You can ski like an Olympian in the Roman day spa town of Bormio in Italy
This post was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK)Mist increases off 41C thermal waters and drifts throughout the snowdrifts that have actually settled beyond the infinity swimming pool and out into the valley. Around me, scantily clothed bathers are talking and canoodling, all eyes returning frequently to the incredible peaks, the snow-clad crags of the Italian Dolomites, crowned by piercing cyan skies and the quiet circling flight of a golden eagle.The Romans understood a thing or 2 about perfect places. When they found warm springs rupturing from the ground here high in the Alps, they extremely smartly developed bathing homes in which to hang out and soak. There have actually been baths in Bormio for more than 2,000 years and the QC Terme Bagni Vecchi, where I am, is construct...