| Salice Terme | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Oltrepò Pavese | |
| Altitude | 180 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 2.000 (2013 estimate) | |
| Name inhabitants | Salicesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0383 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 27052 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Salice Terme is a spa town in the Lombardy.
To know
The ever-increasing importance of its thermal baths has determined the addition of the name of the locality to the official name of the Municipality of Godiasco, of which it was only a fraction, making it become Godiasco Salice Terme. It is part of the Authentic Villages of Italy.
Geographical notes
In theOltrepò Pavese, on the left bank of the Staffora, is 10 km from Voghera, 39 from Pavia, 16 from Tortona, 45 from Alexandria.
When to go
The Baths operate from February to the end of the year. The best season for those who also want to find a good climate is from spring to autumn; in fact, the summer is not sultry as in the rest of the Po Valley, since Salice enjoys the immediate proximity of the hills, on which its more recent districts develop, and an ever-windy climate, favored by the great wealth of greenery.
Background
The life of the locality was always linked to the nearby centers of Voghera, Rivanazzano is Godiasco; the territory saw settlements of Ligurian populations, then the Romans until the affirmation of powerful families: the Malaspina, the Visconti, the Sforza. In the mid-eighteenth century Salice enters the Savoy dominions, to then converge in the Italian unity.
The engine of its development was the presence in its territory of springs of saline thermal waters, for which it was already known in ancient and Roman times, being called locum Salis, from which the toponymic Salice arose. In the nearby Montalfeo an ancient sulfur mine then led in 1873 to the discovery of sulphurous waters which were channeled and used since 1906.
The development of the thermal baths has led to a consequent commercial development in Salice with catering establishments, hotels, climatic accommodation houses, making the locality, while remaining quiet, one of the most popular spas for Lombard users and the neighbor Piedmont.
How to orient yourself
Salice Terme: full screen map.The tiny ancient nucleus is all around the church of the Nativity of Mary, with stone houses and a few buildings. This area is flat, on the bank of the Staffora. The nineteenth and early twentieth century expansion has the via delle Terme, around which all the Art Nouveau building of noble villas developed, whose monument the most significant is undoubtedly the disused Grand Hotel delle Terme, immersed in its magnificent large park.
Construction from the 1960s onwards has manifested itself with the construction of additional hotels and villas scattered along the tree-lined avenues that climb the hill and then enter the mountain, where you can meet very small ancient nuclei of a few stone houses, sometimes with characteristic churches.
Among the inhabited areas that surround Salice, the agglomeration of is unquestionably the most interesting Montalfeo, where an ancient castle has been recovered and transformed into a restaurant also equipped with rooms for conferences as well as for receptions.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Bergamo-Orio al Serio Airport (the Caravaggio), Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio, ☎ 39 035 326323.
- 2 Milan-Malpensa Airport (MXP), Ferno. The airport has two terminals (T1 and T2), the second is used for low cost flights. The bus service Motorway connects the airport with Milan central station in about 50 minutes, while the Malpensa Express it connects Terminal 1 with Cadorna station in 40 minutes (red and green metro lines). The buses of the Sadem is Motorway reach the city of Turin (2 hours), while the company Foxes make some trips for Genoa (3 hours).
- 3 Milan-Linate airport, Viale Enrico Forlanini, ☎ 39 02 232323.
- 4 Brescia Airport (D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto 34, Montichiari (Connections with Brescia airport are guaranteed by public transport via the bus. The stop a Brescia city is located at the bus station (number 23), while that of the airport is at the front of the terminal. There are also connections to the city of Verona via bus / shuttle line 1), ☎ 39 045 8095666, @[email protected].
By car
Tollbooth of Voghera on the A21 Turin - Brescia
Provincial road (former state road) 461 of the Penice, which runs through the whole Staffora Valley.
Tollbooth of 
Provincial road (former state road) 461 of the Penice, which runs through the whole On the train
How to get around
What see
- 1 Church of the Nativity of Mary. The church is of early medieval origin, and is part of the group of parish churches scattered throughout the Staffora Valley. The portico on the façade, the façade itself, the bell tower, the sacristy and the house were subsequently added to the original simple structure with a nave. The Benedictines of the monastery of San Marziano di Tortona they were in possession of it after the year 1000. In the sixteenth century it was entrusted to the Dominicans, to whom it was disputed until the entire following century by the archpriests of Rivanazzano. When Salice obtained the erection as a parish in 1939, from a simple chaplaincy it was, a new church was built in viale Mangiagalli; the Nativity of Mary therefore remained somewhat neglected, down towards the Staffora stream, where it constitutes a beautiful ancient architectural corner. Marian prayers are held there in the month of May.
- 2 Grand Hotel delle Terme and Parco delle Terme, Park of the Baths.
