# Caldes de Montbui

A spa village in the Vallès with a 74 °C fountain in the square, Roman baths and thermal baths from €8 an hour. About 35 minutes from Barcelona by car or bus.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/caldes-de-montbui · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Caldes de Montbui is the spa village closest to Barcelona. In the main square, in front of the Ajuntament, a fountain pours out water at 74 °C, the hottest on the peninsula according to the Ajuntament, and beside it are preserved the baths that the Romans built over the same spring. Around it are three spa hotels, a municipal thermal bath in a former washhouse and a museum devoted to water. It all fits into a ten-minute walk.

## How to get there from Barcelona

Caldes de Montbui is in the Vallès Oriental, about 30 km from Barcelona. By car, take the C-59 towards Mollet and Moià: allow about 35 minutes without traffic. You can also arrive along the C-1415 from Granollers and along the C-1413 from Sabadell. From Girona, along the AP-7 to Granollers, a little over an hour; from Vic, about 40 minutes; from Manresa, around 50.

Without a car, the Sagalés bus is the option: line e9 goes by motorway and is the fast one, and the 202 and 203 go by road. Check the Sunday timetables at sagales.com, which are reduced.

## Where to park

The centre, around the Plaça de la Font del Lleó, is done on foot and has narrow streets. The tourist office lists five public car parks: the Les Cremades sports area, Carrer Bigues, Carrer Balmes, the Centre car park and El Sindicat, which is paid. From any of them it is a few minutes' walk to the fountain.

## Where to bathe: three ways

Caldes has no free open-air pools like Ourense: the water comes out too hot and is used in facilities. You have three options, from the simplest to the most complete:

El Safareig, the municipal thermal bath in a former washhouse. One-hour sessions, €8, for 15 people, with compulsory booking. From age 13; children from 3 to 12, only in the Xip-Xap sessions. Swimsuit, cap and towel, which you bring yourself.

The Espai CEL at the Hotel Balneari Termes Victòria: seven pools under Catalan vaults for two hours, for over-16s. Its website sells the two-hour gift box for €59. It closes every day from 14:00 to 16:00 and on Wednesday afternoons.

The thermal experiences at Broquetas, the spa in the square: pool with jets, steam and massages, from €40 for two thermal water techniques in 45 minutes and €80 with a massage.

In all three cases, book before leaving home. At weekends they fill up.

## What to see out of the water

The Font del Lleó is the first stop: a stone lion of 1927 on a 16th-century fountain, with the spouts giving off steam. Next to it, the Roman baths of Aquae Calidae, with a vaulted pool of 13.5 by 6.9 metres, among the best preserved on the peninsula. The Thermalia museum, which is also the tourist office, tells the history of the water and organises the guided visit on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 12:00, and on Saturday afternoons in Spanish.

Afterwards, a walk past the washhouses: at La Portalera and La Canaleta the thermal water still flows into the basin, and you can put your hands in. Continue to the Romanesque two-arch bridge and the church of Santa Maria, with a nave of 51 metres and a Baroque doorway of 1701.

## How much time you need

Half a day for the village and a bath. A whole day if you add the guided visit, an unhurried lunch and a second bath in the afternoon. For sleeping, the three hotels are in the centre and have their own waters: Broquetas, Termes Victòria and the Vila de Caldes, the last adults only.

## Where to eat

Robert de Nola, on the Passeig del Remei, serves seasonal Catalan cooking with three menus from €35 to €50 and is open on Sunday lunchtime. La Rectoria, ten minutes away by car, in Sant Sebastià de Montmajor, is open at weekends beside a Romanesque church. During the week, El Remei has a set lunch menu from Tuesday to Friday.

## When to go

Hot water is most enjoyable from October to April. On a cold morning the square steams and the contrast with the bath is the charm. Saturday is the best day if you want to see everything: the museum, the washhouses in the morning, the guided visit in Spanish and the three baths are all open. On Monday the museum is closed and El Safareig is closed Monday and Tuesday. From 27 January to 7 February El Safareig closes for maintenance.

