Autumn has always been the season of memory. Leaves fall, time slows down, and in nature emerges that subtle awareness of transformation that also accompanies our inner selves. In Italy, these weeks were traditionally devoted to remembrance: All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day have preserved, over the centuries, a conscious and serene relationship with those who are no longer beside us.
In recent years, however, a wind arriving from afar — with ancient Celtic origins — has changed the imagery of our squares and our homes: Halloween, with its playful energy, bright colors, glowing pumpkins, and the desire to exorcize what frightens us through celebration.
Two worlds that only seem distant: in reality, both occasions speak of us and of our need to give a place — even a symbolic one — to the mystery of death and transition.
In Abano Terme, a land of waters that regenerate and of millennia-old history, this dialogue between tradition and the present takes on unique shades. The thermal baths have always been places of rebirth: here, the body rests and the spirit rediscovers its depth. And at a time of year devoted to memory and renewal, the thermal waters, flowing underground for millennia, carry with them a powerful message: caring for ourselves means honoring what we have been and what we will be.
At the AbanoRitz we are custodians of this legacy: between memory and contemporaneity, between traditions and celebrations, we continue to believe in the beauty of what connects us.
