Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Natural Monuments

Acquarossa Thermal Springs

Natural Monuments

Acquarossa Thermal Springs

Highlight • Natural Monument

Acquarossa Thermal Springs

Recommended by 25 hikers out of 28

Save

Location: Acquarossa, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Acquarossa Thermal Springs

5.0

(3)

hikers

1. From Ludiano to Acquarossa – loop tour

12.4km

03:49

420m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

4.0

(1)

hikers

2. Church of San Secondo, Ludiano – Trail Along the Brenno River loop from Malvaglia

13.9km

03:56

280m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

hikers

3. Church of San Secondo, Ludiano – Castle of Serravalle Ruins loop from Acquarossa

14.2km

03:56

240m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

Martina | spintheworld_marti

January 22, 2024

The town is of Etruscan origin and dates back to the mid-7th century BC. The current name derives from the nearby iron-rich water source.

Translated by Google •

Teufelchen New

July 2, 2021

Acquarossa ("red water") in the middle Blenio Valley takes its name from the local springs containing salt, iron, arsenic and lithium carbonate, which have a constant temperature of 25 to 26 degrees Celsius and flow out of the mountainside at 2500 liters per minute. The bathing and drinking water from the spring, as well as the red mud (fango) obtained from it, are said to have medicinal healing powers. The first mention of the place name Aquam rubeam comes from 1446. In the 18th century there was a small bath that was built in 1786 on the foundations of an earlier building, the Palazzo Malingamba.
A park, several restaurants, a post office with telephone and telegraph as well as a carriage service and, from 1911, a rail connection to the Biasca-Acquarossa railway (today the new bus station) near Comprovasco were available. Initially almost unknown in the north of the Alps, the spa was visited primarily from Ticino and Italy until the outbreak of the First World War.

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 540 m

Weather

Wednesday 29 October

5°C

4°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 1.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Acquarossa, Blenio, Ticino, Switzerland

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Capanna Bovarina

Matro Summit and Telecommunications Tower

Church of Sant'Ambrogio, Dangio

Maiensäss Stabbio

Church of St. Nazzaro and Celso

Dagro Mountain Village

Piede del Sasso Village

Sassengo Waterfall

Grotto Milani Ludiano

Suspension Bridge to Negrentino Church

Trail Along the Brenno River

Alpe di Quarnei

Acquarossa Thermal Springs

1. From Ludiano to Acquarossa – loop tour

2. Church of San Secondo, Ludiano – Trail Along the Brenno River loop from Malvaglia

3. Church of San Secondo, Ludiano – Castle of Serravalle Ruins loop from Acquarossa

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️