- Temperatura da nascente
- 32°C
- Temperatura de banho
- 32°C
- Banho
- Piscina interior / Piscina exterior
- Alojamento
- Hotel no local
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.
Olhar Balnevia
Por que visitar
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.
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Hotéis nas proximidades
Descubra onde ficar perto de Caldas de Monchique.
A água
Água termal
- Nascente
- Caldas de Monchique spring
- Mineralização
- Alkaline bicarbonate-sodium, fluoride-bearing
- Carácter
- Soft alkaline water used for respiratory and musculoskeletal treatment
História
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.
Informações práticas
The thermal treatments and the wellness spa are booked separately; the village itself is open to walk through.
Como chegar
About twenty-five minutes by road up from Portimão, on the N266.
Localização
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