Public car parks

The centre of Caldes de Montbui, around the Font del Lleó, is small, with narrow streets, and is much better explored on foot than by car. The practical thing is to leave the car in one of the public car parks the tourist office indicates and walk from there: in a few minutes you are on Plaça de la Font del Lleó, where the Thermalia Museum, the Roman baths and the spas are.

The public car parks

Visiteucaldes, the town council's tourism website, lists five:

• Les Cremades sports area, next to the sports facilities.
• Carrer Bigues (Bonastre).
• Carrer Balmes (Era del Sindicat).
• Centre car park.
• El Sindicat, the only one the website marks as paid.

The website does not publish how many spaces each has, or their hours, or the price at El Sindicat. If you coincide with the Festa Major, the Fires, the Mercat de l'Olla or the Christmas Market, ask first at the tourist office, because on those days the museum hours change and the centre fills with activity.

Getting there by car

Caldes is about 30 km from Barcelona. The main access road is the C-59, which you take from the AP-7, the C-17 or the C-33 near Mollet del Vallès. From Sabadell you arrive via the C-1413 and from Granollers via the C-1415. Depending on where you enter, the most convenient car park changes: ask at the tourist office, which gives out a village map with the car parks marked.

Without a car

If you prefer not to drive, the Sagalés bus arrives from Barcelona by motorway on the e9 line, and also from Granollers and Sabadell. In the village there is a taxi rank on Avinguda Pi i Margall (938 651 817).

What to do after parking

Almost every plan starts from Plaça de la Font del Lleó. The Thermalia guided thermal circuit leaves at weekends and public holidays; the walk through the wash-houses, Romanesque bridge and Santa Maria is done on your own in an hour, and if you are going to bathe, El Safareig operates by booking. If you stay at a spa in the centre, ask when booking whether it has its own parking, because the office does not say.