Once you've reached Salsomaggiore Terme, just an hour from Parma and a 20-minute drive from Fidenza, you will be in sight of one of Italy's most famous spa facilities.
The name of this resort town in Emilia has always alluded to the thermal waters that flow there. These waters were renowned as early as Roman times and since 1839 have been consistently used in body and wellness treatments.
At the heart of all the treatments is the salsobromoiodic water, with its distinctive rust-coloured hue, which exerts its beneficial effects in the treatment of a wide range of conditions.
To make the most of the wellness that they bring, the Terme di Salsomaggiore uses as many as four different types of thermal water. In addition to the sodium chloride, bromide and iodide-rich, hypertonic water, this facility makes its own exclusive Acqua Madre [mother water], Acqua Madre Decalcificata [decalcified mother water] and Acqua Salsobromoiodica Deferrizzata [sodium chloride, bromide and iodide-rich, de-ironed water], which are obtained using a concentration process that is carried out on the sodium chloride, bromide and iodide-rich water itself.
When used in thermal water treatments, such as inhalations, mud therapy, rehabilitation and balneotherapy, these waters can provide countless health benefits. They can help boost immune defences (owing to their anti-inflammatory and disinfectant properties) and can regenerate the body by encouraging cell renewal, for example.
After a thorough medical check-up, guests at the Zoja facility are directed accordingly towards a specific treatment based on their specific health needs. Those suffering from gynaecological disorders, backache, headaches, vasculopathies or venous insufficiency will find relief in the therapies available at this spa.
