- Temperatura della sorgente
- 32°C
- Temperatura di balneazione
- 32°C
- Balneazione
- Vasca interna / Vasca esterna
- Alloggio
- Hotel in loco
Caldas de Monchique is a hamlet of pastel buildings in a eucalyptus and cork-oak valley in the Serra de Monchique, well above the Algarve coast. Its alkaline thermal water emerges at around 32°C and supplies both the thermal baths and a bottling plant.
Lo sguardo di Balnevia
Perché visitarlo
The scale is the charm: a single shaded square, a nineteenth-century casino and a bath house, surrounded by hills — the Algarve without the coast.
Raccomandazioni
Hotel nelle vicinanze
Scopri dove alloggiare vicino a Caldas de Monchique.
L'acqua
Acqua termale
- Sorgente
- Caldas de Monchique spring
- Mineralizzazione
- Alkaline bicarbonate-sodium, fluoride-bearing
- Carattere
- Soft alkaline water used for respiratory and musculoskeletal treatment
Storia
The Romans bathed here, and the spa was popular with Portuguese royalty; João II travelled to Monchique in 1495 in search of a cure. The village was restored as a thermal resort in the late twentieth century.
Informazioni pratiche
The thermal treatments and the wellness spa are booked separately; the village itself is open to walk through.
Come arrivare
About twenty-five minutes by road up from Portimão, on the N266.
Posizione
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