Trentino-Alto Adige · Trento
Levico Terme
A Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 meters, built on arsenic-iron thermal waters.
Picked by Peter Benei
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Visiting
- Best time
- All year
- By car
- 30 min from Trento
- By train
- Station in the comune
- Population
- 8,297
When to visit
Best · All year
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- F11°
- M13°
- A16°
- M20°
- J25°
- J27°
- A27°
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- O18°
- N12°
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- Best
- Hot or crowded
- Quiet
- Mostly closed
Daytime air temperature, averages for 2020–2024. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com.
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Why come
Levico Terme sits at 520 meters in the Valsugana, twenty kilometers east of Trento, between the Lagorai chain and the high plateaus of Folgaria and Lavarone. The settlement later passed under Habsburg rule 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 center, with the fort watching all three from the hill above. The historic center, 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.
How to get there
From Verona (VRN), about 1 h 41 min by car.
Treviso (TSF) is about 2 h 8 min away.
By car from the center of Trento 30 min or Bolzano 1 h 5 min.
There is a railway station in the comune, so you can arrive without a car.
Coming by train into Trento? Levico Terme is about 29 min away by road.
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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, still a working hotel after a renovation that kept its original style.
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 center today.
Lago di Levico
Bandiera Blu lake at the southern edge of the town center, 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.
From the guides
Where to eat
Not our picks, but places the guides put their name to: a Michelin star, a Gambero Rosso fork, a Slow Food snail, a Michelin Key for the hotels. Worth a table, a counter, or a night when you pass through.
BoivinRistorante
Boivin holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Slow Food snail.
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Living here
Could you live here?
Levico Terme meets all 3 of our rules for a small town.
- 8,297 people, inside our sweet spot of 5,000 to 20,000: a real town, still one community.
- Trento, a city of 118,640, is 30 min by car. Inside our 30 to 60 minutes: close for the services, far enough to keep its own life.
- A station of its own. Trains are the overlooked way to get around Italy: no parking, straight into the center.
The rules come from our series Where to Move in Italy, written from the places we have lived: Part 1, The End of the Road · Part 2, The Small Town · Part 3, The City · Part 4, The Postcard · Part 5, The Other Half. The towns we would pick are in Part 6, The Best Towns.
- Population 8,297, up 5.9% since 2015
- Nearest city Trento, 30 min drive
- Train station in the comune
- Nearest national health service hospital Borgo Valsugana, 10 km as the crow flies · how healthcare works in Italy
- Homes in the center: €1,900 to €2,300 per m² to buy, €4.00 to €5.00 per m² a month to rent
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More about living here
- Commuter belt
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Full fibre reaches 97% of homes
- Primary school in the comune
- Earthquake zone 3, low hazard
- Verona airport (VRN), 1 h 41 min drive, the nearest with scheduled flights
- Regional capital Trento, 30 min drive
If you are moving here
Who lives here
9% of residents are foreign citizens, most often from Romania, Albania and Ukraine, against 9% across Italy. 32 of them come from English-speaking countries or western and northern Europe, mostly France, the Netherlands and Germany. There are 195 people over 65 for every 100 children under 15, against 216 across Italy. 35% of homes have no resident, holiday homes and empty ones counted together, against 27% across Italy. Trento province ranks 1st of 107 in Il Sole 24 Ore's quality of life ranking for 2025.
Health and schools
The nearest emergency room is in Borgo Valsugana, 10 km as the crow flies. The nearest major one is in Trento, 16 km away. The nearest children's emergency room is in Trento, 16 km away. The nearest IB school is Realgymnasium Bozen, 53 km as the crow flies. The nearest school listed as international is H-Farm International School Rosà, 48 km away.
Information, not medical advice. Confirm with a professional.
Taxes
Trento has its own property tax, IMIS, in place of IMU. 7% pensioner tax: this town is not in a qualifying area.
Information, not tax advice. Confirm with a professional.
