Cascate del Mulino, Saturnia, Tuscany, Italy
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Steaming hot spring water comes out of the ground at 37.5 C and cascades over a series of
small waterfalls into dozens of pools on consecutive levels.
Niagara Falls it ain't, but the cascading thermal springs at Saturnia are a lot of fun. Soak in the natural sulfurous mineral water and just maybe cure ailments from rheumatism to muscle ache. A photo says a thousand words. In fact, all you need to do is look at the Cascate del Mulino and you’re immediately itching with desire to be there… or at least I am.
Hidden in a corner of Southern Tuscany that’s off most tourists’ radars, these waterfalls are located just outside the town of Saturnia in the Maremma. For me, the Maremma perfectly encapsulates the unpretentious beauty and positively enviable landscape of the Tuscan countryside, where fields of chestnuts and oaks stretch to the sea and quaint hilltop towns infuse centuries old traditions and cultures into their laid-back lifestyle.
The Cascate del Mulino has become one the of the symbols of this region. These waterfalls flows onto the traventine rock below, which over the centuries have been carved into tiny pools that are filled by smaller waterfalls flowing from one pool to another and out into the lush vegetation that surrounds them. More...http://www.cascate-del-mulino.info/
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