## Dónde está
- Zonas: Thermal getaways
- Cerca: Montseny (a 24.1 km), Montserrat (a 27.4 km), Barcelona (a 27.5 km), Vic (a 33.8 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Font del Lleó** (20 min · All ages · Free): What it is
The Font del Lleó is the thermal fountain on the main square of Caldes de Montbui and the symbol of the village. The water wells up at an average of 74 °C, the highest temperature of any thermal water on the peninsula according to the Ajuntament. The spouts give off steam all year round; on a cold winter day the whole square smokes.
The fountain was built in 1581, remodelled in 1822 and in 1927 the architect Manuel Raspall designed the monument you see today, with the stone lion that gives it its name. In front you have the Ajuntament; alongside, the Roman baths, the Thermalia museum and the Broquetas spa.
How to visit
It is a square: there are no hours or admission. Approach the spouts with care, because at 74 °C the water scalds. Locals still fill jugs here, and in the village some people cook pulses with it.
Park in one of the public car parks indicated by the tourist office (Les Cremades sports area, Carrer Bigues, Carrer Balmes or the Centre car park) and walk up: the old town is small.
How long
A quarter of an hour for the fountain. It fits as a first stop: the tourist office is in the same building as Thermalia, on the square, and from here the guided visits of the thermal circuit leave.
- **El Safareig Thermal Baths** (1 h · From age 13; ages 3 to 12 only on Xip-Xap days · €8 · reduced €5.25): What it is
El Safareig is the simplest and cheapest way to bathe in thermal water in Caldes de Montbui. It is a public wash-house from the mid-20th century, where locals washed clothes with the village's hot water, converted into a municipal thermal bath. It is not a spa or a wellness centre: it is a bathing room with mineral-medicinal water, for 15 people at most, in one-hour sessions.
Price, hours and booking

Price: €8 general admission. Reduced, €5.25: under-16s, Carnet Jove, students, retirees, pensioners and unemployed. A 10-session pass, €60, personal and valid for one year.
Bath and guided visit: €10 (€7.50 reduced), with the thermal circuit guided by the Thermalia museum at weekends.
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 22:00. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, and from 27 January to 7 February for maintenance.
Booking: compulsory, on its website or at visiteucaldes.cat, paying by card. You receive a code by email that serves as your ticket. For same-day places, call 618 796 725 (Wednesday to Sunday, 10:30 to 14:00 and 16:30 to 21:00).
Changes: one, with 48 hours' notice, by email or from your account. If you do not go, it is not refunded.

Rules

Age: from 13. From 13 to 16, with a document proving it and a responsible adult. Children aged 3 to 12 only enter the Xip-Xap sessions, with a maximum of two per adult; under-3s may not enter, because of the water temperature.
What to bring: swimsuit, swimming cap and towel. They are not included and you do not enter with street shoes: bring flip-flops.
Shower before getting in the water, compulsory.
Punctuality: the session starts on the hour and lasts an hour, with 30 to 40 minutes of bathing. There are lockers with keys; the changing room is small, so it is best to come with your swimsuit on.

Getting there
It is on Plaça de Pau Surell, in the centre, a few minutes' walk from the Font del Lleó. Park in one of the village's public car parks and walk.
- **Roman baths and guided thermal circuit** (1 h · All ages · €3.10 · with the museum €5.30): What it is
The Roman baths of Caldes de Montbui are the remains of the baths of Aquae Calidae, the Roman thermal town beneath the village, a few steps from the Font del Lleó. One wing of the complex survives: a large rectangular pool, 13.5 by 6.9 metres, lined with opus signinum, with steps for getting into the water and a vault above, and two small semicircular pools. The Generalitat presents them among the best preserved on the peninsula.
The Thermalia museum organises a guided visit, the Circuit Termal, which takes in the baths and the places where the village has used its hot water.
Times and price

Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 12:00, in Catalan.
Saturdays at 17:00 in Spanish (at 18:00 in June, July and August).
Price: €3.10 general and €2.35 reduced. With the Thermalia ticket, €5.30.
Bath and visit: the El Safareig municipal thermal baths sell the bathing ticket together with the guided visit of the thermal circuit for €10 (€7.50 reduced).

