Antiche Terme Fiola

Where it is

The Antiche Terme Fiola (the “old Fiola baths”) are at Via Ombrasco 19, in the Piazza Bagni area, the upper and oldest part of spa town Casamicciola. The street is named after the Ombrasco hill, at whose foot many of the springs that made the town famous rise. Within a few hundred metres there is a concentration of springs, spa establishments and spa hotels that tell more than two centuries of the island's history of well-being.

The waters of the Ombrasco and the Gurgitello

The establishment belongs to the Gurgitello hydrothermal basin, which extends along the eastern side of Piazza Bagni, at the foot of the Ombrasco hill, about thirty metres above sea level. Besides the Gurgitello, the basin includes the Ombrasco spring and the Oro, Argento and Ferro springs (Gold, Silver and Iron). Historical sources describe these waters as hot and saline-bicarbonate-alkaline, used for baths and mud treatments for joint and rheumatic pain and for rehabilitation after injuries and fractures.

The tourist portal ischia.it presents the Terme Fiola as one of the oldest establishments on the island, fed by natural springs of the Gurgitello basin, known since Roman times, with hyperthermal, alkaline waters used in particular for rheumatism, arthritis and the after-effects of fractures.

A piece of spa town Casamicciola

Between the 18th and 19th centuries the Piazza Bagni area became the destination of doctors, nobles and travellers who came to Ischia for treatment. Alongside the large Bourbon establishment of the Antiche Terme Belliazzi, built over the Gurgitello spring and completed in 1854, other family-run establishments sprang up, often combined with a hotel: a model that the Terme Fiola, now part of a hotel with a thermal department and wellness centre, continue to represent.

Practical information

Services, opening periods and access to treatments for those not staying at the hotel should be checked directly with the establishment before your visit.

How to get there

Via Ombrasco can be reached from Piazza Bagni, which in turn lies uphill from the Marina di Casamicciola, heading inland.

What to see nearby

• The Antiche Terme Belliazzi, over the historic Gurgitello spring.
• Piazza Bagni, the centre of spa town Casamicciola.
• The Oro, Argento and Ferro springs, in the Ombrasco area.