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Terme Preistoriche is located in Abano Terme in the Province of Padua in the Veneto, within the Euganean Hills Thermal District—one of Europe's most significant thermal spa zones—where sulphated mineral waters heated by geothermal forces beneath the Euganean Hills volcanic complex flow through fango thermal mud that has been used since prehistoric times, giving this establishment its distinctive 'prehistoric' name. The sulphated mineral composition of Abano's thermal waters and the volcanic mud fango are part of a long thermal tradition in Italian and European balneological culture, with the Euganean Hills thermal district classified as one of Italy's primary thermal regions. The Euganean Hills—a group of ancient volcanic cones rising from the Venetian plain between Padua and the Adriatic, celebrated in Italian poetry from Petrarch to Shelley—frame Terme Preistoriche within a landscape of extraordinary literary and geological significance in the Veneto's rich cultural heritage.
Insider tip — Terme Preistoriche is one of the oldest establishments in Abano Terme, the Euganean Hills spa town whose thermal tradition predates even Roman settlement, with Bronze Age artifacts found near the springs. The naturally heated waters descend from the Berici Hills and are stored in outdoor mud-maturation pools before application in the renowned fango treatments that made the Euganean Hills famous across Europe. At 41°C the spring feeds both indoor and outdoor pools, with the latter offering views of the vine-covered Euganean Hills. The historic centre of Padua with Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel is only 12 km east.
