Termas de Caldas da Rainha
Portugal's royal sulphurous baths, founded by Queen Leonor in the fifteenth century.
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- Source temperature
- 34°C
- Bathing temperature
- 34°C
- Bathing
- Indoor
- Established
- 1485
Caldas da Rainha takes its name from Queen Leonor, who in 1485 endowed a thermal hospital over the sulphurous springs she had found in use by local people. The Hospital Termal Rainha D. Leonor claims descent from that foundation and still operates as a treatment spa, its water directed at respiratory and rheumatic conditions rather than leisure bathing.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Caldas da Rainha sulphurous spring
- Mineralisation
- Sulphurous sodium-chloride water
- Character
- Used in inhalation and balneotherapy for respiratory and rheumatic conditions.
Practical information
Medically oriented: treatments are prescribed and booked in advance; the historic hospital and surrounding park are open to visitors.
Location
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