Events and parties
- [link not working]Salicedoro. Contemporary opera, prose, literature, painting, dance and photography.
What to do
- 1 Golf & Country, via Diviani, ☎ 39 0383 933370. Golf, swimming, tennis.
- 2 Adventure Park, In the park of the Baths, ☎ 39 0383 1956056. Equipped area in the Park with platforms suspended between one tree and another, walkways, Tibetan bridges, cableways, etc.
Shopping
How to have fun
- 1 Dancing La Buca, Park of the Baths, ☎ 39 0383 92266.
Open from June to September. - 2 New Club House nightclub, Park of the Baths, ☎ 39 0383 91230. Periodic openings.
Open from June to September.Where to eat
Moderate prices
- 1 Pizzeria Evita, Via delle Terme, 123, ☎ 39 0383 944559.
- 2 Light Pizza (Pizzeria Più and Più), Viale delle Terme, 129, ☎ 39 0383 92753. Closed on Tuesday.
- Il Gabbiano Pizzeria, Marconi Square 4, ☎ 39 0383 93109. closed on Mondays.
Average prices
- 3 Cà Végia restaurant, Via Diviani, 27, ☎ 39 0383 944731. Closed on Tuesday.
- 4 Guado restaurant, Viale delle Terme, 59, ☎ 39 0383 91223. closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays at noon.
- 5 Il Barino Restaurant, Via Taramelli, 6, ☎ 39 0383 91384. Closed on Tuesday.
- 6 Il Caminetto Restaurant, Via Cesare Battisti, 59, ☎ 390383 91391. closed on Mondays.
- 7 Nove Buche restaurant, Viale Diviani, 10, ☎ 39 0383 947426.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- 1 Genoa hotels, Viale delle Terme, 105, ☎ 39 0383 91227, fax: 39 0383 91513. Two stars
- 2 La Stazione inn and restaurant, Viale Diviani, 7, ☎ 39 0383 944501. Two stars
- 3 Bellevue hotel, Via Garello, 1 / b, ☎ 39 0383 934041. Two stars
- 4 Buenos Aires hotel, Viale delle Terme, 123, ☎ 39 0383 944559, fax: 39 0383 934646. Two stars
Average prices
- 5 Hotel President Terme, Via Perosi, ☎ 39 0383 91941, fax: 39 0383 92342, @[email protected]. Four stars.
- 6 Clementi Hotel, Via Diviani, 17, ☎ 39 0383 947150, fax: 39 0383 947151. Three stars.
- 7 Hotel Terme, Via Diviani 22, ☎ 39 0383 944520, fax: 39 0383 92874. Three stars.
- 8 Milan hotels, Viale delle Terme, 62, ☎ 39 0383 91206, fax: 39 0383 944308. Three stars.
- 9 Park Hotel, Via Diviani 8, ☎ 39 0383 91664, fax: 39 0383 944348, @[email protected]. Three stars.
- 10 Salus Hotel, Viale delle Terme, 29, ☎ 39 0383 91561, fax: 39 0383 944432, @[email protected]. Three stars.
- 11 Hotel Villa dei Tigli, Via Chiesa Vecchia, 2, ☎ 39 0383 944566, fax: 39 0383 944566, @[email protected];. Three stars.
Safety
- 5 Tourist medical guard, via Fonte Sales, ☎ 39 0383 92665. Jul 1 - Sep 30.
Pharmacy
- 6 They clatter, Via Guglielmo Marconi 22, ☎ 39 0383 933984, @[email protected].
How to keep in touch
Post office
- 7 Italian post, via Guglielmo Marconi 15, ☎ 39 0383 944304, fax: 39 0383 944304.
Around
- Voghera - Main center not only of the Val Staffora, but the capital of allOltrepò Pavese, the city remembers with its elegant urban layout, from the sober Piedmontese architecture, its long Savoy belonging
- Rivanazzano Terme - It almost forms a conurbation with the nearby Willow; its spa was born in 1913 with the discovery of the springs in the area of San Francesco. It is recently enhancing its facilities in an attempt to achieve the notoriety of the neighbor.
- Tortona - City of ancient origin, it has always been a crossroads of trade and commerce. Its historic center has the elegance and sobriety of Piedmontese cities with Lombard influences.
- Volpedo - It preserves a valuable Romanesque church, as well as many memories of the painter Pellizza da Volpedo.
- Varzi - Capital of the high Staffora Valley, has a beautiful historic center. It was a focal point in the ancient trade routes. Its recent fame is linked to climate tourism and to Varzi salami which constitutes the excellence of its food production.
For those who love to discover rustic nuclei of stone houses and ancient simple churches it is interesting to walk the roads that climb the mountain behind Salice, in a green path that also offers beautiful views of Staffora Valley.
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