It leaves from the Thermalia museum, on Plaça de la Font del Lleó. The Generalitat's Patrimoni listing warns that there is no circuit visit on the first and third Sunday of each month: confirm at the museum before going on a Sunday. For groups or to confirm the day's visit: 93 865 41 40, visitesthermalia@caldesdemontbui.cat.
Who it suits
It is a short walking visit through the centre of the village, suitable for all ages. With children it works if they have first seen the steam of the Font del Lleó: the story of the hot water explains itself. If you do not coincide with the visit time, the baths can be seen from Plaça de Can Rius, next to the fountain.
- **Thermalia Museum** (1 h · All ages; free up to age 10 · €3.70 · reduced €2.35 · free under 10): What it is
Thermalia is Caldes de Montbui's municipal museum and, at the same time, its tourist office. It is on Plaça de la Font del Lleó, 20, opposite the Ajuntament. It is the village's museum of thermalism: it tells the story of a spring at 74 °C that the Romans of Aquae Calidae already used, and it is right next to their baths.
Hours and price

September to May: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00; Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 to 14:00.
June, July and August: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00; Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 to 14:00.
Closed on Mondays that are not public holidays, 25 and 26 December and 1 and 6 January.
General admission: €3.70. Reduced, €2.35 (retirees, students, unemployed, large and single-parent families, with proof).
Free: under-10s, Carnet Jove holders and everyone on the first Sunday of each month.

You do not need to book entry to the museum. For groups and guided visits: 93 865 41 40, visitesthermalia@caldesdemontbui.cat.
How to fit it in
Come on Saturday or Sunday before 12:00 and link up with the guided visit of the thermal circuit, which leaves from here: the combined museum and circuit ticket costs €5.30. In an hour you see the museum at an easy pace. With children, the first Sunday of the month is free for everyone.
- **Thermal wash-houses, Romanesque bridge and Santa Maria** (1 h · All ages; pushchair with some stretches of steps · Free): What it is
A one-hour walk, at your own pace and without admission, through the places where Caldes de Montbui's thermal water still comes out onto the street. It starts at the Font del Lleó and takes in two public wash-houses, a medieval bridge and the main church.
The stops

Safareig de la Portalera, on Carrer de la Muralla. It is filled with water from the Font del Lleó: they empty and clean it every day and it fills again at night. Put your hands in warm thermal water.
Safareig de la Canaleta, from 1929, by Manuel Raspall and restored in 2005, with explanatory panels from Thermalia. You go down some steps from Carrer General Padrós.
Romanesque bridge, on Carrer del Pont: two semicircular arches over the stream, on a road of Roman tradition.
Church of Santa Maria: begun in 1589, opened for worship in 1622 and finished in 1714. It has a single nave 51 metres long and a Baroque doorway from 1701, one of the most highly valued in Catalan Baroque.

The two wash-houses are freely accessible on Monday to Saturday mornings. On Sunday, ask at the Thermalia tourist office whether they are open.
How to do it
Ask for the map at the tourist office, in the Thermalia museum, and set out from the Font del Lleó. Everything is a few minutes' walk. With a pushchair, the Canaleta has steps: leave it for last or look at it from above.
- **Espai CEL, a circuit of seven thermal pools** (2 h · Adults; from age 16 · From €59 for 2 hours (gift box from its website)): What it is
The Espai CEL is the leisure thermal circuit of the Hotel Balneari Termes Victòria, on Carrer de Barcelona, two minutes from the Font del Lleó. It is seven pools with different temperatures and sensations, a sauna and a mist shower, in the old tanks where the thermal water was cooled, under Catalan brick vaults. The water is that of the village spring, which emerges at 74 °C. You do not need to stay at the hotel.
Price, hours and booking

2-hour access. The hotel's website sells the 2-hour gift box at the Espai CEL for €59; the price of a dated ticket is given by the online shop when you choose a day.
Hours according to the hotel: Monday to Thursday, 10:00 to 14:00 (last entry at 12:00) and 16:00 to 21:00 (last at 19:00); Friday, until 23:00 (last at 21:00); Saturdays, 9:00 to 23:00; Sundays, 9:00 to 21:00 (last at 19:00).
Closed every day from 14:00 to 16:00 for disinfection. On Wednesday afternoons the pools do not open; only the massage area.
Booking: with date and time in the Espai CEL online shop. At weekends, book several days ahead.

