
Balneario de Mondariz
A Galician spa resort built around the Gándara and Troncoso mineral springs.
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- Temperatura della sorgente
- 18°C
- Temperatura di balneazione
- 34°C
- Balneazione
- Vasca interna / Vasca esterna
- Fondato nel
- 1873
- Alloggio
- Hotel in loco
The Balneario de Mondariz lies on the river Tea in inland Galicia, in a village that exists because of its springs. Bicarbonate-sodium mineral water from the Gándara and Troncoso sources is used for drinking cures and heated for the bathing circuits.
Lo sguardo di Balnevia
Perché visitarlo
Mondariz is a rare example of a purpose-built spa village: a granite drinking pavilion, a river-side park and a spa hotel on the site of the Belle Époque Gran Hotel.
Raccomandazioni
Hotel nelle vicinanze
Scopri dove alloggiare vicino a Balneario de Mondariz.
L'acqua
Acqua termale
- Sorgente
- Fuente de Gándara / Troncoso
- Mineralizzazione
- Bicarbonate-sodium mineral water, carbonated
- Carattere
- Naturally cool mineral water used for drinking cures and heated for the thermal circuit.
Storia
The springs were declared of public utility in 1873, and the Peinador brothers developed a grand hotel that drew Spanish and Portuguese society before it burned in 1973; the spa was rebuilt in the following decades.
Informazioni pratiche
The mineral water is naturally cool and is heated for the thermal circuit; drinking the water at the Gándara fountain is free and part of the local ritual.
Come arrivare
Mondariz-Balneario is about 40 minutes by road from Vigo, with regional buses via Ponteareas.
Posizione
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