Trento, runs on a lukewarm 81°F27°C mineral water and is known for skin cures. Terme di Rabbi and Terme di Pejo use cold, fizzy iron springs in the Stelvio valleys. QC Spa Dolomiti in Val di Fassa heats a cold spring for its pools. In the Valsugana itself, Arte Sella and Castel Pergine are popular half-day trips.