- Source temperature
- 73°C
- Bathing temperature
- 38°C
- Bathing
- Indoor
Chaves was Roman Aquae Flaviae, founded around its hot springs and still crossed by the Trajan bridge. The water emerges at above 70°C, the hottest in the country, and is both drunk at the fountain in the town centre and used in the thermal treatment centre.
Balnevia view
Why visit
It is a working Portuguese thermal town rather than a resort: Roman bridge, castle keep, drinking fountain and a spa in daily use by locals.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Nascente das Termas de Chaves
- Mineralisation
- Sodium bicarbonate water
- Character
- The hottest natural spring water in Portugal.
Location
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