The spa's two websites do not give the same closing time on Saturday and Sunday: confirm it when booking.
Rules

Adults only, from 16.
Bring swimwear and flip-flops. A cap is not compulsory.
There is a private space for two people, for an hour, booked separately.

How to fit it in
It works as an afternoon plan after lunch in the village, or as the close of a day with the Thermalia museum and the guided thermal circuit visit in the morning. If you are with children under 16, they cannot enter: for them, the El Safareig baths admit from age 13, and from 3 in the Xip-Xap sessions.
- **Thermal experiences at the Broquetas spa** (45 min · Adults · From €40 · Termal Experience €80 · for two from €190): What it is
Broquetas is the spa facing Plaça de la Font del Lleó, in the centre of Caldes de Montbui, now a three-star hotel. To anyone not staying it sells not an hourly circuit but set experiences: one or two thermal-water techniques, or a package with pool, steam and massage. It is the option if you want a treatment, not just a bath.
What you can book

Two thermal-water techniques, €40, 45 minutes. You choose between the pool with bubbles, jets and cervical waterfall, the water bed, steam baths, showers or inhalations.
Termal Experience, €80, 1 h 30: cervical pool with bubbles and jets (30 minutes), vaporarium (15 minutes), 30-minute relaxing massage and a welcome drink.
Rituals of 1 h 20 to 2 h 15, €105 to €150, with thermal bath, exfoliation and massages.
For two: Relax Termal, €190 a couple (1 h 45, couples' massage, pool and vaporarium); Thermalium Deluxe, €295, with 30 minutes in the private Caldarium space; and Termalium Private, €335, with a private double pool.

Booking and what to bring
Each experience is booked on its website, with a date or without a date: without a date you pay and the spa calls you to set the day and time. Also by phone, on 938 650 100. Bring swimwear; if you do not bring a bathrobe and flip-flops, they rent them (€7 for the bathrobe, €6 for the flip-flops, €9.50 for both). The website does not publish the spa's hours or a minimum age: ask when booking if you are going with minors.

## Dónde comer
- **Robert de Nola** (Restaurant, Caldes de Montbui, €€€). Qué pedir: one of the three menus for the whole table; from the menu, the Catalan-style cod or a stone-grilled meat, and the house flaó for dessert
- **La Rectoria de Sant Sebastià de Montmajor** (Restaurant, Sant Sebastià de Montmajor, €€). Qué pedir: the peus de porc a la cassola or the snails with rabbit, the house specialities; to start, the Montmajor cannelloni
- **Restaurant El Remei** (Restaurant, Caldes de Montbui, €). Qué pedir: the menu of the day on weekdays, or chargrilled meat and vegetables

