What is Levico Terme known for?

Vetriolo springs at 1,580 metres carry the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe, used in treatment at Levico since 1870. Fifteen hectares of English-style parkland by Georg Ziehl, the largest historic park in Trentino, hosting the Christmas market each winter. Art Nouveau spa hotel by Stahn opened in June 1900, host of Empress Elisabeth and the architectural anchor of the Parco delle Terme.

When is the best time to visit Levico Terme?

All year. Levico runs year-round: the thermal cures operate from spring through autumn, the Christmas market fills the Habsburg park through December, and the spa hotels stay open through the cold months. May through October is the lake season, with the Bandiera Blu waters warm enough for swimming from mid-June and the sailing and windsurfing clubs open. June through August can hit thirty degrees in the valley floor; the park and the lakeside hold the heat better than the centro storico in the afternoon. April and September are the quietest months for crowd-free walks in the imperial park, with the trees at their fullest in spring and their warmest colours in autumn.

Where is Levico Terme?

Levico Terme is a comune in the province of Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy, about 24 kilometers from Trento.

How do I get to Levico Terme?

From Trento, Levico Terme is roughly 24 km by road.

Trentino-South Tyrol · Trento

Levico Terme

A Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 metres, built on arsenic-iron thermal waters.

Known for

THE THERMAL WATERS
Vetriolo springs at 1,580 metres carry the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe, used in treatment at Levico since 1870.
HABSBURG PARK
Fifteen hectares of English-style parkland by Georg Ziehl, the largest historic park in Trentino, hosting the Christmas market each winter.
GRAND HOTEL IMPERIAL
Art Nouveau spa hotel by Stahn opened in June 1900, host of Empress Elisabeth and the architectural anchor of the Parco delle Terme.

When to visit

Best · All year

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

The festa: Redentore, third Sunday of July

Why come

Levico Terme sits at 520 metres in the Valsugana, twenty kilometres east of Trento, between the Lagorai chain and the high plateaus of Folgaria and Lavarone. The settlement passed under Habsburg jurisdiction in 1779 and was elevated to city rank in 1894 by decree of Franz Joseph I.

The spa quarter, the park and the lake sit close together at the edge of the old centre, with the fort watching all three from the hill above. The historic centre, with its imperial-era villas and the parish church of Santissimo Redentore, grew up around the spa rather than the other way round: the streets follow the shape of a resort built in the space of a few decades under Austro-Hungarian rule, rather than a town that predates it. What survives is a place whose entire layout, from park gate to lakeshore to the fort on the ridge, still reads as the imperial spa it was built to be.

The Sunday letter

We haven’t written Levico Terme’s letter yet.

One town every Sunday, with the photo, the food, the festa. Be there when this one comes up. Free, by Peter & Sophia from Pietrasanta.

What to see

Parco delle Terme
Grounds laid out by Georg Ziehl around the spa buildings and the hotel, with paths shaded by mature planting where the Christmas market sets up each winter.
Grand Hotel Imperial
Art Nouveau facade facing the park it anchors, the rooms where Empress Elisabeth stayed still forming the core of the working hotel.
Terme di Levico
The spa buildings that gave the town its purpose, drawing on water piped down from the mountain springs and still run as a treatment centre today.
Lago di Levico
Bandiera Blu lake at the southern edge of the town centre, used for swimming, sailing and windsurfing in summer and ringed by a lakeside walking path.
Forte delle Benne
Austro-Hungarian fortress built 1880-1882 on the hill above Lake Levico, a Vogl-style polygonal fort opened to the public and reached by a 45-minute walk.
Centro storico
Bandiera Arancione historic centre with imperial-era villas, the parish church of Santissimo Redentore, and the streets that grew around the nineteenth-century spa.

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Living here

Population 8,167
Commuter belti
Pharmacy in town
High school within a 30-minute drive
Train station in the comune
Nearest airport Verona, 1 h 41 min drive
Regional capital Trento, 30 min drive

Thermal baths in town: Terme di Levico, Terme di Vetriolo.

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The numbers

Elevation: 520 m
Population: 8,167
Surface area: 62.83 km²

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