The long journey that led to the creation of the current complex was not an easy one. In fact, the presence of artesian thermal aquifers had been identified as early as the early 1970s, and quite by chance, during drilling operations carried out by AGIP, the historic Italian oil company. Instead of oil and natural gas, the technicians searching for these resources discovered an artesian hydrothermal basin from which hyperthermal water gushed at a temperature of no less than 52 degrees Celsius.
This discovery prompted several Bibione entrepreneurs, who had already established the area as an organized seaside resort, to fund a series of studies and research aimed at discovering the curative and therapeutic properties of the waters. The studies were coordinated by Dr. Valentino Moro, then head of Clinical Pathology at the Portogruaro Civil Hospital (Venice) and a dedicated researcher of the benefits of thermal waters in treating certain conditions. 
The area identified in the Terzo and Quarto Bacino region consisted of a
vast layer of clay located at a depth of approximately 500 meters. Above all, it was just a few kilometers from the coast.
Bringing the benefits of genuine thermal water directly to the beach, combining them with those of the sea and the surrounding pine forests, became the challenge, culminating in the official inauguration of Bibione Thermae on July 1, 1996.