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For centuries, visitors have been drawn to a cluster of hills south of Padua.
The Euganean Hills rise curiously in the midst of the Venetian Plain, like a lone patch of whitecaps surrounded by otherwise placid seas. Sounds like a great place, doesn't it? Picturesque, romantic, even poetic? Yes, it does. No surprise, then, that the area has been a popular retreat destination since ancient times. The hills themselves were formed 35-40 million years ago, their distinctive conical shape a testament to their volcanic origins. Being situated as they are between the Alpine foothills and the Venetian Lagoon, their igneous foundations provide a perfect barrier to force hot water deep in dolomitic aquifers to the surface in the form of several natural, mineral-rich hot springs. Do you know what humans have enjoyed travelling to visit for millennia? Hot springs.