## By car: Park outside the centre and do everything on foot
By car you reach it in a little over half an hour from Barcelona by the C-59 or the C-1415. The centre, with the fountain, the baths and the spas, is walked on foot.
Presupuesto orientativo: 70–140 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Broquetas Spa Termal** (Spa hotel): The Broquetas bathhouse, since 1729
Salvador Broquetas built in 1729 a bathhouse over the spring the hotel still uses today, and in 1790 his family published a treatise on the thermal waters of Caldes. The building, with a Modernista façade, has grown over almost three centuries, and in the bath gallery a 2nd-century Roman vaporarium is preserved: a vaulted stone stove with the benches where the Romans sat. Today it is a three-star hotel of the RV Hotels chain, with its door on Plaça de la Font del Lleó, the centre of Caldes: you step out and have in front of you the fountain, the Roman baths and the Thermalia museum.
Rooms for one to four
There are 78. All have air conditioning and heating, wifi, television, a desk, safe and hairdryer. The standard and superior rooms take up to four people, with a double bed or two beds and a double sofa bed, and have a shower; the superior with garden view is for three, with an extra bed. The standard single is the only one with a bath. Reception is open 24 hours.
The water at 74 °C
The hotel has its own spring of mineral-medicinal water, which emerges at 74 °C. In the thermal centre there is a pool with bubbles, jets and cervical waterfall, a water bed, contrast baths and steam baths for the legs, showers, inhalations, whirlpool baths and the vaporarium. The published prices are those for non-guests: two techniques to choose, about 45 minutes, cost €40; the Termal Experience, an hour and a half with a 30-minute massage, €80; and the long rituals, such as the 2 h 15 Stop-stress, €135. Everything is detailed on the page for thermal experiences at Broquetas. Apart from the thermal centre, the hotel has a heated indoor pool and an outdoor one open all year, surrounded by garden.
Eating at Orígens
The hotel restaurant, Orígens, serves seasonal cooking with local produce and works with a set menu: at midday, €18 from Monday to Friday and €23 at weekends and public holidays; in the evening, €18 except Saturdays and public holidays, when it costs €23. It serves lunches from 13:30 to 15:30 and dinners from 20:30 to 22:30, and admits non-guests. It also offers a midday menu with access to the outdoor pool from 11:00 to 14:00 (€25 on weekdays, €40 from Friday to Sunday).
Car, dog and bike
The hotel has its own outdoor car park, so there is no need to look for a space in the centre. It admits animals, although the website does not detail conditions or supplement. It lends mountain bikes to guests for outings.
- **Hotel Balneari Termes Victòria** (Spa hotel): Seven generations on Carrer de Barcelona
Termes Victòria is a spa with more than 300 years of history that the Anglí family has run since 1917; today the brothers Joan and Jordi, the seventh generation, are at the helm. It is on Carrer de Barcelona, in the historic centre of Caldes, two minutes' walk from the Font del Lleó, and from Barcelona it is about 25 minutes by car. It has gardens, terraces, reading rooms and a heated outdoor pool, as well as its two thermal-water areas.
Two waters under the same roof
Both are filled with water from the village's spring, which emerges at 74 °C. The Balneari Clàssic, for treatments and therapies, has operated since the 17th century. The Espai CEL, opened in 2019, is a seven-pool circuit in the old tanks where the water was cooled, under Catalan vaults, with two-hour sessions and only for over-16s; the page on the Espai CEL gives its hours and closures. The getaways on the website include access: from €141 for one night for one person with breakfast, or €258 for two.
Eighty rooms, from interior to family
