Milan has strengthened its position as a benchmark for urban wellness with the inauguration of the De Montel Terme di Milano, the largest urban spa and wellness complex in Italy. The new centre opened its doors at the beginning of April and is managed by Terme & Spa Italia, the same firm that manages the famous Terme & Spa Italia. Thermal baths of Saturnia, Tuscany.
Located in the restored Scuderie De Montel, formerly one of the country's most prestigious stables, the centre can accommodate up to 700 people a day. It has ten thermal pools fed by a geothermal spring at a depth of almost 400 metres. These include vitality pools, immersion pools and a salt pool with a zero-gravity effect. The facilities are divided between indoor and outdoor spaces, which also include a spa with 15 treatment rooms, a bistro, a café, a lounge bar and a garden bar.
The resort occupies 16,000 square metres, of which 10,000 square metres are dedicated to outdoor areas. Visitors can access day spa packages and complement the experience with treatments such as mud wraps, massages, facials and scrubs. Inspired by Italian ethnobotanical traditions, some unique therapies include olive oil and basil massages, honey and mud scrubs, and grape seed wraps. The standard three-hour package costs 60 euros and includes access to all thermal and relaxation areas, including nine relaxation areas, a steam bath, a tepidarium, a large hammam and four saunas: one indoor panoramic, one indoor panoramic and one indoor panoramic. banya Russian sauna, a Swiss pine sauna and a halotherapy sauna.
"With the reopening of the De Montel Stables, we are not only restoring a jewel of Milan's past, but also ushering in a new era of urban wellness," said Aldo Sansone, CEO. "De Montel Terme di Milano represents a commitment to accessible and sustainable wellness, offering an oasis of tranquillity in the heart of the city".
The original building, designed in 1920 by the architect Vietti Violi in Art Nouveau style for the De Montel banking family, served as a thoroughbred stable and as barracks for horses of the royal cavalry regiments. Abandoned since the 1970s, the site has been restored by the Marzorati studio, with advice from the Archaeological Superintendence of Fine Arts and Landscape. Companies in the sector such as Myrtha Wellness, Starpool and bbspa_group also collaborated in the development.
The project was financed with a €50 million investment by the Infrastructures for Growth - ESG (IPC) fund of Azimut Libera Impresa SGR (Azimut Group), in collaboration with Terme & Spa Italia. Conceived in 2007, it gained momentum when the Municipality of Milan included the former stables in the international competition Reinventing Citieslaunched in 2017 together with the C40 network of sustainable cities.
The development places a strong emphasis on sustainability and energy efficiency. It features solar panels, rainwater recovery systems and a design that seeks to minimise CO₂ emissions and the consumption of natural resources, thus consolidating a new model of urban wellbeing aligned with the environmental challenges of the present.
