Broquetas Spa Termal

What it is

Broquetas is the spa on the Plaça de la Font del Lleó, in the centre of Caldes de Montbui, today a three-star hotel of the RV Hotels chain. It has its own spring of mineral-medicinal water, which emerges at 74 °C. As well as stays, it sells individual thermal experiences to non-guests: thermal water techniques, a pool with jets and cervical waterfall, a vaporarium and massages.

Almost three centuries of history

In 1729 Salvador Broquetas built the first three-storey bathhouse, where the spa now stands, which bears his name. In 1770 the old Hostal de Can Vicenç was renovated and the hotel was born, and in 1790 Juan Broquetas and the pharmacist Salvador Broquetas published a treatise on the thermal waters of Caldes. The building, mostly Modernista in style, has grown over more than two centuries. In the bath gallery a Roman vaporarium from the 2nd century is preserved, a natural stone sauna with a vaulted stove.

The hotel

It has 78 rooms, an indoor and outdoor heated pool open all year, gardens, its own car park, free wifi, 24-hour reception and a buffet restaurant. It lends mountain bikes, admits animals and takes part in the Imserso and +55 thermal programmes.

Thermal experiences

For non-guests there are individual experiences from €40 to €150: from two thermal water techniques in 45 minutes, to choose from a jet pool, water bed, showers, inhalations, bubble baths or vaporarium, to two-hour rituals with massage and treatment. For couples, circuits from €190 to €335 with a couples' massage, thermal pool, vaporarium and, in the most expensive ones, a private space with a glass of wine or cava. Individual massages from €45 for half an hour.

How to book

Each experience is booked on their website with a date or without; without a date, the spa calls you to set the day. Also by phone, on 938 650 100. They hire out bathrobes (€7), flip-flops (€6) or both (€9.50). The website does not publish the spa's opening hours, the minimum age or the cancellation policy: ask when booking.