A good part of the rooms has been renovated since 2017. All have air conditioning, television, telephone, safe, fridge, hairdryer, desk and free wifi. There are interior doubles, standard ones and ones with a mountain-facing balcony (these with bathrobe), singles, triples with a balcony and a family room for four, with two separate areas of two beds and a shared bathroom with shower. There are adapted rooms.
The Espacio Degustación buffet
The restaurant serves dishes in individual buffet-style portions, with meat and fish show-cooking, salads, rice dishes, pulses and home-made desserts; the price includes bread, water, wine and coffee. It costs €24 from Monday to Thursday, Friday at lunchtime and Sunday evening, and €37 on Friday evening, weekend lunchtimes, public holidays and their eves; children aged 3 to 12 pay €13 or €18, and under-3s do not pay. Lunches from 13:15 (13:00 at weekends) to 15:00, and dinners from 20:00 to 22:00 every day. Booking a table, the outdoor pool is free for a morning shift (9:30 to 14:00) or an afternoon one (16:00 to 21:30). It is open also to those not sleeping here.
Car and pets
The hotel car park is paid and has electric-car chargers. It admits pets with a supplement; the website does not publish the amount. At the entrance there are drinks and coffee machines open 24 hours.
If you come with children under 16, the Espai CEL is not for them: El Safareig admits from age 13, and from 3 in its Xip-Xap sessions.
- **Hotel Spa Vila de Caldes** (Spa hotel): Four stars, adults only
The Vila de Caldes is the four-star hotel of Caldes de Montbui, on Plaça de l'Àngel, in the heart of the old town and a few steps from the Font del Lleó. It is adults only and belongs to RV Hotels, like Broquetas, which is about 300 metres away. It has its own spa with the village's thermal water, an outdoor pool and free wifi, and lets you check in online.
The building has history: according to the hotel, it began as a spa in 1680, when the Solà family bought the waters, and ran it for five generations. In the mid-20th century it was a meeting place for artists such as Manolo Hugué, and at the end of the century the Campos family, of Broquetas, bought it. It reopened as a hotel and spa in 1992, after a complete reconstruction that kept the original façade of the upper floors, and joined RV Hotels in June 2021.
The rooms
The website presents only one type, the deluxe double, for two people, with a double bed or two singles and an extra bed on request. All have air conditioning, heating, television, wifi, hairdryer, telephone and desk. It does not publish how many rooms there are or the prices: check them in its booking engine, and cancellation is free up to two days before arrival on direct bookings.
The spa
The water comes from its own mineral-medicinal spring at 74 °C. There are two thermal pools: one with a cervical waterfall, jets and bubbles, and another with bubbles, jacuzzis, thermal shower and vaporarium, as well as a relaxation area. The Termal Experience, the free-flow hour-and-a-half circuit with a drink, costs €31; the experiences with massage range from €70 to €105 per person, and guests pay €5 less on those. There are also private experiences for two with jacuzzi and cava. Bring swimwear and flip-flops; the bathrobe they provide. Book treatments in advance.
The outdoor pool is seasonal, fully open in summer, and guests use it free from 10:00 to 21:00.
What you need to know
Check-in is at 15:00, when the access code is activated, and check-out at 12:00; late check-out until 15:00 and early check-in are paid extras, subject to availability. It does not serve a buffet breakfast: it is booked at Broquetas, 300 metres away. It does not admit animals.
Who it suits
For a couple's getaway with hot water in the same building. If you come with children, it is not your hotel: it does not admit minors; see Broquetas or Termes Victòria.
Getting there
It is in the old town, two minutes from Plaça de la Font del Lleó. The hotel has no parking: there are free public car parks about five minutes away. The Sagalés buses from Barcelona reach the village. Next door you have the Thermalia museum and the thermal wash-houses and Romanesque bridge.
### Servicios
- **Public car parks**: Les Cremades, Carrer Bigues, Carrer Balmes, the Centre car park and El Sindicat (paid)