What it costs
The average household in Trentino-Alto Adige spends about €2,620 a month, €500 of it on food, against about €2,170 across Italy. A family of three pays about €302 a year for water, on the Trentino-Alto Adige average. In Trento, the provincial capital, in September 2026, an espresso cost €1.41, a meal in a pizzeria €13.90 and a man's haircut €24.84.
Climate and risk
It is in climate zone F, the coldest of Italy's six, with no national limit on when the heating runs. 90% of residents live in a zone the national maps rate medium for floods. 2% live in a zone rated high or very high for landslides.
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Thermal baths in town: Terme di Levico, Terme di Vetriolo.
Known for
THE THERMAL WATERS
Vetriolo springs at 1,580 meters carry the highest concentration of iron and arsenic salts in Europe, used in treatment at Levico since 1870.
HABSBURG PARK
About thirteen 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, and the architectural anchor of the Parco delle Terme.
Common questions
- What is Levico Terme known for?
- Levico Terme is a Habsburg spa town in the Valsugana at 520 meters, built on arsenic-iron thermal waters.
- Where is Levico Terme?
- Levico Terme is a comune in the province of Trento, in Trentino-Alto Adige.
- What is the nearest airport to Levico Terme?
- The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Verona (VRN), about 1 h 41 min by car.
- Can you get to Levico Terme without a car?
- Yes. There is a railway station in the comune, so you can arrive by train.
- How long is the drive from Trento to Levico Terme?
- About 30 min by car.
- When is the best time to visit Levico Terme?
- Any month of the year works. July is the warmest month, averaging 27 degrees, and May the wettest, with about 21 rain days.
- Which other towns are like Levico Terme?
- Rapolano Terme, Battaglia Terme and Bagno di Romagna.
- How many people live in Levico Terme?
- 8,297 residents, by ISTAT's count on 1 January 2025.
- Is Levico Terme a good place to live?
- By the rules in our Where to Move in Italy series, Levico Terme is a small town that meets all 3 of our rules. The nearest city, Trento, is 30 min away by car. The nearest national health service hospital is in Borgo Valsugana, 10 km as the crow flies. Full fibre reaches 97% of homes.
Tags & data designations · numbers · sources
Recognized as
Landscape
The numbers
- Elevation: 520 m
- Population: 8,297
- Surface area: 62.83 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories: ISTAT, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata, and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
The ranked lists
Lists Levico Terme appears in
- The 6 best hidden towns you can reach by train in Trentino-Alto AdigeTrentino-Alto Adigeby trainhidden6 towns · smallest 1,106 residents
- The best ski towns you can reach by train in Trentino-Alto AdigeTrentino-Alto Adigeski areaby train6 towns · smallest 3,300 residents
- The best towns you can reach by train within an hour of TrentoNear Trentoby trainwithin 60 min6 towns · smallest 1,111 residents · closest 4 min away
- The 7 best towns you can reach by train that eat well in Trentino-Alto AdigeTrentino-Alto Adigeby traineats well7 towns · smallest 3,451 residents
- The 8 best towns with a serious restaurant that eat well within 90 minutes of TrentoNear Trentowithin 90 minserious restauranteats well8 towns · smallest 820 residents · closest 30 min away
- The best ski towns that eat well in the province of TrentoTrento provinceski areaeats well8 towns · smallest 266 residents
Similar
Towns like Levico Terme
What all six share with Levico Terme: between 3,000 and 10,000 people
Rapolano Terme
Province: Siena
both spa towns · both hill towns
Battaglia Terme
Province: Padova
both spa towns · both have a railway station in the comune
Bagno di Romagna
Province: Forlì-Cesena
both spa towns · both hill towns
Castel Gandolfo
Province: Roma
both hill towns · both have a railway station in the comune
- Written about. No. 90.
Trevi
Province: Perugia
both hill towns · both have a railway station in the comune
Nocera Umbra
Province: Perugia
both hill towns · both have a railway station in the comune
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