## Car-free: By bus from Barcelona
Caldes de Montbui can be done without a car: Sagalés has the e9 line by motorway from Barcelona and everything to do with hot water is a few minutes' walk from the Font del Lleó.
Presupuesto orientativo: 60–130 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Broquetas Spa Termal** (Spa hotel): The Broquetas bathhouse, since 1729
Salvador Broquetas built in 1729 a bathhouse over the spring the hotel still uses today, and in 1790 his family published a treatise on the thermal waters of Caldes. The building, with a Modernista façade, has grown over almost three centuries, and in the bath gallery a 2nd-century Roman vaporarium is preserved: a vaulted stone stove with the benches where the Romans sat. Today it is a three-star hotel of the RV Hotels chain, with its door on Plaça de la Font del Lleó, the centre of Caldes: you step out and have in front of you the fountain, the Roman baths and the Thermalia museum.
Rooms for one to four
There are 78. All have air conditioning and heating, wifi, television, a desk, safe and hairdryer. The standard and superior rooms take up to four people, with a double bed or two beds and a double sofa bed, and have a shower; the superior with garden view is for three, with an extra bed. The standard single is the only one with a bath. Reception is open 24 hours.
The water at 74 °C
The hotel has its own spring of mineral-medicinal water, which emerges at 74 °C. In the thermal centre there is a pool with bubbles, jets and cervical waterfall, a water bed, contrast baths and steam baths for the legs, showers, inhalations, whirlpool baths and the vaporarium. The published prices are those for non-guests: two techniques to choose, about 45 minutes, cost €40; the Termal Experience, an hour and a half with a 30-minute massage, €80; and the long rituals, such as the 2 h 15 Stop-stress, €135. Everything is detailed on the page for thermal experiences at Broquetas. Apart from the thermal centre, the hotel has a heated indoor pool and an outdoor one open all year, surrounded by garden.
Eating at Orígens
The hotel restaurant, Orígens, serves seasonal cooking with local produce and works with a set menu: at midday, €18 from Monday to Friday and €23 at weekends and public holidays; in the evening, €18 except Saturdays and public holidays, when it costs €23. It serves lunches from 13:30 to 15:30 and dinners from 20:30 to 22:30, and admits non-guests. It also offers a midday menu with access to the outdoor pool from 11:00 to 14:00 (€25 on weekdays, €40 from Friday to Sunday).
Car, dog and bike
The hotel has its own outdoor car park, so there is no need to look for a space in the centre. It admits animals, although the website does not detail conditions or supplement. It lends mountain bikes to guests for outings.
- **Hotel Balneari Termes Victòria** (Spa hotel): Seven generations on Carrer de Barcelona
Termes Victòria is a spa with more than 300 years of history that the Anglí family has run since 1917; today the brothers Joan and Jordi, the seventh generation, are at the helm. It is on Carrer de Barcelona, in the historic centre of Caldes, two minutes' walk from the Font del Lleó, and from Barcelona it is about 25 minutes by car. It has gardens, terraces, reading rooms and a heated outdoor pool, as well as its two thermal-water areas.
Two waters under the same roof
Both are filled with water from the village's spring, which emerges at 74 °C. The Balneari Clàssic, for treatments and therapies, has operated since the 17th century. The Espai CEL, opened in 2019, is a seven-pool circuit in the old tanks where the water was cooled, under Catalan vaults, with two-hour sessions and only for over-16s; the page on the Espai CEL gives its hours and closures. The getaways on the website include access: from €141 for one night for one person with breakfast, or €258 for two.
Eighty rooms, from interior to family
A good part of the rooms has been renovated since 2017. All have air conditioning, television, telephone, safe, fridge, hairdryer, desk and free wifi. There are interior doubles, standard ones and ones with a mountain-facing balcony (these with bathrobe), singles, triples with a balcony and a family room for four, with two separate areas of two beds and a shared bathroom with shower. There are adapted rooms.
The Espacio Degustación buffet
The restaurant serves dishes in individual buffet-style portions, with meat and fish show-cooking, salads, rice dishes, pulses and home-made desserts; the price includes bread, water, wine and coffee. It costs €24 from Monday to Thursday, Friday at lunchtime and Sunday evening, and €37 on Friday evening, weekend lunchtimes, public holidays and their eves; children aged 3 to 12 pay €13 or €18, and under-3s do not pay. Lunches from 13:15 (13:00 at weekends) to 15:00, and dinners from 20:00 to 22:00 every day. Booking a table, the outdoor pool is free for a morning shift (9:30 to 14:00) or an afternoon one (16:00 to 21:30). It is open also to those not sleeping here.
Car and pets
The hotel car park is paid and has electric-car chargers. It admits pets with a supplement; the website does not publish the amount. At the entrance there are drinks and coffee machines open 24 hours.
If you come with children under 16, the Espai CEL is not for them: El Safareig admits from age 13, and from 3 in its Xip-Xap sessions.
- **Hotel Spa Vila de Caldes** (Spa hotel): Four stars, adults only
The Vila de Caldes is the four-star hotel of Caldes de Montbui, on Plaça de l'Àngel, in the heart of the old town and a few steps from the Font del Lleó. It is adults only and belongs to RV Hotels, like Broquetas, which is about 300 metres away. It has its own spa with the village's thermal water, an outdoor pool and free wifi, and lets you check in online.
The building has history: according to the hotel, it began as a spa in 1680, when the Solà family bought the waters, and ran it for five generations. In the mid-20th century it was a meeting place for artists such as Manolo Hugué, and at the end of the century the Campos family, of Broquetas, bought it. It reopened as a hotel and spa in 1992, after a complete reconstruction that kept the original façade of the upper floors, and joined RV Hotels in June 2021.
The rooms
The website presents only one type, the deluxe double, for two people, with a double bed or two singles and an extra bed on request. All have air conditioning, heating, television, wifi, hairdryer, telephone and desk. It does not publish how many rooms there are or the prices: check them in its booking engine, and cancellation is free up to two days before arrival on direct bookings.
The spa
The water comes from its own mineral-medicinal spring at 74 °C. There are two thermal pools: one with a cervical waterfall, jets and bubbles, and another with bubbles, jacuzzis, thermal shower and vaporarium, as well as a relaxation area. The Termal Experience, the free-flow hour-and-a-half circuit with a drink, costs €31; the experiences with massage range from €70 to €105 per person, and guests pay €5 less on those. There are also private experiences for two with jacuzzi and cava. Bring swimwear and flip-flops; the bathrobe they provide. Book treatments in advance.
The outdoor pool is seasonal, fully open in summer, and guests use it free from 10:00 to 21:00.
What you need to know
Check-in is at 15:00, when the access code is activated, and check-out at 12:00; late check-out until 15:00 and early check-in are paid extras, subject to availability. It does not serve a buffet breakfast: it is booked at Broquetas, 300 metres away. It does not admit animals.
Who it suits
For a couple's getaway with hot water in the same building. If you come with children, it is not your hotel: it does not admit minors; see Broquetas or Termes Victòria.
Getting there
It is in the old town, two minutes from Plaça de la Font del Lleó. The hotel has no parking: there are free public car parks about five minutes away. The Sagalés buses from Barcelona reach the village. Next door you have the Thermalia museum and the thermal wash-houses and Romanesque bridge.
### Servicios
- **Sagalés bus from Barcelona**: Lines e9 by motorway and 202 and 203 by road · night bus N70

## As a family: Hot water to look at, and bathing when they are old enough

With children, Caldes de Montbui is experienced more outside the water than in it: the thermal baths have minimum ages, but the steaming fountain, the Roman baths and the hot-water wash-houses explain the village to them in a morning.

### What works best
The Font del Lleó, with water at 74 °C

The wash-houses of La Portalera and La Canaleta, for putting your hands in thermal water

The Thermalia museum, free up to age 10 and for everyone on the first Sunday of the month

The guided visit of the Roman baths, Saturdays and Sundays

### Where to sleep
Broquetas, on Plaça de la Font del Lleó

Termes Victòria, two minutes away; the Vila de Caldes is adults only

### Where to eat
Robert de Nola, Sunday at lunchtime

La Rectoria, next to the Romanesque church of Sant Sebastià de Montmajor

### Bear in mind
At El Safareig, from age 13; from 3 to 12, only in the Xip-Xap sessions

The Espai CEL is from age 16

La Canaleta has steps: with a pushchair, look at it from above

### Qué hacer as a family
- Font del Lleó
- Roman baths and guided thermal circuit
- Thermalia Museum
- Thermal wash-houses, Romanesque bridge and Santa Maria

## Consejos

### Book the bath before lunch
El Safareig has 15 places per session and the Espai CEL fills up on Saturdays.

### Bring a cap
At El Safareig it is compulsory; at the Espai CEL it is not.

### With children, look at the Xip-Xap sessions
They are the only ones in which under-13s can bathe at El Safareig.

### First Sunday of the month, free museum
Thermalia charges no one that day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is there free thermal water in Caldes de Montbui?
For bathing, no: the water comes out at 74 °C and is used in facilities. For free you can see the Font del Lleó and put your hands in the washhouses of La Portalera and La Canaleta, open Monday to Saturday mornings.

### Which is the cheapest thermal bath?
El Safareig, the municipal bath: €8 an hour, €5.25 reduced, with booking.

### Can children bathe?
At El Safareig, from age 13, and from 3 to 12 in the Xip-Xap sessions. The Espai CEL is from age 16 and the Hotel Vila de Caldes is adults only.

### How do you get there from Barcelona without a car?
By Sagalés buses: line e9 by motorway, or the 202 and 203 by road.

### How long does it take from Barcelona by car?
About 35 minutes along the C-59, without traffic. It is about 30 km.

### What is there to see in Caldes de Montbui in a day?
The Font del Lleó, the Roman baths with the guided visit, the Thermalia museum, the washhouses, the Romanesque bridge and the church of Santa Maria, and a thermal bath.